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Nia Griffith

Labour MP for Llanelli

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• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 7,234 votes. — 277th out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Nia Griffith voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Never rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership

• Member, Welsh Affairs Committee (since 20 Jul 2005)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Justice, Trade and Industry, Wales, Communities and Local Government, Treasury

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Prisoners: Drugs, Heating, Renewable Energy, Patient Choice, Staff: Disabilities

(based on written questions asked by Nia Griffith and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Equality Bill Committee (20 out of n/a)
• Education and Skills Bill Committee (20 out of n/a)
• Climate Change Bill Committee (10 out of n/a)
• Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill Committee (11 out of n/a)
• Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Sustainable Communities Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• Transport (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (19 out of n/a)
• Animal Welfare Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• Commons Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Emergency Workers (Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Future Jobs Fund (11 Nov 2009) has video

“What recent assessment he has made of the effects on levels of employment in Wales of the future jobs fund.”

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Future Jobs Fund (11 Nov 2009) has video

“Will my right hon. Friend join me in congratulating Carmarthenshire Training on its success on securing a good cross-section of employment opportunities from private sector, third sector and county council employers, and encourage it in its future bid for another 190 jobs? Will he do everything he can to encourage other council departments and employers to provide similar opportunities?”

Olympics: Educational Materials (9 Nov 2009) has video

“What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families on the development of educational materials based on the London 2012 Olympics.”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 34 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 2 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 88% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 2 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well below average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 59 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Nia Griffith speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 93 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 11 Nov 2009. More about the Register

View the history of this MP's entries in the Register

Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,680 (425th). Rail £8,169 (84th). Misc £18 (237th). Other: European £1,249 (33rd).

^** Car £1,710 (453rd). Rail £6,983 (94th). Other £36 (63rd). European £1,914 (11th).