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- 11th May to 2nd June 2020
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- 2nd to 9th June 2020
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The option of online voting was removed, and a number of MPs may have been unable to vote because they were not physically able to attend.
- 10th June 2020 onwards
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Meg Hillier’s voting in Parliament
Meg Hillier is a Labour/Co-operative MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour/Co-operative MPs.
This is a random selection of Meg Hillier’s votes.
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Consistently voted against university tuition fees Show votes
0 votes for, 5 votes against, between 2010–2017.
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Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes
100 votes for, 10 votes against, 49 absences, between 2006–2022.
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Generally voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes
3 votes for, 0 votes against, 4 absences, between 2007–2016.
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Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes
0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2010.
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Generally voted against increasing the rate of VAT Show votes
2 votes for, 16 votes against, 11 absences, between 2010–2022.
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Generally voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes
2 votes for, 5 votes against, 2 absences, between 2010–2020.
Last updated: 18 May 2022.
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Recent appearances
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The Minister raises the issue of Home Office responses. Many of us deal with the Home Office—I am one of the top six customers on behalf of my constituents. One reason why there has been a degree of improvement is that our constituents get the opportunity to meet caseworkers one to one, face to face. Although that is a welcome temporary stopgap, it is not a sustainable way for the...
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The hon. Gentleman prompts me to raise a concern. What he highlights is something that we often raise on the Committee. There can be a Whitehall decision on what a policy looks like, but once it hits real people’s lives, the picture can be very different. He and I would probably agree that we need to see much more understanding of real people’s lives when policy is being made. Whitehall...
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The hon. Member raises a very important issue. The Public Accounts Committee has looked at sanctions, which do not do what Government Ministers often think they do. They are actually ineffective. There are other ways to encourage people into work, but sanctions are a blunt instrument that does not work.
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Labour/Co-operative MP for Hackney South and Shoreditch
Entered the House of Commons on 5 May 2005 — General election
Party was Labour until 30 Mar 2015
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Topics of interest
Meg Hillier campaigned to remain in the European Union
Source: BBC
- Home Office
- Home Department
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Ministry of Justice
- Health
- Immigration: Appeals
- Credit
- Coronavirus: Protective Clothing
- Identity Cards
- Vetting
Currently held offices
- Member, Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Disabled Persons) Bill Committee (since 2 Feb 2022)
- Member, Down Syndrome Bill Committee (since 19 Jan 2022)
- Member, Local Government (Disqualification) Bill Committee (since 24 Nov 2021)
- Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (since 20 May 2020)
- Chair, Public Accounts Committee (since 27 Jan 2020)
- Chair, Public Accounts Committee (since 27 Jan 2020)
- Member, Public Accounts Commission (since 12 Jul 2017)
Other offices held in the past
- Chair, Public Accounts Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 30 Mar 2015)
- Chair, Public Accounts Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 6 Nov 2019)
- Chair, Public Accounts Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 3 May 2017)
- Chair, Public Accounts Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 6 Nov 2019)
- Chair, Public Accounts Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 3 May 2017)
- Member, Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system (13 Feb 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
- Member, Draft Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill Committee (26 Nov 2018 to 6 Nov 2019)
- Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (6 Nov 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
- Chair, Public Accounts Committee (12 Jul 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
- Chair, Public Accounts Committee (12 Jul 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
- Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (10 Sep 2015 to 3 May 2017)
- Chair, Public Accounts Committee (18 Jun 2015 to 3 May 2017)
- Chair, Public Accounts Committee (18 Jun 2015 to 3 May 2017)
- Member, Public Accounts Commission (18 Jun 2015 to 3 May 2017)
- Member, Public Accounts Committee (24 Oct 2011 to 27 Jan 2020)
- Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (8 Oct 2010 to 7 Oct 2011)
- Shadow Minister (Home Office) (12 May 2010 to 8 Oct 2010)
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) (Identity) (9 Nov 2009 to 6 May 2010)
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) (Identity) (2 Jul 2007 to 6 Aug 2009)
- PPS (Rt Hon Ruth Kelly, Secretary of State), Department for Communities and Local Government (8 May 2006 to 28 Jun 2007)
- Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (12 Jul 2005 to 16 Oct 2006)
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Public bill committees (Sittings attended)
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