The Lord Griffiths of Burry Port
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Griffiths of Burry Port's full title is The Lord Griffiths of Burry Port. His name is Leslie John Griffiths, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£6,492
17 days attended across 1 published month
Total claimed
£6,492
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
2 Content(1.1%)
60 Not-Content(31.7%)
127 didn't vote(67.2%)
2026-07-21
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173–234
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2026-04-13
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69–332
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2026-03-26
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115–197
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2026-03-26
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64–140
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2026-03-24
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80–166
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2026-03-05
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193–143
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2026-03-05
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194–140
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2026-03-05
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198–139
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2026-03-05
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208–142
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2026-02-04
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62–295
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2026-01-12
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201–169
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2026-01-05
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131–127
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2026-01-05
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194–130
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2026-01-05
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168–178
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2026-01-05
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210–131
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Source: lordsvotes-api.parliament.uk. "Result" shows the headline
Content vs Not-Content tally (including tellers). The Lords doesn't
publish a "didn't vote" attendance roll like the Commons, so the
figure above conflates absence with abstention.
Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
2026-09-17
National Empty Homes Strategy
My Lords, this seems a strange, intimate place for us to have these formalities, but I am delighted to add my words to the debate on the Question before us. One of the first things I want to do is use this occasion to pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord
2026-09-14
International Financial Fraud
My Lords, I want to return to the question of the overseas territories, recognising the difference between Tristan da Cunha and the Cayman Islands, other than merely the question of lobsters. I speak as a member of the Constitution Committee, where we ha
My Lords, I add my thanks to the noble Baroness both for introducing this debate and for snatching every single remark that I had carefully put together by way of a contribution to this debate. We will have to sort this out at dawn with pistols. It is a
2026-07-17
Genocide Determination Bill [HL]
My Lords, I add my tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Alton, for keeping matters of this kind before us and demanding that we give them our attention. I am most grateful.
In a briefing paper that I was very impressed by, I saw a formula showing the atroc
My Lords, I have too little personal experience of Lord Mackay to be able to say anything substantial. But as a former church leader speaking to him as a wee free, we had animated and friendly conversation on more than one issue. At that level and in tho
My Lords, AI crossed the threshold of my understanding and experience much earlier than for any other speaker in this debate thus far. When I left for an underdeveloped country and was given some responsibility for a rural rehabilitation project, I found
My Lords, all of us are deeply indebted to the noble Lord, Lord Alton, who is like a dog with a bone—that is not a very noble metaphor, but I could not think of anything else—as he keeps on reminding us of the importance of these issues and the hard work
2026-03-09
Crown Estate: Wales
My Lords, when we had the misfortune of leaving the European Union, Wales lost a significant amount of money from its structural programmes. The then Government promised that that shortfall would be more than made up for; indeed, the phrase was “not a pe
2026-03-06
International Women’s Day
My Lords, I attend this debate regularly but do not always—or even often—put my name down to speak. I feel that what I need to do in attending the debates is to listen hard to what is being said and to gather some kind of range or spectrum of ideas and
My Lords, I rise to speak with some deference after the wealth of contributions that have been made thus far, but I want to begin by congratulating the noble Lord, Lord Foster of Bath—I want to call him my noble friend; we worked on a committee together
2026-01-21
Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy
My Lords, the Istanbul convention was signed up to by the British Government when it was promulgated. It took several years, until 2022, for it to be considered ratified and its provisions incorporated into British law. However, Article 59 remains beyond
2026-01-21
Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy
My Lords—
2025-11-26
Charities: Advancement of Religion
My Lords, having spent the whole of my professional life combating those who, in the name of religion, promote misogyny, sexism or violence against women, I hope the questioner will agree that the highest values, both of religion and of humanism, are con
2025-11-21
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, this has been an extraordinary and wide-ranging debate. I will limit myself, in a very short speech, to Amendment 3, which would take out the indefinite article and replace it with “an independent”. We have heard two poles of the consideration
2025-09-19
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I am aware that many noble Lords will, knowing that my life has been spent as a Methodist minister in pastoral work, have reached an assumption that they know what I am going to say. It is not necessarily the case. I have tried, knowing that th
My Lords, I rise with a mixture of intimidation and emboldenment to make my remarks. I have no experience in the law at all, and I have very little direct experience of the world of politics. But I am part of the general public about whom the noble and l
2025-05-14
BBC Sounds: Access from Abroad
My Lords, I indeed remember 1956, which I am sure is a surprise to most Members looking at me at this moment. For the benefit of all of us, I ask the Minister what discussions, if any, have taken place with the Israeli Government that might allow corresp
My Lords, the words of His Majesty the King, as reported in the news, focused on the words that we should not forget. It is a privilege to be part of a debate like this where so much has been remembered—such varied and rich memories indeed. I have search
2025-04-23
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
My Lords, I speak with great pleasure after my compatriots and certainly rejoice in the fact that we can add some Celtic flavouring—not vaped at all—on St George’s Day.
I had naively thought, since the legislation, as the noble Lord said, came origina
My Lords, I do not know whether it is appropriate for me to contribute, but I feel I must. I was also part of the committee coming to the conclusion that the noble and learned Baroness has just mentioned. My degree in theology at Cambridge clearly did no
But the rule of law is what we have set ourselves as our first project. Last week, I had breakfast at the Supreme Court. Never have I been surrounded by so many stars in the galaxy as I was then. I made the point that the United Nations charter, the Univ
My Lords, I am a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, and I am glad to begin my remarks by stating that bald fact. I say to the noble Lord, Lord Alton, and the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Hale, that, if there were tick boxe
2025-03-13
Integration and Community Cohesion
My Lords, I am almost speechless at the quality of some of the contributions to this debate. As to the two maiden speakers, what fun we are going to have in the future—fun even in your Lordships’ House. I commend them on the quality of their wisdom and t
2025-03-04
Holocaust Memorial Bill
My Lords, I echo what has just been said. I have no problem with the British taxpayer paying up its share to realise this noble objective; I just wish there were a figure that would allow us to think of the scale, size and nature of the project so that a
2024-12-13
Asylum Support (Prescribed Period) Bill [HL]
My Lords, it is with a readiness to admit that the substantive points that I might have wanted to make have been made that I begin to share my thoughts today. I began the week in the company of the noble Lord, Lord German, in Paris at the migration commi
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Register of Interests · 1 entries on file
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Party history
2004-06-30 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
2017-09-14 → 2020-05-14
Shadow Spokesperson (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
2017-09-14 → 2020-05-14
Shadow Spokesperson (Wales)
2017-06-21 → 2020-05-14
Opposition Whip (Lords)
Committee memberships
2024-10-31 → present
Ecclesiastical Committee
2015-07-09 → 2017-05-03
Ecclesiastical Committee
2010-07-27 → 2015-03-30
Ecclesiastical Committee
2021-01-28 → 2024-01-31
Communications and Digital Committee
2025-01-30 → present
Constitution Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
griffithslj@parliament.uk
0208 405 8473 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
0208 405 8473 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
APPGs (2026) · 2 active officership(s) · 1 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Haiti
Country, Area or Region Group
|
Co-Chair | — | 4 | 2027-02-28 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Community Development
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2026-03-26 |
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. "Lead" sponsor is the
primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are
members of either House who
backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading
date.
Historic bills (all-time)
1 bills
1 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higher Education (Widening Access and Participation) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 1st reading | 2022-11-16 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.