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
Energy Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions his Department has had with network operators on resolving connections queues at the distribution level.
National Grid
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of accelerating work on local energy governance and planning arran
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of the Future Homes Standard; and what his planned timeline is for
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when his Department expects to publish the (a) technical consultation and (b) draft impact assessment for the Future Homes Stan
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) adopting a transitional approach to implementing i
Electricians: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to help increase the supply of trained electrical workers in the UK.
Electricity: Standing Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a single rate for electricity standing charges levied on
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