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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3 NO

Crime and Policing Bill

3 votes · 20 Apr 2026

3 AYE4 NO

Pension Schemes Bill

7 votes · 15 Apr 2026

3 AYE4 NO

Crime and Policing Bill

7 votes · 14 Apr 2026

Financial Interests

No registered interests found.

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Ben in Parliament

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total cost to the public sector in Wales to date of the increase in Employers National Insurance Contributions from April 2025.

Treasury15 Sept 2026

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of reducing VAT for the hospitality sector in Wales to 10%.

Treasury15 Sept 2026

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the amount of consequential funding the Welsh Government would receive through the Barnett Formula if (a) HS2, (b) East- Wes

Treasury15 Sept 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure Wales receives its UK population share of UKRI funding.

Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade 15 Sept 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help Syria develop local governance and security structures.

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office9 Sept 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what fire intensity multiplier her Department uses when assessing the impact that higher fuel loads of vegetation will have on th

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs7 Sept 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the number of Official Veterinarians needed to maintain current export certification vol

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs7 Sept 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the number of Official Veterinarians currently undertaking export cert

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs7 Sept 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans her Department has in place should Official Veterinarian capacity decline before certification requirement

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs7 Sept 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the potential cost to UK exporters of disruption to certification capacity during the period before

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs7 Sept 2026
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