Dame Nia Griffith MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Llanelli is Dame Nia Griffith (Labour), MP there since 5 May 2005.
Offices and committees
UK Parliament records Dame Nia Griffith as a current member of this committee.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Women and Equalities Committee | 3 November 2025 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities) | Department for Education | 8 October 2024 | 7 September 2025 |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Wales Office) | Wales Office | 9 July 2024 | 7 September 2025 |
| Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office) | Cabinet Office | 4 September 2023 | 30 May 2024 |
| Shadow Minister (International Trade) | Department for Business and Trade | 4 December 2021 | 4 September 2023 |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Wales | Wales Office | 6 April 2020 | 29 November 2021 |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Defence | Ministry of Defence | 6 October 2016 | 6 April 2020 |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Wales | Wales Office | 14 September 2015 | 27 June 2016 |
| Shadow Minister (Wales) | Wales Office | 7 October 2011 | 14 September 2015 |
| Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills) | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills | 8 October 2010 | 7 October 2011 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Employment Rights Bill | 13 November 2024 | 16 January 2025 |
| Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill | 7 September 2022 | 18 October 2022 |
| Welsh Grand Committee | 18 January 2022 | 30 May 2024 |
| European Scrutiny Committee | 15 July 2015 | 9 November 2015 |
| Welsh Affairs Committee | 28 November 2011 | 30 March 2015 |
| European Scrutiny Committee | 26 July 2010 | 30 March 2015 |
| Welsh Affairs Committee | 12 July 2010 | 22 November 2010 |
| Draft Marine Bill (Joint Committee) | 9 May 2008 | 22 July 2008 |
| Draft Climate Change Bill (Joint Committee) | 18 March 2007 | 3 August 2007 |
| Human Rights (Joint Committee) | 17 July 2006 | 6 November 2007 |
| Welsh Affairs Committee | 17 July 2005 | 6 May 2010 |
| European Scrutiny Committee | 28 June 2005 | 6 November 2007 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 8bbf455b64ff.
Register of interests
Dame Nia Griffith has 5 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 2 June 2015 and the latest on . By category: Visits outside the UK (2), Land and property (within or outside the UK) (1), Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1), Family members engaged in third-party lobbying (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Other in Camarthenshire
- Location of the land or property: Camarthenshire
- A description of the property: smallholding
- Country in which the land or property is located: United Kingdom
- Use of the land: Other
S4C - £600.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Two tickets and hospitality for one guest and me at the Wales v Italy rugby match in Cardiff (estimated)
- Value of the benefit: £600.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-03-14
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-03-14
- Name of the donor: S4C
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: S4C
International visit to Ukraine between 20 February 2026 and 25 February 2026
- Purpose of the 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.
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-02-20
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-02-25
- Associated All Parliamentary Group (APPG), where relevant: Ukraine
International visit to Ukraine between 10 September 2025 and 15 September 2025
- Purpose of the 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.
- Date Member left the UK: 2025-09-10
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2025-09-15
- Associated All Parliamentary Group (APPG), where relevant: APPG on Ukraine
Philip Brady employed as Lobbyist
- Job title or role: Freelance public relations consultant
- Name of employer: Self Employed
- Name of the family member acting as a lobbyist: Philip Brady
- Who the family member is directly related to: Related to spouse
- Nature of relationship: Brother
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Dame Nia Griffith's office spent £240,968 on staff, from a staffing budget of £250,820, according to IPSA. In 2023-24 it was £234,104. Office costs came to £27,935 of a £33,020 budget. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £240,967.81 | £234,103.67 | £218,505.85 |
| Office costs: spent | £27,934.69 | £22,505.66 | £23,099.58 |
| Accommodation: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £9,103.28 | £9,312.87 | £6,768.37 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £1,107.98 | £1,532.23 | £1,232.84 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £0 (Standard non-London area budget).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Llanelli CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Office Manager/Senior Parl Assistant (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Communications Officer ×2 (permanent full time), Caseworker (casual), Parliamentary Assistant ×2 (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Dame Nia Griffith voted in the House of Commons: 469 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 48 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. The most recent, on 21 October 2026, was a No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 24 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
The Written Questions API lists 10 written questions from Dame Nia Griffith since 4 July 2024. Departments in the latest 10: Department for Work and Pensions; Department for Transport; Department for Energy Security and Net Zero; Department for Business and Trade.
Mileage Allowances: Self-employed
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential (a) financial and (b) administrative impact of differing mileage allowance rates for DWP and HMRC on self-employed people who are also in receipt of Universa …
Bereavement Support Payment: Uprating
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) annually uprating the Bereavement Support Payment in line with inflation and (b) extending the payment period for the Bereave …
Air Traffic Control: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in the light of the recent NATS technical failure, what availability and resilience standard NATS is required to meet.
Air Traffic Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in the light of the recent NATS technical failure, for what reason a single technical failure can cause widespread disruption.
Air Traffic Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in the light of the recent NATS technical failure, whether backup systems are genuinely independent, or vulnerable to the same underlying failure.
Air Traffic Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in the light of NATS’s regulated funding model and substantial capital investment, what assessment she has made of whether the recent technical failure is primarily a question of management and regulatory overs …
Wind Power: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the latest allocation of contracts for off-shore wind electricity generation on domestic energy security.
Employment: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support disabled people into work.
Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, When he plans to publish a steel strategy.
Air Traffic Control: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in the light of the NATS technical failure, what progress has been made against the 34 recommendations made by the CAA following the 2023 incident.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 483c2a71a6b1. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Dame Nia Griffith.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 1,504 for Dame Nia Griffith in Llanelli in July 2024, from 12,751 votes on a turnout of 57.0%. Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Llanelli figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.