• Labour MP for Hackney South & Shoreditch
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Identity), Home Office (since 19 Oct 2007)
• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 10,204 votes. — 103rd out of 631 MPs.
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How Meg Hillier voted on key issues since 2001:

• Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted for equal gay rights. votes, speeches

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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Health, Work and Pensions, Transport, Home Department, Deputy Prime Minister

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Benefits, Apprenticeships, Turkey, St Bartholomew's and Royal London Hospitals, Road Safety Targets

(based on written questions asked by Meg Hillier and answered by departments)

Written Ministerial Statements — Home Department: Justice and Home Affairs Pre-Council Statement (24 and 25 July 2008) (22 Jul 2008)

“The Justice and Home Affairs Council will be held on 24 and 25 July 2008 in Brussels. My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice, the Member for Lewisham, East (Bridget Prentice), Cabinet Secretary for Justice in Scotland (Kenny McAskill) and I will attend on behalf of the United Kingdom. As the provisional agenda stands, the following items will be discussed. The...”

Written Answers — Home Department: Animal Experiments (22 Jul 2008)

“We do not hold separate figures for testing for paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) and diarrheic shellfish poison (DSP). However, Table 9 of the Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals: Great Britain for 2006 records the use of 7,346 mice for the safety evaluation of other foodstuffs. All of these animals were used for marine biotoxin testing. Section 5.4 of the Animals...”

Written Answers — Home Department: Criminal Records Bureau (22 Jul 2008)

“I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Eastleigh (Chris Huhne) on 5 June 2008, Official Report, column 1123W.”

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• Has spoken in 21 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 82% of votes in parliament — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 21 comments on this MP's speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 230 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Meg Hillier speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 139 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

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Register last updated: 22 Jul 2008. More about the Register

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Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.

^* 3rd party £31 (46th). Rail £923 (425th). European £515 (89th).