Dame Meg Hillier MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Hackney South and Shoreditch is Dame Meg Hillier (Labour (Co-op)), MP there since 5 May 2005.
Offices and committees
Dame Meg Hillier sits on 4 committees, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Liaison Sub-Committee on Core Tasks of Select Committees | 23 June 2026 | Current |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 10 December 2024 | Current |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 4 December 2024 | Current |
| Treasury Committee | 9 September 2024 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) (Identity) | Home Office | 9 November 2009 | 6 May 2010 |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) (Identity) | Home Office | 2 July 2007 | 6 August 2009 |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change | Department of Energy and Climate Change | 8 October 2010 | 7 October 2011 |
| Shadow Minister (Home Office) | Home Office | 12 May 2010 | 8 October 2010 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Liaison Sub-Committee on Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in Government | 22 June 2023 | 30 May 2024 |
| Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Disabled Persons) Bill | 2 February 2022 | 9 February 2022 |
| Down Syndrome Bill | 19 January 2022 | 26 January 2022 |
| Local Government (Disqualification) Bill | 24 November 2021 | 1 December 2021 |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 20 May 2020 | 30 May 2024 |
| Public Accounts Committee | 27 January 2020 | 30 May 2024 |
| Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system | 13 February 2019 | 6 November 2019 |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 6 November 2017 | 6 November 2019 |
| Public Accounts Committee | 12 July 2017 | 6 November 2019 |
| Public Accounts Commission | 12 July 2017 | 17 December 2024 |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 10 September 2015 | 3 May 2017 |
| Public Accounts Committee | 18 June 2015 | 3 May 2017 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 c0544536ad7c.
Register of interests
Dame Meg Hillier has 9 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 26 April 2024 and the latest on 3 July 2026. By category: Miscellaneous (8), Visits outside the UK (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
International visit to Canada between 13 June 2026 and 18 June 2026
- Purpose of the visit: In-person Board meeting of the Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation.
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-06-13
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-06-18
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 on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2026-05-12
- The type of interest: Formal role with a party organisation
Director and Trustee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch). This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2024-10-16
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Chair of the House Magazine Advisory Board. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2024-10-23
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2024-09-26
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Member of the Steering Group of the Institute for Government Academy. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2024-05-07
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Member of the Advisory Board of Re:State, a cross party think tank. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2021-05-25
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
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 on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2020-10-15
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Member of the London Regional Board of the Labour Party.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2024-03-21
- The type of interest: Formal role with a party organisation
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Dame Meg Hillier's office spent £262,132 on staff, from a staffing budget of £268,550, according to IPSA. The figure for 2023-24 was £241,042. IPSA lists office spending of £11,964 in the same year. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £262,131.63 | £241,042.03 | £194,459.06 |
| Office costs: spent | £11,964.30 | £10,519.72 | £13,479.19 |
| Accommodation: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £29.40 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £36,550, staffing £268,550, accommodation £0 (Standard London area budget).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Hackney South and Shoreditch BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Chief of Staff (permanent full time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Senior Casework Team Leader/Manager (permanent full time), Constituency Support Officer (permanent part time), Parliamentary Assistant ×2 (permanent full time), Constituency Assistant (casual) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 470 votes by Dame Meg Hillier in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 49 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 22 June 2026 to 15 October 2026. On 15 October 2026 Dame Meg Hillier voted No on "Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 15 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Dame Meg Hillier has tabled 6 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. The latest 6 were addressed to Home Office, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Department for Work and Pensions and 1 other departments.
Visas: Turkey
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there has been a significant change in the number of applications for leave to remain under the ECAA Turkish Business person visa route in the last six months; and if she will make an assessme …
Isabel Rose
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps to support Isabel Rose in Hong Kong.
Karim Ennarah
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information her Department holds on the status of Karim Ennarah's case.
Child Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of ending the two child benefit cap.
Employment and Support Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the fixed disregard rate for the New Style Employment and Support Allowance.
Buildings: Insurance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will take steps to encourage insurance companies to insure buildings with a PAS 9980 assessment of (a) low and (b) medium tolerable that do not require remediat …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 c04a20a307ec. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Dame Meg Hillier.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Hackney South and Shoreditch returned Dame Meg Hillier with a majority of 14,737: 24,724 votes, 59.3% of those cast, against 9,987 for Laura-Louise Fairley. Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Hackney South and Shoreditch figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.