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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.

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Seat status

Very safe

Percentage of votes

35.34%

Recent swing

-14.1% Labour

Party

Labour

Top donors:

Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation (£1,447)

The Office of the Clerk of Tynwald (£253)

Key Parliamentary Votes

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VOTED AYE4 Sep 2025

House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill

✓ Passed — 336 For, 77 Against

VOTED AYE9 Mar 2026

Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

✓ Passed — 307 For, 173 Against

VOTED AYE10 Mar 2026

Courts and Tribunals Bill

✓ Passed — 304 For, 203 Against

Where Meg fits into things

Sir Keir Starmer

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Dame Meg Hillier

Dame Meg Hillier

Labour MP for 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

No current committee memberships