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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

1598 votes — page 9 of 64

1 AYE2 NO

Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee

3 votes · 9 Jul 2025

AYENew Clause 8
You
NOAmendment 45
You
NOClause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part
You
1 AYE1 NO

Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee

2 votes · 9 Jul 2025

AYEAmendment 12
You
NOAmendment 50
You
AYE

Football Governance Bill [HL]: Third Reading

8 Jul 2025

You
2 AYE

Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage

2 votes · 8 Jul 2025

AYEAmendment 18
You
AYENew Clause 3
You
NO

Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to insist on 2A and disagree with LA2B and LA2C

2 Jul 2025

You
NO

Draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2025

2 Jul 2025

You
NO

Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025

2 Jul 2025

You
1 AYE1 NO

Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill

2 votes · 1 Jul 2025

NOSecond Reading
You
AYEReasoned Amendment at Second Reading
You
2 AYE3 NO

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

5 votes · 20 Jun 2025

AYEThird Reading
You
NOAmendment 94
You
NOAmendment 12
You
NOAmendment 24
You
AYENew Clause 16
You
4 AYE1 NO

Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage

5 votes · 18 Jun 2025

AYENew Clause 130
You
AYENew Clause 121
You
AYENew Clause 88
You
AYENew Clause 43
You
NONew Clause 7
You
1 AYE1 NO

Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage

2 votes · 17 Jun 2025

NONew Clause 106
You
AYENew Clause 1
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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