Official portrait of Dame Meg Hillier

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.

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
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 62 stand part Aye 344–181
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No.2) Bill Committee: Clause 10 stand part Aye 324–180
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 No 167–350
7 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Rural communities No 105–332
7 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Jury trials No 182–290
17 Dec 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Second Reading No vote 312–165
16 Dec 2025 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Second Reading Aye 341–195
16 Dec 2025 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading (Opposition) No 118–340
15 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to disagree with the Lords in their Amendment 120N to Commons Amendment 120G and their Amendments 120P to 120S to Commons Amendment 120H Aye 311–96
10 Dec 2025 Opposition day: Conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer No 90–297
10 Dec 2025 Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on seasonal work Aye 320–98
10 Dec 2025 Opposition day: Seasonal work No 98–325
9 Dec 2025 Railways Bill: Second Reading Aye 329–173
9 Dec 2025 Railways Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment No 170–332
9 Dec 2025 UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion Aye 100–100
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA62 but not to insist on Commons Amendment 62C and to propose Gov (a) in lieu of LA62 No vote 327–162
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion not to insist on Commons Amendment 72C but to disagree with LA72D to LA72H and to propose Gov (a) and (b) in lieu of LA72D to LA72H No vote 326–162
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B No vote 395–98
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA23 and LA106 to LA120, not to insist on Commons Amendment 120C, 120D and 120E but to propose Gov (a) to (f) in lieu of LA23 and LA106 to LA120 No vote 300–96
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 1B but to propose Government amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 1B No vote 327–96
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 15 No 154–303
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 16 No 143–304
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 26 No 77–298
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 3 No 87–299
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty Aye 357–174

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 →

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