Andrew Griffith.

A reliable Conservative loyalist with no rebel votes, Griffith has nonetheless been active in recent weeks — voting against the Immigration and Asylum Bill's second reading, opposing planning delegation regulations that remove elected councillors from smaller housing decisions, and rejecting measures extending employment tribunal time limits. He also voted against regulations imposing EU machinery standards in Northern Ireland under the Windsor Framework, aligning with DUP and Conservative colleagues who argue the rules deepen the democratic deficit. His 100% party alignment makes these votes orthodox opposition positions rather than personal stands, but they cluster around consistent themes: local democratic accountability, scepticism of employment regulation, and resistance to EU rule-bleed into UK law.

At 62% voting participation, Griffith attends fewer votes than the Commons average. His 292 speech contributions span economy and jobs, the labour market, fiscal policy, and local government — a pattern consistent with his background in finance and his time as a Treasury minister under the last Conservative government. He votes strongly pro-business (100%), against tax increases (100%), and in favour of immigration control (100%), while voting against workers' rights measures around 90% of the time. He sits slightly to the right of his party average on assisted dying restrictions and civil liberties.

Local news coverage from the past year is largely positive, with two notable wins: a government reversal on a policy affecting pubs after Griffith secured a parliamentary debate, and passage of his private member's legislation on illegal number plates after years of campaigning. Recent coverage — 18 articles in the past 90 days — centres on culture, housing, and environment, with neutral sentiment throughout. He holds no current committee seats, so his scrutiny work is conducted primarily through chamber contributions.