Ben Lake
- Constituency
- Ceredigion Preseli
- Region
- Wales
- Member since
- 8 June 2017
This parliament
- Voting participation
- 58%
- Debates contributed to
- 146
- Registered interests
- 0
- Declared value
- £0
Record last updated 7 Nov 2026
Ben Lake is the Plaid Cymru MP for Ceredigion Preseli, first elected in June 2017. He was elected to the current parliament on 5 July 2024, one day after parliament began. Lake has cast 364 votes out of 625 eligible divisions for a participation rate of 58%, placing him in the bottom 25% of MPs by voting participation. He has made 175 contributions across 146 debates, with his top debate topics being Foreign Affairs & Defence, Economy & Finance, and Taxation, while his top voting topics are Parliamentary Procedure, Employment & Workers Rights, and Justice & Law.
Summary generated on 06/11/2026 (View details)
VOTING PARTICIPATION
364 / 625
58.24%
Ranked #534 of 655 MPs (19th percentile)
DEBATE CONTRIBUTIONS
146 / 12881
175 total contributions
Ranked #345 of 655 MPs (47th percentile)
REGISTERED INTERESTS
0
£0.00
Ranked #615 of 655 MPs (6th percentile)
PARLIAMENTARY RECORD
Ben Lake is the Plaid Cymru MP for Ceredigion Preseli, and has been an MP continually since 8 June 2017.
Constituencies
- Ceredigion Preseli Jul 2024 – present
- Ceredigion Jun 2017 – May 2024 · 2 terms
Posts held
- Shadow PC Spokesperson (Treasury) Jul 2020 – May 2024 · Opposition
- Shadow PC Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Jul 2020 – May 2024 · Opposition
- Shadow PC Spokesperson (Education) Jul 2020 – May 2024 · Opposition
- Shadow PC Spokesperson (Digital, Culture, Media & Sport) Jul 2020 – May 2024 · Opposition
- Shadow PC Spokesperson (Health and Social Care) Jul 2020 – May 2024 · Opposition
- Shadow PC Spokesperson (Housing, Communities & Local Government) Jul 2020 – May 2024 · Opposition
- Shadow PC Spokesperson (The Constitution and Welsh Affairs) Jul 2020 – May 2024 · Opposition