Dame Nia Griffith, MP for Llanelli
Nia Griffith has been an MP since 2005. Currently: Women and Equalities Committee.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities) (Department for Education) | 2024 to 2025 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Wales Office) (Wales Office) | 2024 to 2025 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office) (Cabinet Office) | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Shadow Minister (International Trade) (Department for Business and Trade) | 2021 to 2023 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Wales (Wales Office) | 2020 to 2021 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Defence (Ministry of Defence) | 2016 to 2020 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Wales (Wales Office) | 2015 to 2016 | |
| Shadow Minister (Wales) (Wales Office) | 2011 to 2015 | |
| Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills) (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) | 2010 to 2011 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Women and Equalities Committee | 2025 to now | Now |
| Employment Rights Bill | 2024 to 2025 | |
| Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill | 2022 | |
| Welsh Grand Committee | 2022 to 2024 | |
| European Scrutiny Committee | 2015 | |
| Welsh Affairs Committee | 2011 to 2015 | |
| European Scrutiny Committee | 2010 to 2015 | |
| Welsh Affairs Committee | 2010 |
Show the other 5
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Draft Marine Bill (Joint Committee) | 2008 | |
| Draft Climate Change Bill (Joint Committee) | 2007 | |
| Human Rights (Joint Committee) | 2006 to 2007 | |
| Welsh Affairs Committee | 2005 to 2010 | |
| European Scrutiny Committee | 2005 to 2007 |
Countries of interest
Political Interests
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Nia Griffith has 5 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | S4C - £600.00 | 8 Apr 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Ukraine between 20 February 2026 and 25 February 2026 | 11 Mar 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Ukraine between 10 September 2025 and 15 September 2025 | 9 Oct 2025 |
| Family members engaged in third-party lobbying | Philip Brady employed as Lobbyist | 2 Jun 2015 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Other in Camarthenshire | – |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Nia Griffith asked 10 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
51 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Nia Griffith represents Llanelli. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Nia Griffith won with 31% of the votes, and Gareth Beer (Reform UK) came second with 28%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nia Griffith | Labour | 12,751 | 31.3% |
| Gareth Beer | Reform UK | 11,247 | 27.6% |
| Rhodri Davies | Plaid Cymru | 9,511 | 23.3% |
| Charlie Evans | Conservative | 4,275 | 10.5% |
| Chris Passmore | Liberal Democrat | 1,254 | 3.1% |
| Karen Laurence | Green Party | 1,106 | 2.7% |
| Stan Robinson | UK Independence Party | 600 | 1.5% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Nia Griffith took part in 175 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Nia Griffith voted the same way as their party in 173 of the 173 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | Against | Free vote |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: the final vote | For | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this