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
3 Sep 2025 Opposition day: Hospitality sector No 158–334
3 Sep 2025 Opposition day: Property taxes No 98–335
2 Sep 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Second Reading Aye 365–164
2 Sep 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Reasoned Amendment No 167–367
16 Jul 2025 Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) deferred division Aye 333–54
16 Jul 2025 Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 deferred division Aye 334–54
15 Jul 2025 Opposition Day: Tax No 165–342
15 Jul 2025 Opposition Day: Welfare No 106–440
11 Jul 2025 Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Report: Amendment 1 No vote 0–47
11 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–58
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading Aye 336–242
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 No 149–334
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 No 130–443
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 45 No 175–401
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part Aye 335–135
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12 No 105–370
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 50 No 103–416
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 No 35–469
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL]: Third Reading Aye 415–98
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: Amendment 18 No 178–338
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 3 No 86–340
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 1 No 167–346
4 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private No 1–33
2 Jul 2025 Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 No vote 385–26
2 Jul 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to insist on 2A and disagree with LA2B and LA2C No vote 321–158

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 →

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