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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1598 votes — page 11 of 64

2 AYE1 NO

Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 7 May 2025

2 NO

Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-Sentence Reports) Bill

2 votes · 30 Apr 2025

2 AYE

Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage

2 votes · 29 Apr 2025

2 AYE

Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [Lords]

2 votes · 24 Apr 2025

3 AYE

Tobacco and Vapes Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 26 Mar 2025

4 NO

National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill

4 votes · 25 Mar 2025

Financial Interests

No registered interests found.

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