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Hackney South & Shoreditch

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Apr 2026

A safe Lab seat, won with 59% of the vote in 2024. Centred on Hackney. Population 125,481, notably young (median age 32 vs 41 nationally), highly educated (55% degree-holders). Recorded crime is 114% above the national average. 18,015 businesses.

One of Labour's most prominent backbench rebels right now, Meg Hillier led a major revolt against the government's welfare cuts in June-July 2025, putting down an amendment that attracted around 120 Labour signatories and winning concessions from the government on disability benefit changes. She also broke with her party on the assisted dying bill, voting against its Third Reading and backing tighter eligibility safeguards -- including an amendment closing a loophole for voluntary starvation -- in a set of five rebel votes on 20 June 2025. Her recent news coverage has been dominated by these two standoffs with her own government.

A 97% party-line voter overall, Hillier is nonetheless notably more likely than her Labour colleagues to vote in ways coded as supporting parliamentary scrutiny -- scoring 67% on that measure against a party average of 10%. She participates in 78% of votes, broadly in line with Commons norms. Her speeches cluster heavily around economy and jobs (89 contributions), local government, social care, and fiscal policy -- a pattern that maps directly onto her committee work rather than pure constituency casework.

395
Commons votes
This parliament
£36k
Median income
HMRC · 2024
78.3k
Electorate
2024 GE

Lab held for 5 consecutive elections.

Current Member of Parliament

Meg Hillier

Meg Hillier

Labour and Co-operative Party

Dame Meg Hillier is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Hackney South and Shoreditch, and has been an MP continually since 5 May 2005.

Notable Votes

Vote on whether to prevent someone from qualifying as 'terminally ill' under the assisted dying bill solely because they have chosen to stop eating and drinking. The amendment would close a potential loophole where a person who is not otherwise terminally ill could meet the bill's eligibility criteria by voluntarily starving themselves.

MP voted YesAgainst party majority

A procedural vote on whether to allow New Clause 16 to be formally considered as part of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at Report Stage, after proceedings had been interrupted on 13 June when an objection was raised. The debate excerpts do not reveal the substantive content of New Clause 16.

MP voted YesAgainst party majority

MPs voted on the Third Reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — the final Commons vote on whether to pass the assisted dying legislation in its amended form. Passing Third Reading sends the Bill to the House of Lords.

MP voted NoAgainst party majority

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Voting at a Glance

A safe Lab seat, won with 59% of the vote in 2024. Centred on Hackney. Population 125,481, notably young (median age 32 vs 41 nationally), highly educated (55% degree-holders). Recorded crime is 114% above the national average. 18,015 businesses.

2024 General Election

§ 06This week in Westminster.Live · today’s sittingOrder Paper · refreshed daily

Hillier’s scheduled Commons activity this week — whipped divisions, oral questions, debates — drawn from the House of Commons Order Paper.

§ 07The record, at a glance.395 divisions voted

Two readings of the same data. Issue volume shows where Hillier has cast the most ballots — a proxy for engagement, not direction. Notable votes are the moments where the whip was free or where they broke ranks.

Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted · cumulative this Parliament
Taxation
83
Economy
71
Employment
44
Education
37
Welfare and Benefits
29
Constitution and Democracy
29
Notable votes
Free votes and rebellions — moments the MP’s own judgment matters more than the whip
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 2420 Jun 2025 · free vote
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1620 Jun 2025 · free vote
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading20 Jun 2025 · free vote
No
§ 08The local picture.9 wards

Constituencies are not uniform. Below — the local council make-up, key facts worth knowing, and the neighbouring seats on either side.

WardCouncillorVotesParty
DalstonGrace Adebayo1,199Labour P
DalstonZoë Garbett1,446Green Pa
Hackney CentralBenjamin David Hayhurst1,877Labour P
Hackney CentralSheila Suso-Runge1,994Labour P
Hackney CentralSophie Conway2,214Labour P
Hackney WickChris Kennedy1,675Labour P
Hackney WickJessica Lilias Webb1,729Labour P
Hackney WickJoseph Ogundemuren1,603Labour P
HaggerstonHumaira Garasia1,786Labour P
HaggerstonJon Narcross1,503Labour P
HaggerstonMidnight Ross1,604Labour P
HomertonAnna Siobhan Lynch1,922Labour P
Population (2021 Census)
125,481
Electorate 78,277 · 2024 register
Median income
£35,600
HMRC SPI 2024
Households renting privately
30.9%
England average 20.0%
Schools
37
21 primary · 9 secondary
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