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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)

SUPPORTED

Voted for Draft Public Order Act 2023 (I...

Motion passed, 301-110

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OPPOSED

Voted against Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee

Motion failed, 172-334

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OPPOSED

Voted against Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee

Motion failed, 181-335

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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