NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Meg Hillier

Margaret Hillier known as Meg Hillier (born February 14, 1969) is a British politician and Labour and Co-operative Party Member of Parliament for Hackney South and Shoreditch. Before you can upload images you will need to register an account Only use this if you hold the copyright on the image. ... Before you can upload images you will need to register an account Only use this if you hold the copyright on the image. ... February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box: A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in England, Scotland and Wales. ... This article is about the British political party. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Hackney South and Shoreditch is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

Hillier was educated at St Hilda's College, Oxford and during her time there was elected Librarian of the Oxford Union Society. She was not prominently involved in the Oxford University Labour Club. She worked as a journalist and was elected as a councillor in the London Borough of Islington in 1994, serving as the Mayor of Islington in 1998, before standing down from the council in 2002. She was elected as a founding member of the London Assembly for North East London at the first London Assembly election of 2000, she served on the assembly until 2004, and became a board member of Transport for London, a position she relinquished on her election to parliament. College name St Hildas College, Oxford Named after Established 1893 Principal Lady English JCR President Olivia Bailey Undergraduates 420 MCR President Sarah-Jane Fenton Graduates 86 Homepage St Hildas College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Arms of Islington London Borough Council Islington Town Hall Islington is a borough of London to the north of the City of London, west of Hackney, east of Camden, and south of Haringey. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Islington is an inner-city district in north London. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The London Assembly is an elected body that supervises the Greater London Authority and the Mayor of London. ... North East is a constituency represented in the London Assembly. ... The first elections for members of the London Assembly were held on 4 May 2000, alongside the first mayoral election. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Transport For London (TfL) is a local government body responsible for most aspects of the transport system throughout Greater London in England. ...

Hillier was elected to the House of Commons at the 2005 general election following the retirement of the veteran Labour MP Brian Sedgemore. During the election campaign Sedgemore resigned from the Labour Party and joined the Liberal Democrats [1]. That aside, Hillier held the seat comfortably with a majority of 10,204. She made her maiden speech on May 24, 2005, in which she explained that there were more men in the House of Commons today than there have ever been women MPs [2]. The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Barring a change in the law, the next general election in the United Kingdom must be held some time before June 30, 2006. ... Brian Sedgemore (on right) with the Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy, announcing his defection prior to the 2005 General Election. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... A maiden speech is the first speech given by a newly elected representative in such bodies as the House of Commons or the United States House of Representatives. ... May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

She served as member of the Northern Ireland select committee for a year until she was became the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Ruth Kelly in 2006. She is married with two children, and resides in Islington, London. The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) is an arm of the United Kingdom government, responsible for Northern Ireland affairs. ... A Select Committee is a committee made up of a small number of parliamentary members appointed to deal with particular areas or issues originating in the Westminster System of parliamentary democracy. ... A Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) is a junior role given to a United Kingdom Member of Parliament (MP). ... The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, formerly Minister of State for Communities and Local Government, is a Cabinet position currently within the UKs Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, formerly headed by John Prescott. ... Ruth Maria Kelly (born 9 May 1968) is a British politician. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Islington is an inner-city district in north London. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

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