Dame Nia Rhiannon Griffith was born on 4 December 1956 and is a Welsh politician who has served as Member of Parliament for Llanelli since 2005.
19 Facts About Nia Griffith
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Nia Griffith was born in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, on 4 December 1956.
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Nia Griffith was educated at Newland High School for Girls in Hull and Somerville College, Oxford where she graduated with a first class degree in modern languages in 1979.
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Nia Griffith was a founder member of a local Women's Aid organisation and is a member of the National Union of Teachers and the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers.
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Nia Griffith was selected to contest the Welsh seat of Llanelli for Labour at the 2005 General Election following the imposition of an all-women shortlist after the retirement of Denzil Davies.
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Nia Griffith won the seat with a majority of 7,234 votes and remains the MP there.
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Nia Griffith was re-elected in 2010 with her majority reduced by 2,533 votes.
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Nia Griffith resigned from this position on 27 June 2016 following a series of other resignations from Jeremy Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet, but was appointed Shadow Defence Secretary four months later.
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Nia Griffith supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 Labour Party leadership election.
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Nia Griffith was appointed by Keir Starmer to serve as Shadow Secretary of State for Wales on 6 April 2020.
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Nia Griffith announced her new role of Shadow Minister of State for International Trade on 4 December 2021.
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Nia Griffith was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2022 Birthday Honours for political and public service.
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In June 2009, Nia Griffith was named as one of the Welsh MPs whose expenses had been overpaid.
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In June 2010, Nia Griffith had to repay the cost of sending 71 letters having been found to have breached Parliamentary rules on using House of Commons stationery for political purposes.
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Nia Griffith is divorced, her former husband was a social worker.
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Nia Griffith was named on the 2017 Pink List of leading Welsh LGBT figures.
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Nia Griffith owns a house in Llanelli, a flat in London, and a smallholding in Carmarthenshire which received Tir Gofal funding.
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Nia Griffith's hobbies include music, European cinema, gardening, walking and cycling.
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Nia Griffith is an honorary associate of the National Secular Society.