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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3 AYEIndustry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee
3 votes · 23 Feb 2026
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee
3 votes · 23 Feb 2026
1 AYE1 NOMedical Training (Prioritisation) Bill
2 votes · 27 Jan 2026
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill
2 votes · 27 Jan 2026
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading
21 Jan 2026
2 AYENational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee
2 votes · 21 Jan 2026
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee
2 votes · 21 Jan 2026
2 NODiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
2 votes · 20 Jan 2026
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
2 votes · 20 Jan 2026
5 AYE1 NOFinance (No. 2) Bill Committee
6 votes · 13 Jan 2026
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee
6 votes · 13 Jan 2026
Financial Interests
No registered interests found.
Activity Pulse
Questions asked and motions sponsored by Ben in Parliament
Heart Diseases: Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with his Welsh counterpart on levels of diagnosis of inherited cardiac conditions in Wales.
Heart Diseases: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) support and (b) ensure equitable access to new treatments for people with inherited cardiac conditi
Heart Diseases: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the uptake of (a) existing and (b) new treatments for people with inherited cardiac conditions.
Public Expenditure: Health Services
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has she made of the potential impact of the Government's plans to abolish NHS England on the future amounts of health related consequential fund
Tigray: Armed Conflict
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to prevent conflict in Tigray.
Tigray: Politics and Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has considered taking steps to help ensure that (a) Eritrean and (b) other non-Ethiopian federal
Energy: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to protect consumers from the impact of the recent increase in the energy price cap; and whether his
Television: Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the future of terrestrial TV distribution in Wales.
Television: Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure the interests of viewers in Wales are represented in her Department's future of TV distribution stakehold
Gaza: Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on upholding the human rights of healthcare workers from Gaza
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