MP for Dwyfor Meirionnydd
“A Plaid Cymru MP for Dwyfor Meirionnydd with high attendance and strong party loyalty, who has occasionally broken ranks on end-of-life legislation.”
Liz Saville Roberts is Plaid Cymru MP for Dwyfor Meirionnydd, first elected in 2015. She has served on the Welsh Affairs Committee and the Welsh Grand Committee, and has held senior Plaid Cymru roles in Westminster, including Westminster Leader and shadow spokesperson for transport, the attorney general, and business, energy and industrial strategy.
Her voting pattern shows strong party loyalty and solid attendance, with 69% attendance (above the party average). She has two rebel votes. She sits centre-left (40/100). In policy terms, she generally backs Universal Credit and NHS funding, opposes immigration controls and the asylum system, and supports bus services regulation, while taking mixed positions on VAT, transgender rights, trade union powers and prison sentencing, and she generally voted against the Rwanda deportation scheme.
She has 16 declared financial interests, including donations and other support related to her MP activities (10 entries), miscellaneous (3), gifts/benefits from UK sources (1), land and property (1), and visits outside the UK (1).
Generated 21 February 2026
How this MP participates in parliamentary votes. These numbers describe activity, not effectiveness.
How often this MP votes
Plaid Cymru average: 39%
The percentage of parliamentary votes (divisions) this MP participated in. MPs may miss votes for legitimate reasons including ministerial duties, constituency work, or illness.
How often this MP votes with their party
Plaid Cymru average: 100%
Estimated from voting record, not self-declared. This is a simplified model — real politics is more complex than a single axis.
18 positions
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Jan 2025 - Mar 2025
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill
Feb 2024 - Mar 2024
Welsh Grand Committee
Jan 2022 - May 2024
Shadow PC Spokesperson (Transport)
Jul 2020 - May 2024
Shadow PC Spokesperson (Attorney General)
Jul 2020 - May 2024
Draft Domestic Abuse Bill (Joint Committee)
Mar 2019 - Nov 2019
Figures include only interests with declared monetary values from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Some categories (e.g. hospitality, overseas visits) may not have monetary values recorded, so the total may not reflect all declared interests.
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6
NOVictims and Courts Bill
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5
NOVictims and Courts Bill
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4
AYEVictims and Courts Bill
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3
NOVictims and Courts Bill
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2
NOVictims and Courts Bill
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1
NOVictims and Courts Bill
Opposition Day Motion: Oil and Gas
NONational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6
NONational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5
NONational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3
NONational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2
NONational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill
Opposition day motion: fuel duty
AYEDraft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026
AYEFinance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6
AYEFinance (No. 2) Bill
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5
AYEFinance (No. 2) Bill
The percentage of votes where this MP voted the same way as the majority of their party. High loyalty is typical; most MPs vote with their party on most issues.
Rebel votes
Times this MP voted differently from the majority of their party. This can reflect independent judgement, but context matters — some rebel votes are on procedural matters, others on major policy.
