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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 very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. 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, Business, Innovation and Skills, Work and Pensions, Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Identity Cards, Organised Crime: Departmental Co-ordination, Housing Benefit, Gang Injunctions, Green Deal Scheme
(based on written questions asked by Meg Hillier and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Justice and Security Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Scrap Metal Dealers Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- 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
- Cost of Living (14 May 2013)
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- Cost of Living (14 May 2013)
“Will the hon. Gentleman give way?”
- Cost of Living (14 May 2013)
“I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. The cost of living in my constituency, as in others up and down the country, is a real concern. Wages have been depressed, unemployment is still too high, and many of the new private sector jobs that the Government like to trumpet are zero-hours contracts or part time, with no opportunity for...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 74 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 11 written questions in the last year — below 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 68.30% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 23 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") 302 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register
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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).