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Dame Meg Hillier

Labour (Co-op) MP for Hackney South and Shoreditch, since 5 May 2005

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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Scorecard

77.2% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
444 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
131 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
10 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour (Co-op) MPs
10 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
1059 Debates spoken in 160 written questions tabled

Ranked 234 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 Aye 287–150
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 Aye 284–149
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 Aye 291–144
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36 Aye 288–147
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 Aye 287–149
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 Aye 297–147
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 Aye 298–152
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 Aye 293–155
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 Aye 292–158
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 Aye 294–61
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 Aye 294–156
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E Aye 293–159
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 Aye 248–139
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 Aye 259–136
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B Aye 254–144
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 Aye 256–150
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 Aye 277–150
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 Aye 271–95
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 Aye 273–159
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 Aye 275–159
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 Aye 269–162
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 Aye 276–155
15 Apr 2026 Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 Aye 269–103
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye 278–158
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments No vote 247–21

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation
Address of donor: 100-1505 Laperriere Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1Z 7T1
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£1016.10), value £1,016.10
Destination of visit: Canada
Dates of visit: 13 June 2026 to 18 June 2026
Purpose of visit: In-person Board meeting of the Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation.
(Registered 3 July 2026)

On the register since 14 Jul 2026

Name of donor: Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation
Address of donor: 100-1505 Laperriere Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1Z 7T1
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£1447.79), value £1,447.79
Destination of visit: Canada
Dates of visit: 15 June 2025 to 19 June 2025
Purpose of visit: In-person Board meeting of the Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation.
(Registered 4 July 2025)

On the register since 15 Jul 2025

8. Miscellaneous

Member of the National Executive Committee of the Co-operative Party, as the representative of the Co-op Parliamentary Group. This is an unpaid position.
Date interest arose: 12 May 2026
(Registered 3 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

Member of the Advisory Board of Reform, a cross party think tank. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 25 May 2021
(Registered 8 May 2024)

On the register since 9 Apr 2026

Member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 26 September 2024
(Registered 8 October 2024)

On the register since 20 Nov 2024

Chair of the House Magazine Advisory Board. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 23 October 2024
(Registered 31 October 2024)

On the register since 20 Nov 2024

Director and Trustee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch). This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 16 October 2024
(Registered 31 October 2024)

On the register since 20 Nov 2024

Trustee of the PCPF Pension scheme, which oversees the pension fund for members and former members of the UK House of Commons. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 15 October 2020
(Registered 8 May 2024)

On the register since 15 May 2024

Member of the Steering Group of the Institute for Government Academy. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 7 May 2024
(Registered 9 May 2024)

On the register since 15 May 2024

Member of the London Regional Board of the Labour Party.
Date interest arose: 21 March 2024
(Registered 26 April 2024)

On the register since 2 May 2024

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Debates

1059 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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