Gregory Stafford

MP for Farnham and Bordon

Conservatives

Gregory Stafford is the Conservative MP for Farnham and Bordon, having first been elected to parliament at the 2024 general election.

In the 2024 election, Stafford won 18,951 votes, representing 35.7% of the vote. The Liberal Democrat candidate, Khalil Yousuf, received 17,602 votes (33.2%), while the Labour candidate, Alex Just, secured 7,328 votes (13.8%). Stafford was duly elected with a majority of 1,349.

The Farnham and Bordon constituency, newly created ahead of the 2024 election, spans the border between Surrey and Hampshire. It was formed from parts of the former South West Surrey and East Hampshire seats.

Stafford is one of 26 new Conservative MPs that entered parliament following the 2024 general election.

Political Career

Stafford currently serves as shadow parliamentary under secretary of state for health and social care and a senior opposition whip. He was appointed to these roles as part of the August/September 2026 shadow ministerial reshuffle, Kemi Badenoch’s second as Conservative leader.

Stafford is a member of the House of Commons health and social care select committee (since October 2024). The health and social care committee is a select committee of the House of Commons responsible for scrutinising the work of the Department of Health and Social Care and its associated public bodies.

Stafford served as an assistant opposition whip from November 2024 to September 2026.

Upon entering parliament in 2024, Stafford was elected by his colleagues to serve on the executive committee of the 1922 committee of Conservative backbenchers.

Stafford has been described as a vocal supporter of the Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, during sessions of prime minister’s questions (PMQs).

Stafford is listed as a member of the all-party parliamentary groups (APPGs) for adult social care, the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, Slovenia and cancer in children and young people.

Stafford delivered his maiden speech on 22 July 2024, during a debate on the economy, welfare and public services.

In it, he said: “I am not against housing development – we need homes for our children and grandchildren – but we need the right homes in the right places, with the right tenure mix and with the supporting infrastructure…

“We must not build more houses until infrastructure catches up. Otherwise we will be left with housing estates devoid of services, security and society.”

He added: “As a traditional, common-sense Conservative, I believe that we cannot pay for health and social care unless we have a strong economy.

“Despite a global pandemic, a war in the east of Europe and instability in the middle east, and regardless of the picture that the government are trying to paint in their press releases, the most recent statistics show that the economy is turning around and is on an upward trajectory. I will oppose any measures by this government, including the misguided nationalisation of industry and the socialist labour rules, that I believe will hamper or reverse that trend.”

Before entering parliament, Stafford was elected as a Conservative councillor on Ealing London Borough Council in 2007. He was leader of the Conservative group and leader of the opposition on the council from 2014 to 2022. Stafford stood down from the council in 2024.

Political Views

Brexit and Europe

Customs union vote (2025): In December 2025, Stafford voted against the UK-EU Customs Union (Duty to Negotiate) Bill. The bill, introduced under the 10-minute rule procedure by Liberal Democrat Europe spokesperson Al Pinkerton, sought to mandate the government to enter into negotiations with the European Union to establish a bespoke customs union.

Assisted dying

Stafford voted against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, better known as the assisted dying bill, at both second reading (November 2024) and third reading (June 2025).

In a May 2025 ConservativeHome article, Stafford wrote: “The NHS is not merely a service; it is a moral institution. To change its principles in response to the campaigning of a few is to risk reshaping its purpose for everyone.

“If Parliament legalises assisted suicide, we will have cast off the NHS as we know it, and in doing so, may place some of the most vulnerable in our society in harm’s way.

“That is not a risk I am willing to take. I hope the majority of my colleagues will feel the same.”

Social values and conscience issues

Abortion decriminalisation (2025): Stafford voted against a backbench amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill that sought to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales in June 2025. The amendment, which was passed by a majority of 242 votes, removed women from the threat of prosecution for ending a pregnancy at any stage. As an issue of conscience, MPs were allowed to vote according to their personal beliefs.

Foreign policy and security

IPAC: Stafford is a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) – an international, cross-party network of legislators from democratic countries focused on relations with the People’s Republic of China. The alliance, established on 4 June 2020, the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, was formed to unite “lawmakers worldwide, promoting democracy and addressing threats to the rules-based and human rights systems posed by the rise of China.”

Before Politics

Gregory James Stafford was born in London. He attended St Benedict’s School in Ealing.

Stafford studied modern history at the University of Oxford, graduating in 2004.

Stafford’s career before entering frontline politics centred on public affairs roles. From 2004 to 2008, he worked in the office of a shadow Home Office minister. He was treasurer and executive secretary of Conservative Friends of Gibraltar from 2006 to 2012.

Stafford was director of policy and engagement at Getting it Right First Time (GIRFT), a national programme designed to improve the quality of care within the NHS by reducing unwarranted variations, from 2022 to 2024.