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Meg Hillier
Labour MP for Hackney South and Shoreditch
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Meg Hillier voted on key issues:
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Energy and Climate Change, Work and Pensions, Business, Innovation and Skills, Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Identity Cards, Organised Crime: Departmental Coordination, Housing Benefit, Gang Injunctions, Civil Disorder
(based on written questions asked by Meg Hillier and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Identity Documents Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Pensions Bill Committee (10 out of 12)
- Mental Health Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Financial Mutuals Arrangements Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Education and Inspections Bill Committee (21 out of 21)
- London Olympics Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
Most recent appearances
- Upcoming Business – Commons: Main Chamber (9 Feb 2012)
“Benefits for terminally ill patients – Meg Hillier. ”
- Written Answers — Home Department: Organised Crime: Injunctions (7 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many gang injunctions have been issued since 9 January 2012; and what monitoring system she has put in place to ensure their effectiveness.”
- Business of the House (2 Feb 2012)
“I was surprised to read a story in yesterday’s Financial Times, quoting liberally the Minister with responsibility for defence procurement, on a new Government policy of procuring defence equipment from overseas companies as well as British companies. I was particularly surprised when I turned up at the House to find that no oral statement to the House was planned, and that the...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 33 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 33 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 70.28% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 22 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 248 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| London costs | £2,916 (joint 1st with 49 others) | £2,812 (joint 1st with 47 others) | £2,712 (joint 1st with 46 others) | £2,360 | ||||
| Office running costs | £8,458 (608th) | £5,725 (631st) | £16,140 (535th) | £25,922 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £98,268 (225th) | £90,514 (180th) | £85,696 (270th) | £66,963 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £17,960 (15th) | £18,645 (7th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £968 (615th)1 | £928 (618th)2 | £1,469 (605th)3 | £899 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £6,995 (joint 14th with 2 others) | £1,661 (65th) | £1,154 (240th) | £1,970 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £5,320 (32nd) | £5,132 (132nd) | £4,754 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £882 (618th) | £867 (582nd) | £867 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £135,564 (498th) | £126,487 (562nd) | £113,170 (594th) | £103,735 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £968 (460th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £928 (445th).
3 3rd party £31 (46th). Rail £923 (425th). European £515 (89th).