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Nick Smith

Nick Smith

Labour MP for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney

Nick Smith is the Labour MP for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010.

Message

Seat status

Very safe

Majority size

12,183

Recent swing

+3.2% Labour

Party

Labour

Top donors:

No registered donations

Key Parliamentary VotesSee where your MP stands on these issues

VOTED AYE
21 Oct 2024

Employment Rights Bill

✓ Passed 386 For, 105 Against

Nick voted with the majority

DID NOT VOTE
29 Nov 2024

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

✓ Passed 330 For, 275 Against

DID NOT VOTE
11 Dec 2024

Draft Movement of Goods (Northern Ireland to Great Britain) (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Transitory Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024

✓ Passed 375 For, 9 Against

Where Nick fits into things

Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer

Prime Minister

Nick Smith

Nick Smith

Member of Parliament

Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney

Surgeries

Monthly in-person, occasional online

Examples of successful citizen influence

  • Coordinated constituent emails leading to parliamentary questions
  • Local campaign prompting a public statement

Pressure that tends to influence

  • High volume constituent contact
  • Media attention on local issues
  • Cross-party committee pressure

Committees

  • Administration Estimate Audit and Risk Assurance Committee
  • Members Estimate Audit Committee
  • House of Commons Commission
  • Restoration and Renewal Client Board
  • Members Estimate Committee
  • Administration Committee
  • Liaison Committee (Commons)
  • Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission