Bill Esterson
MP since 6 May 2010
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Bill Esterson is the Labour MP for Sefton Central, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010.
1677
Votes Cast
£282,481
Expenses 2024-25
18,282
Majority
56.4%
Vote Share
Expenses (2024-25)
£282,481
Year-on-Year
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 47,449 voters
Parliamentary Activity
Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)
7
Written Questions
23
Oral Questions
107
Debates Spoken In⚑
165
Speeches⚑
401
Divisions Voted
⚑Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.
Voting Record
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3 NOPublic Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage
3 votes · 14 Jul 2026
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage
3 votes · 14 Jul 2026
1 AYE1 NOImmigration and Asylum Bill
2 votes · 13 Jul 2026
Immigration and Asylum Bill
2 votes · 13 Jul 2026
4 NOArmed Forces Bill Report Stage
4 votes · 22 Jun 2026
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage
4 votes · 22 Jun 2026
3 NONational Security (State Threats) Bill Committee
3 votes · 17 Jun 2026
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee
3 votes · 17 Jun 2026
Financial Interests(3)
Visits outside the UK
Parliamentary Renewable & Sustainable Energy Group (PRASEG)
£1,185
Visits outside the UK
Parliamentary Renewable & Sustainable Energy Group (PRASEG)
- Name of donor
- Parliamentary Renewable & Sustainable Energy Group (PRASEG)
- Address of donor
- PRASEG, 10 Dean Farrar Street, London SW1H 0DX
- Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
- Accommodation, return flights, subsistence, ground transport, value £1,185
- Destination of visit
- Denmark (Copenhagen)
- Dates of visit
- 22 October 2025 to 24 October 2025
- Purpose of visit
- APPG visit to high-level meetings and site visits in Copenhagen cross-channel cooperation for decarbonising heat and energy.
Registered 13 November 2025
Visits outside the UK
Nuclear Industry Association
£883
Visits outside the UK
Nuclear Industry Association
- Name of donor
- Nuclear Industry Association
- Address of donor
- 4th Floor, York House, 23 Kingsway, London WC2B 6UJ
- Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
- Return flights to Helsinki, hotel accommodation, transport and meals, value £882.55
- Destination of visit
- Finland
- Dates of visit
- 26 October 2025 to 28 October 2025
- Purpose of visit
- To visit the Olkiluoto 3 Nuclear Power Plant, Onkalo Geological Disposal Facility and Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK)
Registered 18 November 2025
(i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
26 September 2016
Additional information: I am the director and sole shareholder
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(i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
26 September 2016 Additional information: I am the director and sole shareholder
- Name of company or organisation
- Bill Esterson Campaigns Ltd
- Interest held
- from 26 September 2016
- Additional information
- I am the director and sole shareholder.
Registered 14 October 2016
Activity Pulse
Questions asked and motions sponsored by Bill in Parliament
Energy Intensive Industries: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on encouraging the decarbonisation of energy inte
Iron and steel: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an estimate of the number of jobs created by the steel industry in each of the last five years.
Iron and steel: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate she has made of the proportion of carbon emissions resulting from the steel industry in each of the last five years.
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when she plans to respond to email correspondence of 2 June 2023 from the hon. Member for Sefton Central on subsidies for oil, coal and
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to respond to correspondence from the hon. Member for Sefton Central of (a) 13 February and (b) 16 May 2023 on partially sighted people and f
Alternative Fuels: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department plans to take to support people and businesses to switch to low carbon fuel alternatives.
Carbon Emissions: Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent progress his Department has made on implementation of the Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy.
Energy Intensive Industries: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on industry of delaying the British Industry Supercharger scheme.
Carbon Emissions: Industrial Energy Transformation Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent estimate he has made of the effect on carbon emissions of the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund up to 4 July 2023.
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to respond to email correspondence of 14 June 2023 from the hon. Member for Sefton Central.
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