Nia Griffith

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Nia Griffith MP
Nia Griffith
Member of Parliament
for Llanelli
Incumbent
Assumed office 
5 May 2005
Preceded by Denzil Davies
Born 4 December 1956 (1956-12-04) (age 51)
Dublin
Nationality British
Political party Labour
Alma mater Somerville College, Oxford

Nia Rhiannon Griffith (born Dublin 4 December 1956) is a British politician. She is the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Llanelli in Wales.

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[edit] Background

Her family comes from mining villages near Neath, in South Wales. Her father was Professor T. Gwynfor Griffith; her mother was Dr. Rhiannon Howell. She was educated at Newland High School in Hull and Somerville College, Oxford where she graduated with a first class degree in modern languages. After Oxford, she trained to be a teacher at the University of Wales, Bangor. Prior to entering Parliament, she worked as a teacher, an education adviser and an Estyn Schools Inspector (the Welsh equivalent of Ofsted). Immediately before becoming an MP she was Head of Languages at Morriston Comprehensive School, Swansea. She speaks five languages: English, Welsh, Italian, French and Spanish.

[edit] Political career

Nia Griffith joined the Labour Party in 1981 and has held many posts of responsibility within the Labour Party, including Secretary of the Carmarthenshire County Labour Party. She was elected as a councillor to the Carmarthen Town Council in 1987, serving as the sheriff in 1997 and deputy mayor in 1998.

She was elected to the House of Commons for the Welsh seat of Llanelli at the 2005 General Election following the retirement of Denzil Davies. She won the seat with a majority of 7,234 votes and remains the MP there. She made her maiden speech on 19 May 2005[1]. She is a member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, Welsh Affairs Select Committee and European Scrutiny Committee. She also chairs the All-Party Steel and Metals Group.

Her main political interests are tackling climate change and issues affecting industry.

[edit] Publication

  • 100 Ideas for Teaching Languages by Nia Griffith, 2005, Continuum International Publishing Group ISBN 0-8264-8549-9

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[edit] Offices held

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Denzil Davies		 Member of Parliament for Llanelli
2005 – present		 Incumbent
Languages