Voting Record — MPs for Ceredigion

Ben Lake

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).

Name	From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)
Ben Lake (show only their votes)	13 Dec 2019	30 May 2024	PC	0 votes out of 861, 0.0%	861 votes out of 1069, 80.5%
Ben Lake (show only their votes)	9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	PC	0 votes out of 390, 0.0%	390 votes out of 463, 84.2%
Mark Williams (show only their votes)	8 May 2015	3 May 2017	LDem	3 votes out of 292, 1.0%	292 votes out of 467, 62.5%
Mark Williams (show only their votes)	6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	LDem	28 votes out of 895, 3.1%	895 votes out of 1239, 72.2%
Mark Williams (show only their votes)	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	LDem	12 votes out of 837, 1.4%	837 votes out of 1288, 65.0%
Mr Simon Thomas (show only their votes)	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	PC	6 votes out of 878, 0.7%	878 votes out of 1246, 70.5%
Mr Simon Thomas (show only their votes)	3 Feb 2000	14 May 2001	PC	4 votes out of 389, 1.0%	389 votes out of 512, 76.0%
Mr Cynog Dafis (show only their votes)	1 May 1997	10 Jan 2000	PC	1 vote out of 214, 0.5%	214 votes out of 723, 29.6%

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Interesting Votes

Votes in parliament for which this MP's vote differed from the majority vote of their party (Rebel), or in which this MP was a teller (Teller), or both (Rebel Teller).

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Votes by Ben Lake MP
House	Date	Subject	Ben Lake	PC Vote	Rôle
Commons	2 Nov 2022	Scottish Independence and the Scottish Economy	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	24 Jan 2022	Cost of Living Increases — Income — Poverty — Universal Credit — Energy Payment — Child Payments	tellno	no	Teller
Votes by Ben Lake MP
House	Date	Subject	Ben Lake	PC Vote	Rôle
Commons	29 Oct 2019	Early Parliamentary General Election Bill — Third Reading	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	9 Sep 2019	Early Parliamentary General Election	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	30 Jan 2018	High Speed Rail (West Midlands — Crewe) Bill — Second Reading — High Speed 2 Phase 2 — Fradley to Crewe	tellno	no	Teller
Votes by Mark Williams MP
House	Date	Subject	Mark Williams	LDem Vote	Rôle
Commons	7 Dec 2015	Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill — New Clause 7 — English National Park Authorities: Powers	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Dec 2015	UK Airstrikes Against ISIL in Syria	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Dec 2015	UK Airstrikes Against ISIL in Syria — Decline to Authorise	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Sep 2015	Assisted Dying Bill — Second Reading	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Votes by Mark Williams MP
House	Date	Subject	Mark Williams	LDem Vote	Rôle
Commons	23 Feb 2015	Serious Crime Bill — New Clause 1 — Making Clear Sex-Selective Abortion is Illegal	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Feb 2015	Infrastructure Bill — Safeguards and Conditions for Hydraulic Fracturing Activities (Fracking)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Feb 2015	Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations 2015	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2015	Infrastructure Bill — New Clause 16 — Pubs and Bars — Demolition and Change of Use	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2015	Infrastructure Bill — New Clause 9 — Moratorium on Onshore Unconventional Petroleum — Review Impacts of Exploitation	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Dec 2014	Firefighters' Pension Scheme (England) Regulations 2014	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	27 Oct 2014	Recall of MPs Bill — Process for Prompting a New Election for a Constituency's MP	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	30 Apr 2014	Wales Bill- Clause 11 — Referendum on Devolving Welsh Income Tax Rate Setting — Independent Setting of Each Rate	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Jan 2014	Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Clause 28 — Regulated Expenditure by Third Parties in General Elections	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Jan 2014	Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Schedule 3 — Inclusion of Staff Costs in Controlled Expenditure	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Jan 2014	Offender Rehabilitation Bill — New Clause 5 — Provision of Probation Services: Report to Parliament	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Jan 2014	Offender Rehabilitation Bill — New Clause 4 — Probation Reform Pilot Schemes	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Jan 2014	Offender Rehabilitation Bill — New Clause 1 — Probation Service Reform: Parliamentary Approval	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 Oct 2013	Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 Jun 2013	Energy Bill — Clause 1 — Requirement to Set a Decarbonisation Target Range	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — New Clause 6 — Protection of Beliefs About Marriage	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Apr 2013	Finance Bill — New Schedule — Devolution of Air Passenger Duty to Wales	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	21 Jan 2013	Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill — Third Reading — Capping Increase of Specified Benefits at 1%	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 Mar 2012	Election of Backbench Business Committee	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Mar 2012	Election of Backbench Business Committee by Parties	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Feb 2012	Welfare Reform Bill — Clause 11 — Housing costs	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Nov 2011	Regulation of Hairdressers — Fines for Hairdressing Commercially Without a Licence	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	31 Oct 2011	Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Definition of Domestic Abuse Used In Relation to Eligibility for Civil Legal Aid	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Sep 2011	Energy Bill — Clause 42 — Energy Efficiency Requirement for Landlords of Private Rental Properties	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Feb 2011	Access and Conservation Arrangements After Sell Off of England's Public Forests	both	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Feb 2011	Sale of Public Forest Estate	both	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Dec 2010	Draft Mutilations (Permitted Procedures) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 — Permitting Beak Trimming of Laying Hens	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Dec 2010	University Tuition Fee Cap — Set Basic Limit at £6,000 Per Year	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Dec 2010	University Tuition Fee Cap — Raise Upper Limit to £9,000 Per Year	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Jul 2010	Terrorism Act 2006 (Disapplication of Section 25) Order 2010	minority	aye	Rebel
Votes by Mark Williams MP
House	Date	Subject	Mark Williams	LDem Vote	Rôle
Commons	12 Nov 2008	Cannabis — reclassification from class C back to class B	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 68 — Commencement	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Clause 4 — Prohibitions in connection with genetic material not of human origin	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Change abortion limit from 24 weeks to 22 weeks — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Prospects for life of handicapped child must be given before abortion — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Sibling compatibility only regenerative tissue — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for sibling tissue compatibility	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for gender-related illness	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Animal DNA may be inserted into an embryo	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Cannot use gametes or pronuclei — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 May 2008	Motion to sit in private — Fixed Term Parliament Bill	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	5 Jul 2006	Deferred Divisions — adjournment (summer)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Jan 2006	Government of Wales Bill — [1st Allotted Day] — Schedule 5 — Assembly Measures	tellaye	aye	Teller
Votes by Mr Simon Thomas MP
House	Date	Subject	Mr Simon Thomas	PC Vote	Rôle
Commons	7 Mar 2005	Future European Union Finances	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	1 Mar 2005	Constitutional Reform Bill [Lords] — [3rd Allotted Day] — New Clause 9 — Disqualification from holding further ministerial office	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Feb 2005	Constitutional Reform Bill — Clause 37 — Juristiction of the Supreme Court	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Modernisation of the House of Commons	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	14 Dec 2004	Mental Capacity Bill — New Clause 2 — Excluded decisions (No. 2)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Dec 2004	Family Justice	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	20 Oct 2004	Clause 1 — Pension and compensation schemes: armed and reserve forces	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	20 Jul 2004	Energy Bill [Lords] (Programme) (No. 2)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	23 Mar 2004	Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation — 36. Construction industry scheme	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	23 Mar 2004	Budget Resolutions 2004 — Corporation Tax (Charge and Rate for 2005)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	9 Mar 2004	Young People and Democracy	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	3 Feb 2003	European Parliament (Representation) Bill — Clause 2 — Electoral Commission Recommendations	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Carry-over of Bills	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Ministerial Statements proposals	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 Jul 2002	Finance Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Schedule 37 — Aggregates levy amendments	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	4 Jul 2002	Finance Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — Clause 91 — Supplementary charge in respect of ring fence trades	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	19 Jun 2002	House of Lords Reform (Joint Committee)	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	9 May 2002	Finance Bill — Clause 90 — Supplementary charge in respect of ring fence trades	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	23 Apr 2002	Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	6 Mar 2002	Office of Communications Bill [Lords] — Schedule — Further Provision About OFCOM	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	5 Mar 2002	Nuclear Power — Confidence in planning process in Scotland and Wales	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	5 Mar 2002	Nuclear Power — Planning decisions should be taken in Scotland and Wales — rejected	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	5 Mar 2002	Steel Industry	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	5 Mar 2002	Steel Industry	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	23 Jan 2002	Identity Card	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	1 Nov 2001	Coalition Against International Terrorism — Deployment of UK Forces to Afghanistan	tellno	aye	Rebel Teller
Commons	16 Jul 2001	Select Committees — Accommodation and Works — Treasury	tellaye	aye	Teller
Votes by Mr Simon Thomas MP
House	Date	Subject	Mr Simon Thomas	PC Vote	Rôle
Commons	24 Apr 2001	Finance Bill - Rates of duty on hydrocarbon oil	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	28 Mar 2001	Deferred Divisions - Local Government	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	21 Mar 2001	Deferred Divisions - European Security and Defence Policy	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	21 Mar 2001	Deferred Divisions - Weights and Measures (S.I., 2001, No. 85)	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	14 Mar 2001	Deferred Divisions - Business of the House	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	5 Feb 2001	Poverty (Wales)	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	29 Nov 2000	Rewarding Democracy Commission	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	7 Nov 2000	Business of the House	both	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Nov 2000	Business of the House	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Jun 2000	Countryside and Rights of Way Bill - Repeals	both	unknown	Unknown
Votes by Mr Cynog Dafis MP
House	Date	Subject	Mr Cynog Dafis	PC Vote	Rôle
Commons	31 Mar 1998	Scotland Bill - Sex discrimination in selection of candidates	Majority	aye	Rebel

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this MP and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

Agreement	Policy
8%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
91%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
59%	Action to Reduce Spread of COVID-19
0%	Asylum System - More strict
10%	Authorised Criminal Conduct by Undercover Sources
0%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
100%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
0%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
25%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
16%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
0%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
50%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
93%	Easier access to abortion
67%	Employment rights
79%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
88%	Environmental water quality
25%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
83%	European Union Integration - For
50%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
100%	Fire Safety
100%	Fixed Term Parliaments
100%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
24%	Free Market Within United Kingdom
76%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
85%	Further devolution to Scotland
81%	Further devolution to Wales
0%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
0%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
83%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
100%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
100%	Higher taxes on banks
100%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
33%	HS2 - In Favour
100%	Human Rights and Equality
76%	Imported Goods Must Equal UK Standards
100%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
0%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
67%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
0%	Increase the state pension age
2%	Increase VAT
100%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
100%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
41%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100%	Minimum Wage
100%	More Emergency Service Workers
100%	More funds for social care
73%	More powers for local councils
50%	More restrictive planning laws
100%	MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
0%	Nuclear power - For
88%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
72%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
100%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
100%	Protect tenants & leasholders from safety costs
4%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
0%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
0%	Reduce central funding for local government
100%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
24%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
0%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
100%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
100%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
100%	Referendum on any EU withdrawal arrangements
50%	Regulate letting agent fees
1%	Require voters to show photo ID before voting
0%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
0%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
50%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
92%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
87%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
100%	Same Sex Marriage - for
50%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
75%	Stop climate change
72%	Support current and former armed service members
0%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
8%	Termination of pregnancy - against
13%	Tougher on illegal immigration
0%	Trade Unions - Restrict
0%	University Tuition Fees - For
100%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
50%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
100%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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