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 selection of Meg Hillier’s votes.

• Voted a mixture of for and against a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU Show votes
• Generally voted against increasing the rate of VAT Show votes
• Almost always voted against reducing central government funding of local government Show votes
• Consistently voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes
• Consistently voted for a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs Show votes

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Meg Hillier has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Chibok Schoolgirls — [Philip Davies in the Chair] 8 Sep 2016

  And Shoreditch.

• Chibok Schoolgirls — [Philip Davies in the Chair] 8 Sep 2016

  It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I congratulate the International Development Committee, ably led by its Chair, my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, West Derby (Stephen Twigg), on bringing this important issue to the House today. I want to touch on some of the wider issues, following the line of argument made by the hon. Member for Henley (John Howell) on...

• Sellafield 6 Sep 2016

  The Minister has talked a number of times about cleaning up Sellafield as “cost-effectively” as possible, yet it was only when the Public Accounts Committee in the last Parliament looked closely at the issue that the Government moved to remove Nuclear Management Partners, the American consortium that was running Sellafield. Will he now undertake, as the new Minister, not only to...

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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

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

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Home Department
• Health
• Energy and Climate Change
• Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Work and Pensions
• Credit
• Identity Cards
• Vetting
• Housing Benefit
• Organised Crime: Departmental Co-ordination

Currently held offices

• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (since 10 Sep 2015)
• Member, Public Accounts Commission (since 18 Jun 2015)
• Chair, Public Accounts Committee (since 18 Jun 2015)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Public Accounts Committee (24 Oct 2011 to 30 Mar 2015)
• 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)

• Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Immigration Bill Committee (10 out of 11)
• Gender Equality (International Development) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Inheritance and Trustees' Powers Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• 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)
• 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)

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More about this

• Has spoken in 36 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs. See all Meg Hillier’s speeches
• Has received answers to 21 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 66.37% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 25 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.
• 268 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Meg Hillier’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 427 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)