Meg Hillier

Dame Margaret Olivia Hillier DBE (born 14 February 1969), 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.

Dame
Meg Hillier
DBE MP
Official portrait, 2020
Chair of the Public Accounts Committee
Assumed office
18 June 2015
Preceded byMargaret Hodge
Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
In office
8 October 2010 – 7 October 2011
LeaderEd Miliband
Preceded byEd Miliband
Succeeded byCaroline Flint
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Identity
In office
28 June 2007 – 12 May 2010
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byJoan Ryan (Under-Secretary of State for Nationality, Citizenship and Immigration)
Succeeded byDamian Green (Minister of State for Immigration)
Member of Parliament
for Hackney South and Shoreditch
Assumed office
5 May 2005
Preceded byBrian Sedgemore
Majority33,985 (62.4%)
Member of the London Assembly
for North East
In office
4 May 2000 – 10 June 2004
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byJennette Arnold
Mayor of Islington
In office
May 1998 – May 1999
Preceded byRupert Perry
Succeeded byJenny Sands
Islington Borough Councillor
for Sussex Ward
In office
5 May 1994 – 2 May 2002
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born
Margaret Olivia Hillier

(1969-02-14) 14 February 1969
Hampstead, London, England
Political partyLabour and Co-operative
SpouseJoe Simpson
Children3
Alma materSt Hilda's College, Oxford
Websitewww.meghillier.com
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