Ben Lake MP
Plaid Cymru
Ceredigion Preseli
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Ben Lake is the Plaid Cymru MP for Ceredigion Preseli, and has been an MP continually since 8 June 2017.
Pay & earnings · 2026
MP base salary
£29,586
/ £93,904 annual
115 days served — year-to-date
· annual rate £93,904
Declared outside earnings
£0
0 registered interests published in 2026
Total (salary + chair + declared)
£29,586
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.
Constituencies represented
2024-07-04 → present
Ceredigion Preseli
current
2017-06-08 → 2024-05-30
Ceredigion
Party history
2017-06-08 → present
Plaid Cymru
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
2020-07-21 → 2024-05-30
Shadow PC Spokesperson (Digital, Culture, Media & Sport)
2020-07-21 → 2024-05-30
Shadow PC Spokesperson (Education)
2020-07-21 → 2024-05-30
Shadow PC Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
2020-07-21 → 2024-05-30
Shadow PC Spokesperson (Health and Social Care)
2020-07-21 → 2024-05-30
Shadow PC Spokesperson (Housing, Communities & Local Government)
2020-07-21 → 2024-05-30
Shadow PC Spokesperson (The Constitution and Welsh Affairs)
2020-07-21 → 2024-05-30
Shadow PC Spokesperson (Treasury)
Committee memberships
2024-11-04 → present
Welsh Affairs Committee
2020-03-02 → 2024-05-30
Welsh Affairs Committee
2017-09-11 → 2019-11-06
Welsh Affairs Committee
2021-11-03 → 2021-11-18
Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill
2022-01-18 → 2024-05-30
Welsh Grand Committee
2022-01-19 → 2022-01-26
Down Syndrome Bill
2023-06-26 → 2024-05-30
Public Accounts Committee
2024-03-13 → 2024-05-30
Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Bill (Formerly known as Shared Parental Leave and Pay (Bereavement) Bill)
2024-04-17 → 2024-04-24
Pensions (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill
2024-04-17 → 2024-04-24
Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill
2024-05-01 → 2024-05-08
Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill
2024-05-01 → 2024-05-08
Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill
2024-05-08 → 2024-05-15
Community and Suspended Sentences (Notification of Details) Bill
2025-06-25 → present
Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill
2025-06-25 → present
Controlled Drugs (Procedure for Specification) Bill
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.
Contact
Parliamentary office
ben.lake.mp@parliament.uk
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
01570 940 333
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Bryndulais, 67 Bridge Street, Lampeter, Ceredigion, SA48 7AB