Nick Smith

MP since 6 May 2010

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

1697

Votes Cast

£251,492

Expenses 2024-25

12,183

Majority

53.6%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£251,492

Staffing£217,429
Office£22,492
Travel£6,533
Accommodation£5,013
Other£24

Year-on-Year

2024-25£251,492
2023-24£241,484
2022-23£220,855
2021-22£196,954
2020-21£173,766
2019-20£170,330
2018-19£159,752
2017-18£162,632
2016-17£145,005
2015-16£150,045
2014-15£154,091
2013-14£155,121
2012-13£159,545
2011-12£133,224
2010-11£32,152

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 29,922 voters

Labour
16,027 votes53.6%
Plaid Cymru
3,844 votes12.8%
Conservative
3,776 votes12.6%
Independent
2,409 votes8.1%
Green Party
1,719 votes5.7%
Liberal Democrat
1,268 votes4.2%
Workers Party of Britain
570 votes1.9%
Communist Party of Britain
309 votes1.0%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

5

Written Questions

22

Oral Questions

91

Debates Spoken In

134

Speeches

471

Divisions Voted

Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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Aye: 959No: 738

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2 NO

National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee

2 votes · 21 Jan 2026

3 AYE

Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill

3 votes · 20 Jan 2026

2 AYE4 NO

Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee

6 votes · 13 Jan 2026

1 AYE3 NO

Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee

4 votes · 12 Jan 2026

2 NO

Opposition Day

2 votes · 7 Jan 2026

1 AYE1 NO

Finance (No. 2) Bill

2 votes · 16 Dec 2025

Financial Interests

No registered interests found.

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Nick in Parliament

What steps he is taking to ensure high levels of (a) electoral registration and (b) participation in

What steps he is taking to ensure high levels of (a) electoral registration and (b) participation in the May 2021 local elections.

Cabinet Office1 Oct 2020

What recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Spor

What recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on tackling online abuse targeted at women.

Women and Equalities23 Sept 2020

What steps his Department has taken to maintain the overall size of the armed forces as set out in t

What steps his Department has taken to maintain the overall size of the armed forces as set out in the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review.

Ministry of Defence6 Jul 2020

What assessment he has made of the potential effect on the (a) freight logistics and (b) road haulag

What assessment he has made of the potential effect on the (a) freight logistics and (b) road haulage sector of not reaching a deal on the future relationship with the EU by the end of the transition period.

Department for Transport2 Jul 2020

What recent estimate she has made of the number of women who have been underpaid their state pension

What recent estimate she has made of the number of women who have been underpaid their state pension uplift as a result of an administrative error.

Department for Work and Pensions29 Jun 2020

What steps his Department is taking to tackle obesity.

What steps his Department is taking to tackle obesity.

Department of Health and Social Care23 Jun 2020

To ask the hon. Member for City of Chester, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Co

To ask the hon. Member for City of Chester, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what recent progress has been made on the boundary review in England.

Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission19 May 2020

What discussions she has had with the Director of Public Prosecutions on the capacity of the CPS to

What discussions she has had with the Director of Public Prosecutions on the capacity of the CPS to investigate the increase in domestic violence cases during the covid-19 outbreak.

Attorney General28 Apr 2020

What fiscal steps he is taking to support the establishment of the Shared Prosperity Fund.

What fiscal steps he is taking to support the establishment of the Shared Prosperity Fund.

Treasury1 Oct 2019

What recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on the resilience of infrastructure in

What recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on the resilience of infrastructure in Wales.

Wales Office4 Sept 2019
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