Meg Hillier

Meg Hillier   (politician)
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
British Labour and Co-operative politician  Chair of the Public Accounts Committee  In office 18 June 2015 - Present  Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change  In office 8 October 2010 - 7 October 2011 Preceded by Ed Miliband  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Identity In office 28 June 2007 - 12 May 2010  Member of Parliament for Hackney South and Shoreditch In office 5 May 2005 - Present Preceded by Lorna Fitzsimons, Melanie Johnson, Christopher Leslie, Chris Pond  Member of the London Assembly for North East In office 4 May 2000 - 10 June 2004  Mayor of Islington In office May 1998 - May 1999  Islington Borough Councillor for Sussex Ward In office 5 May 1994 - 2 May 2002

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. 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".

 

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Event	Location(s)	Description
UK/Parliament/Voted YES to vaccine passports in 2021	UK/House of Commons	These members of the UK Parliament voted YES to the introduction of a "vaccine" passport in 2021

 

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