Official portrait of Dame Nia Griffith

Dame Nia Griffith

Labour MP for Llanelli, since 5 May 2005

Dame Nia Griffith is the Labour MP for Llanelli, and has been an MP continually since 5 May 2005.

Scorecard

76.3% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
439 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
136 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
11 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
5 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
877 Debates spoken in 735 written questions tabled

Ranked 247 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 32 Aye 268–78
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 Aye 255–128
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Government amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 2 Aye 264–125
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye 254–135
12 Nov 2025 Opposition Day: Energy: original words stand part No 97–336
12 Nov 2025 Opposition Day: Taxes No 101–316
5 Nov 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 Aye 268–80
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of LA62 Aye 311–152
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 72B Aye 312–151
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 48B Aye 310–150
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 120B Aye 308–153
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1B Aye 310–155
4 Nov 2025 Opposition day: Welfare spending No 92–403
4 Nov 2025 Opposition day: Supporting high streets No 106–321
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill: Third Reading Aye 321–103
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 20 No 182–311
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 19 No 173–323
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 12 No 82–314
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 No 170–328
29 Oct 2025 European Convention on Human Rights (withdrawal): Ten Minute Rule Motion No vote 96–154
28 Oct 2025 Opposition Day: China spying case No 174–327
28 Oct 2025 Opposition Day: Stamp Duty Land Tax No 103–329
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 No 153–332
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 12 No 166–322
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 No 165–323

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: S4C
Address of donor: Yr Egin, Carmarthen SA31 3EQ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets and hospitality for one guest and me at the Wales v Italy rugby match in Cardiff (estimated), value £600
Date received: 14 March 2026
Date accepted: 14 March 2026
Donor status: company, registration 11838942
(Registered 8 April 2026)

On the register since 14 Apr 2026

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Name of donor: UK Friends of Ukraine Ltd
Address of donor: 81 High Street, Cosham, Portsmouth PO6 3BL
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): £358.93 coach transfers (£223.94), meals (£88.84), visit to Chernobyl, including minibus and meal (£46.15).
Destination of visit: Ukraine (Odesa, Kyiv)
Dates of visit: 20 February 2026 to 25 February 2026
Purpose of visit: To attend the Yalta European Strategy conference, meet the Speaker and MPs from the Ukrainian Parliament and have meetings with representatives of businesses, civic organisations and public bodies.
(Registered 11 March 2026)

On the register since 24 Mar 2026

Name of donor: UK Friends of Ukraine Ltd
Address of donor: 81 High Street, Cosham, Portsmouth, England, PO6 3BL
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): £768.04 conference (£372.04), Transfers (minbus) (£262.12), BUCC-USUBC Roundtable lunch (£45.88), dinner and performance by Cultural Forces (£28.00), visit to Vinnytsia, transfers (£8.00), lunch (£18.00) and dinner (£34.00)
Destination of visit: Ukraine (Kyiv and Vinnytsia)
Dates of visit: 10 September 2025 to 15 September 2025
Purpose of visit: To attend the Yalta European Strategy conference, meet the Speaker and MPs from the Ukrainian Parliament and have meetings with representatives of businesses, civic organisations and public bodies.
(Registered 9 October 2025)

On the register since 21 Oct 2025

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Land, other (smallholding)
Location: Camarthenshire

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

10. Family members engaged in lobbying the public sector on behalf of a third party or client

Name: Philip Brady
Relationship: Spouse's brother
Role: Freelance public relations consultant
(Registered 2 June 2015)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

877 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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