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How Meg Hillier votes

Meg Hillier voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 200 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteAgainstFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateAgainstFree vote
10 SepSocial housing: an attempt to block itAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Declared interests

MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.

Meg Hillier has 9 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Canada between 13 June 2026 and 18 June 20263 Jul 2026
MiscellaneousMember of the National Executive Committee of the Co-operative Party, as the representative of the Co-op Parliamentary Group. This is an unpaid position.3 Jun 2026
MiscellaneousChair of the House Magazine Advisory Board. This is an unpaid role.31 Oct 2024
MiscellaneousDirector and Trustee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch). This is an unpaid role.31 Oct 2024
MiscellaneousMember of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation. This is an unpaid role.8 Oct 2024
MiscellaneousMember of the Steering Group of the Institute for Government Academy. This is an unpaid role.9 May 2024
MiscellaneousMember of the Advisory Board of Reform, a cross party think tank. This is an unpaid role.8 May 2024
MiscellaneousTrustee 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.8 May 2024
MiscellaneousMember of the London Regional Board of the Labour Party.26 Apr 2024

Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page

Questions

MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.

Meg Hillier asked 3 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office2
Home Office1

Latest questions

26 Mar 2026 · to the Home Office
Answered 15 Apr 2026
23 Feb 2026 · to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Answered 5 Mar 2026
29 Jan 2026 · to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Answered 5 Feb 2026

Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026

Expenses

MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.

PAID IN 2025-26
£49,550
Office costs · claims for running an office£36,350
Staffing · claims relating to staff£13,200

73 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Meg Hillier represents Hackney South and Shoreditch. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Meg Hillier

Labour

MAJORITY
14,737

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
53%

of people who could vote did

Meg Hillier won with 59% of the votes, and Laura-Louise Fairley (Green Party) came second with 24%.

Votes for each party

Labour59% · 24,724
Green Party24% · 9,987
Conservative5% · 2,076
Liberal Democrat5% · 1,996
Reform UK4% · 1,601
Workers Party of Britain2% · 1,007
Everyone else1% · 310
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Meg HillierLabour24,72459.3%
Laura-Louise FairleyGreen Party9,98723.9%
Joanna ReevesConservative2,0765.0%
Theo RoosLiberal Democrat1,9964.8%
Anil BhattiReform UK1,6013.8%
Shahed HussainWorkers Party of Britain1,0072.4%
Carol SmallWorkers Revolutionary Party3100.7%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£975 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
6.8%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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Has this changed over time? 90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
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Source: Commons Votes API

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