| James Hill | |
| Office: | Member of Parliament for Midlothian |
| Constituency: | Midlothian |
| Party: | Labour |
| Successor: | Alexander Eadie |
| Predecessor: | David Johnstone Pryde |
| Parents: | James Hill and Janet Meechan Hill |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Birth Date: | 2 September 1899 |
| Death Place: | Edinburgh Royal Infirmary |
| Termstart: | 8 October 1959 |
| Termend: | 10 March 1966 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Birth Place: | Bellshill |
| Birth Name: | James Meechan Hill |
James Meechan Hill (2 September 1899 – 22 December 1966) was a Scottish Labour Member of Parliament for Midlothian from 1959 to 1966. His successor was Alexander Eadie.[1]
Hill was born and educated in Bellshill, Lanarkshire, the son of coal miner James Hill and Janet Meechan Hill. Also a miner by profession, Hill was elected to the Musselburgh Town Council in 1945, and to the Midlothian County Council in 1946. He was elected as a Labour candidate in the 1959 and re-elected in 1964.[1]
Hill suffered heart problems in his second term, however, being hospitalised repeatedly.[2] He was unable to contest the 1966 general election. He died in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary in December 1966.[1]