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Dame Meg Hillier

Dame Meg Hillier

Labour MP for Hackney South and Shoreditch

Dame Meg Hillier is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Hackney South and Shoreditch, and has been an MP continually since 5 May 2005.

Message

Seat status

Very safe

Majority size

14,737

Recent swing

-14.1% Labour

Party

Labour

Top donors:

Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation (£1447)

The Office of the Clerk of Tynwald (£253)

Key Parliamentary VotesSee where your MP stands on these issues

VOTED AYE
21 Oct 2024

Employment Rights Bill

✓ Passed 386 For, 105 Against

Dame Meg voted with the majority

VOTED NO
29 Nov 2024

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

✓ Passed 330 For, 275 Against

Dame Meg voted against the majority

VOTED AYE
11 Dec 2024

Draft Movement of Goods (Northern Ireland to Great Britain) (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Transitory Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024

✓ Passed 375 For, 9 Against

Dame Meg voted with the majority

Where Dame Meg fits into things

Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer

Prime Minister

Dame Meg Hillier

Dame Meg Hillier

Member of Parliament

Hackney South and Shoreditch

Surgeries

Monthly in-person, occasional online

Examples of successful citizen influence

  • Coordinated constituent emails leading to parliamentary questions
  • Local campaign prompting a public statement

Pressure that tends to influence

  • High volume constituent contact
  • Media attention on local issues
  • Cross-party committee pressure

Committees

  • Liaison Committee (Commons)
  • Treasury Committee