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
Year-on-Year
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 46,302 voters
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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1598 votes — page 25 of 64
1 AYE2 NOIllegal Migration Bill
3 votes · 13 Mar 2023
Illegal Migration Bill
3 votes · 13 Mar 2023
5 NOPublic Order Bill
5 votes · 7 Mar 2023
Public Order Bill
5 votes · 7 Mar 2023
2 AYESocial Security (Additional Payments) (No. 2) Bill Committee
2 votes · 6 Mar 2023
Social Security (Additional Payments) (No. 2) Bill Committee
2 votes · 6 Mar 2023
3 AYESeafarers' Wages Bill [Lords] Report Stage
3 votes · 7 Feb 2023
Seafarers' Wages Bill [Lords] Report Stage
3 votes · 7 Feb 2023
3 AYEUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [Lords] Report Stage
3 votes · 1 Feb 2023
UK Infrastructure Bank Bill [Lords] Report Stage
3 votes · 1 Feb 2023
2 AYEOpposition Day
2 votes · 31 Jan 2023
Opposition Day
2 votes · 31 Jan 2023
4 AYE1 NOStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill Committee
5 votes · 30 Jan 2023
Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill Committee
5 votes · 30 Jan 2023
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.
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
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
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
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.
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.
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)
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
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
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.
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