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Ben Lake

Plaid CymruCeredigion Preseli

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
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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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Aye: 894No: 704

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AYE

Privilege

28 Apr 2026

You
NO

Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

28 Apr 2026

You
NO

Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

28 Apr 2026

You
AYE

Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026

22 Apr 2026

You
AYE

Pensions Schemes Bill: Govt motion relating to Lords Reason 88D

22 Apr 2026

You
NO

Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Govt Motion to insist on Amdt 38J and disagree with Amdts 38V to 38X

22 Apr 2026

You
3 NO

Crime and Policing Bill

3 votes · 20 Apr 2026

NOMotion relating to Lords Amendments 2D and 2E
You
NOMotion relating to Lords Reason 342B
You
NOMotion relating Lords Reasons 359B and 439B
You
3 AYE4 NO

Pension Schemes Bill

7 votes · 15 Apr 2026

AYEmotion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1
You
AYEmotion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15
You
NOmotion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26
You
NOmotion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35
You
NOmotion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43
You
NOmotion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77
You
AYEmotion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78
You
NO

Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5

15 Apr 2026

You
NO

Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion relating to Lords Amendment 38

15 Apr 2026

You
3 AYE4 NO

Crime and Policing Bill

7 votes · 14 Apr 2026

NOmotion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2
You
NOmotion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6
You
NOmotion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11
You
AYEmotion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311
You
AYEmotion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333
You
AYEmotion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334
You
NOmotion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342
You
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Financial Interests

No registered interests found.

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Ben in Parliament

Written Questions357Oral Questions51Early Day Motions60

If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs7 Dec 2017
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