Ben Lake

MP since 8 Jun 2017

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Ben Lake is the Plaid Cymru MP for Ceredigion Preseli, and has been an MP continually since 8 June 2017.

1598

Votes Cast

£250,650

Expenses 2024-25

14,789

Majority

47.0%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£250,650

Staffing£223,557
Office£18,809
Travel£8,284

Year-on-Year

2024-25£250,650
2023-24£230,089
2022-23£199,487
2021-22£185,599
2020-21£166,495
2019-20£163,808
2018-19£147,469
2017-18£95,514

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 46,302 voters

Plaid Cymru
21,738 votes47.0%
Liberal Democrat
6,949 votes15.0%
Labour
5,386 votes11.6%
Reform UK
5,374 votes11.6%
Conservative
4,763 votes10.3%
Green Party
1,864 votes4.0%
Workers Party of Britain
228 votes0.5%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

341

Written Questions

8

Oral Questions

88

Debates Spoken In

111

Speeches

352

Divisions Voted

Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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2 AYE2 NO

Representation of the People Bill

4 votes · 2 Sept 2026

1 AYE2 NO

Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 14 Jul 2026

2 NO

Immigration and Asylum Bill

2 votes · 13 Jul 2026

3 AYE

Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee

3 votes · 1 Jul 2026

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Financial Interests

No registered interests found.

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Ben in Parliament

Transport: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any of the regional transport infrastructure projects announced on 4 June 2025 will be classified as England and Wales projects.

AnsweredDepartment for Transport5 Jun 2025

Transport: Infrastructure

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much additional funding through the Barnett Formula will the Welsh government receive from regional transport infrastructure funding in England announced on

AnsweredTreasury5 Jun 2025

Social Security: Advisory Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential cost savings to public services resulting from investment in independent social welfare advice se

AnsweredTreasury4 Jun 2025

Legal Aid Scheme: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of civil legal aid providers in rural areas; and what steps she is taking

AnsweredMinistry of Justice4 Jun 2025

Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions her Department has had with disabled people’s organisations in Wales on the proposed reforms to disability benefits.

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions4 Jun 2025

Special Economic Zones: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the value for money of new jobs created by Special Economic Zones in Wales.

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government2 Jun 2025

Western Sahara: Journalism

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will hold discussions with his Moroccan counterpart on the expulsion of journalists (a) Matteo Garavoglia and (b)

AnsweredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office20 May 2025

Western Sahara: Minority Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to the UN Security Council to send a fact-finding mission to investigate the human righ

AnsweredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office20 May 2025

Western Sahara: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to the UN Security Council to (a) give the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in

AnsweredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office20 May 2025

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking with (a) scientists, (b) industry and (c) civil society to phase out testing on animals.

AnsweredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology19 May 2025
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