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| + | '''Dame Margaret Olivia Hillier''', known as '''Meg Hillier''', is a British [[Labour and Co-operative]] [[politician]] who was elected as the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Hackney South and Shoreditch (UK Parliament constituency)|Hackney South and Shoreditch]] at the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 general election]], was a junior [[Minister (government)|government minister]] (2007–10) and was succeeded by [[Caroline Flint]] as Shadow [[Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change]] in the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] October 2011 reshuffle.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/oct/07/labour-reshuffle-miliband-former-ministers</ref> She has chaired the [[Public Accounts Committee (United Kingdom)|Public Accounts Committee]] since 2015. | ||
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| + | An ardent supporter of the Remain campaign during the 2016 EU referendum, Meg Hillier announced that she was "devastated" that the UK voted to leave the EU and that the decision was fuelled by "xenophobic undertones".<ref>https://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/local-council/mp-meg-hillier-we-don-t-know-brexit-s-implications-3526648</ref> | ||
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| Born | 14 February 1969 Hampstead, London, England, UK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | St Hilda's College Oxford | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Joe Simpson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Labour Co-op | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dame Margaret Olivia Hillier, known as Meg Hillier, is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hackney South and Shoreditch at the 2005 general election, was a junior government minister (2007–10) and was succeeded by Caroline Flint as Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change in the Labour Party October 2011 reshuffle.[1] She has chaired the Public Accounts Committee since 2015.
An ardent supporter of the Remain campaign during the 2016 EU referendum, Meg Hillier announced that she was "devastated" that the UK voted to leave the EU and that the decision was fuelled by "xenophobic undertones".[2]
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