Ben Lake MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Ceredigion Preseli is Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru), MP there since 8 June 2017.
Offices and committees
Ben Lake sits on one committee, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Welsh Affairs Committee | 4 November 2024 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow PC Spokesperson (Digital, Culture, Media & Sport) | Opposition Department | 21 July 2020 | 30 May 2024 |
| Shadow PC Spokesperson (Education) | Opposition Department | 21 July 2020 | 30 May 2024 |
| Shadow PC Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) | Opposition Department | 21 July 2020 | 30 May 2024 |
| Shadow PC Spokesperson (Health and Social Care) | Opposition Department | 21 July 2020 | 30 May 2024 |
| Shadow PC Spokesperson (Housing, Communities & Local Government) | Opposition Department | 21 July 2020 | 30 May 2024 |
| Shadow PC Spokesperson (The Constitution and Welsh Affairs) | Opposition Department | 21 July 2020 | 30 May 2024 |
| Shadow PC Spokesperson (Treasury) | Opposition Department | 21 July 2020 | 30 May 2024 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill | 25 June 2025 | 25 June 2025 |
| Controlled Drugs (Procedure for Specification) Bill | 25 June 2025 | 25 June 2025 |
| Community and Suspended Sentences (Notification of Details) Bill | 8 May 2024 | 15 May 2024 |
| Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill | 1 May 2024 | 8 May 2024 |
| Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill | 1 May 2024 | 8 May 2024 |
| Pensions (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill | 17 April 2024 | 24 April 2024 |
| Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill | 17 April 2024 | 24 April 2024 |
| Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Bill (Formerly known as Shared Parental Leave and Pay (Bereavement) Bill) | 13 March 2024 | 30 May 2024 |
| Public Accounts Committee | 26 June 2023 | 30 May 2024 |
| Down Syndrome Bill | 19 January 2022 | 26 January 2022 |
| Welsh Grand Committee | 18 January 2022 | 30 May 2024 |
| Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill | 3 November 2021 | 18 November 2021 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 bc9a1724a305.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests API returned no entries for Ben Lake when read on 27 October 2026.
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Ben Lake's office spent £223,557 on staff, from a staffing budget of £250,820, according to IPSA. The figure for 2023-24 was £207,887. IPSA lists office spending of £18,809 in the same year. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £223,556.87 | £207,887.36 | £174,603.44 |
| Office costs: spent | £18,808.64 | £19,314.59 | £20,118.84 |
| Accommodation: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £8,284.06 | £2,886.90 | £4,764.36 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £29,290 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Ceredigion Preseli CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager (permanent full time), Administrative Manager (permanent part time), Senior Casework Team Leader/Manager (permanent full time), Constituency Support Officer ×2 (permanent part time), Constituency Support Manager (permanent full time), Senior Executive Officer (permanent part time), Researcher (permanent full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Ben Lake is recorded voting in 361 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 26 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. On 14 October 2026 Ben Lake voted No on "Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 27 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
The Written Questions API lists 355 written questions from Ben Lake since 4 July 2024. The latest 10 were addressed to Treasury, Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade , Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Sodium Valproate: Compensation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2026 to Question 26641, whether the approval of his Department is required by the Department for Health and Social Care to award financial redress in response to recommendations …
Sodium Valproate: Compensation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2026 to Question 26306 on Sodium Valproate: Compensation, whether HM Treasury has been asked by the Department of Health and Social Care to approve funding for financial redress …
Sodium Valproate: Compensation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions has HM Treasury had with the Department of Health and Social Care since February 2024 regarding the funding of financial redress for those harmed by sodium valproate during pregnancy.
UK Research and Innovation: Wales
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.
Public Sector: Employers' Contributions
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.
Public Expenditure: Wales
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- West rail and (c) Northern Powerhouse Rail were re-classif …
Hospitality Industry: VAT
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%.
Export Health Certificates
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timetable is for implementing dynamic alignment with the EU-UK SPS agreement; and what assessment has been made of whether current certification capacity can be sustained thro …
Export Health Certificates
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 dynamic alignment with the EU-UK SPS agreement takes e …
Veterinary Medicine: Export Health Certificates
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 requirements arising from current export arrangements are removed.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 5af449ffe03a. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Ben Lake.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 14,789 for Ben Lake in Ceredigion Preseli in July 2024, from 21,738 votes on a turnout of 61.2%. Result as published: PC hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Ceredigion Preseli figures
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