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She was born in [[Dublin]]<ref name=autogenerated1>http://www.parliamentaryrecord.com/content/profiles/mp/Nia-Griffith/Llanelli/1038#Personal "PR - Nia Griffith MP" ''Parliamentaryrecord.com''</ref> but her family comes from mining villages near [[Neath]], in [[South Wales]].  She 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.<ref name=autogenerated2>http://books.google.co.uk/books?ei=idQ8Tof0D4Wr8APd2qXyAg&ct=result&id=XhMWAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22nia+griffith%22+llanelli&q=%22nia+griffith%22#search_anchor ''Dod's parliamentary companion guide ...'' '</ref> After Oxford, she trained to be a teacher at the [[University of Wales, Bangor]].
She was born in [[Dublin]]<ref name=autogenerated1>http://www.parliamentaryrecord.com/content/profiles/mp/Nia-Griffith/Llanelli/1038#Personal "PR - Nia Griffith MP" ''Parliamentaryrecord.com''</ref> but her family comes from mining villages near [[Neath]], in [[South Wales]].  She 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.<ref name=autogenerated2>http://books.google.co.uk/books?ei=idQ8Tof0D4Wr8APd2qXyAg&ct=result&id=XhMWAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22nia+griffith%22+llanelli&q=%22nia+griffith%22#search_anchor ''Dod's parliamentary companion guide ...'' '</ref> After Oxford, she trained to be a teacher at the [[University of Wales, Bangor]].


Griffith is divorced, her former husband was a social worker.<ref name=autogenerated2 /><ref>http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Labour-Party-s-hopeful-Nia-Griffith/story-12386098-detail/story.html "The Labour Party's hopeful, Nia Griffith", ''This is South Wales'''</ref> In a photo shoot for ''The Independent'' in February 2016, Griffith came out as [[Lesbian]], commenting that her sexuality had been known among friends, family and colleagues since the mid-1990s.<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/gay-mps-the-photograph-that-shows-westminsters-attitude-towards-lgbt-politicians-is-changing-a6886771.html</ref>
Griffith is divorced, her former husband was a social worker.<ref name=autogenerated2 /><ref>http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Labour-Party-s-hopeful-Nia-Griffith/story-12386098-detail/story.html "The Labour Party's hopeful, Nia Griffith", ''This is South Wales''.</ref> In a photo shoot for ''The Independent'' in February 2016, Griffith came out as [[Lesbian]], commenting that her sexuality had been known among friends, family and colleagues since the mid-1990s.<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/gay-mps-the-photograph-that-shows-westminsters-attitude-towards-lgbt-politicians-is-changing-a6886771.html</ref>
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Nia Griffith

Nia Griffith (Nia Rhiannon Griffith, born 1956) is a Labour politician, who has been MP for Llanelli since 2005.

She was born in Dublin[1] but her family comes from mining villages near Neath, in South Wales. She 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.[2] After Oxford, she trained to be a teacher at the University of Wales, Bangor.

Griffith is divorced, her former husband was a social worker.[2][3] In a photo shoot for The Independent in February 2016, Griffith came out as Lesbian, commenting that her sexuality had been known among friends, family and colleagues since the mid-1990s.[4]

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