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.

• Consistently voted against university tuition fees Show votes 0 votes for, 5 votes against, between 2010–2017.
• Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2010.
• Voted a mixture of for and against a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU Show votes 2 votes for, 5 votes against, 6 absences, between 2011–2016.
• Generally voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, 4 absences, between 2007–2016.
• Almost always voted against reducing central government funding of local government Show votes 0 votes for, 7 votes against, 1 absence, between 2010–2019.
• Consistently voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 12 votes against, between 2011–2020.

Last updated: 12 Oct 2020. Learn more about our voting records and what they mean.

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Recent appearances

• Access to GP Services and NHS Dentistry 21 Jun 2022

  A constituent of mine told me that she had a terrible toothache, rang 111 and was assigned to an emergency dentist. The system worked, but does my hon. Friend agree that that that costs the taxpayer so much more money? My hon. Friend talks about overpromising and underdelivering, but with dentistry the Government have not even promised anything and they are underdelivering.

• Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: China and Hong Kong: Assets 21 Jun 2022

  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will undertake an audit of the UK assets owned by Hong Kong and Chinese officials who have been linked to human rights violations.

• Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Topical Questions 21 Jun 2022

  A recent report by the Hong Kong Watch non-governmental organisation found that five Hong Kong officials and six lawmakers complicit in the ongoing human rights crackdown currently own property in the UK, so will the Government now commit to using the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 to sanction these Hong Kong and Chinese officials?

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Profile

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

• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @Meg_HillierMP
• https://facebook.com/Meg4Hackney

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

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
• Department for Education
• Credit
• Immigration: Appeals
• Coronavirus: Protective Clothing
• Vetting
• Immigration: Biometrics

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)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Brian Sedgemore
• Ronald Brown

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Disabled Persons) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Local Government (Disqualification) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Down Syndrome Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Gender Equality (International Development) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Inheritance and Trustees' Powers Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Immigration Bill Committee (10 out of 11)
• Scrap Metal Dealers Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Justice and Security Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Identity Documents Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• 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)
• Pensions Bill Committee (10 out of 12)
• 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)
• Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (8 out of 8)