Ben Lake
Plaid Cymru Ceredigion Preseli
Voting record
Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.
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Every Commons division on file for Ben Lake — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 1,607 of 2,121 (76%).
Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.
Government & opposition roles
Ben Lake doesn’t currently hold a government or shadow front-bench post, but has in the past. See Government for who else currently holds one.
Declared financial interests
Nothing on file for Ben Lake yet, or they have no interests currently registered. Parliament’s official register for Ben Lake →
Written questions to government
No written questions on file for Ben Lake yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Ben Lake has ever tabled.
Business costs (IPSA)
£257,287.94 paid out to or for Ben Lake across 148 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Ben Lake’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.
Early Day Motions
Ben Lake has tabled 2 Early Day Motions on file (as primary sponsor), drawing 10 sponsor signatures in total across them. This only counts motions Ben Lake personally tabled — not motions Ben Lake may have added their name to as a supporter, which this data source doesn’t track per MP. See Early Day Motions for what this does and doesn’t cover.
All-Party Parliamentary Groups
Ben Lake is a listed officer of 5 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.
Biggest declared funder across these groups: Confor: Promoting Forestry and Wood — about £23,250.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group on Forestry and Timber Security).
Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Ben Lake personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Ben Lake is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.
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