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.
1687
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)
8
Written Questions
25
Oral Questions
109
Debates Spoken In⚑
167
Speeches⚑
411
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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1687 votes — page 2 of 68
4 NOArmed Forces Bill Report Stage
4 votes · 22 Jun 2026
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage
4 votes · 22 Jun 2026
4 NONational Security (State Threats) Bill Committee
4 votes · 17 Jun 2026
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee
4 votes · 17 Jun 2026
3 NOCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages
3 votes · 16 Jun 2026
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages
3 votes · 16 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
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.
Industrial Energy Transformation Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much funding his Department has provided through phase (a) one and (b) two of the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund.
Industrial Energy Transformation Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund on carbon emissions.
Electricity: Iron and Steel
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help the steel industry access competitive wholesale electricity prices.
Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to respond to the consultation entitled Addressing carbon leakage risk to support decarbonisation, published on 30 March 2
Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the impact of electricity prices on (a) steel producers and (b) the steel industry.
Energy Intensive Industries: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she plans to implement all the measures set out under the British Industry Supercharger scheme before April 2024.
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what support his Department is providing to small housebuilders.
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment she has made of fraudulent practices in the housebuilding industry on public confidence in the housebuilding industry.
Energy: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a national retrofit strategy on the Government's ability to (a) reduce energy bil
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