Ben Lake

Ben Lake is the Plaid Cymru MP for Ceredigion Preseli, and has been an MP continually since 8 June 2017.

Last election result

Review the last election result for the constituency Ceredigion Preseli when Ben Lake was elected.

2024 General Election

The 2024 General Election was held on 4 July 2024. A total of 7 candidates ran for election.

Summary

PC
Plaid Cymru Hold
Majority
14,789
Electorate
75,690
Turnout
61.2%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

UK Parliamentary constituency boundaries have changed following a review in 2023. For the 2024 General Election, changes in vote share, majorities and turnout are calculated on the basis of 2019 notional results. Find out more about constituency boundary changes in this BBC explainer.*

*Estimates compiled by Professors Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher on behalf of BBC News, ITV News, Sky News and the Press Association. Calculations for Scotland done by Professor David Denver, those for Northern Ireland by Nicholas Whyte.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Ben Lake
Plaid Cymru
21,738 46.9% 15.9%
Mark Williams
Liberal Democrat
6,949 15.0% 0.4%
Jackie Jones
Labour
5,386 11.6% -9.1%
Karl Pollard
Reform UK
5,374 11.6% 7.6%
Aled Thomas
Conservative
4,763 10.3% -18.0%
Tomos Barlow
Green Party
1,864 4.0% 2.7%
Taghrid Al-Mawed
Workers Party of Britain
228 0.5% 0.5%