At a glanceBill Esterson is a Labour MP for Sefton Central, and has represented the seat for 16 years, 2 months. They have cast 401 votes in Commons divisions (70% attendance), tabled 1,699 written questions and registered 5 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Bill Esterson did not vote in 174. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
Current roles
- Liaison Committee (Commons) Committee since 4 Dec 2024
- National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) Committee since 2 Dec 2024
- Energy Security and Net Zero Committee Committee · Chair since 11 Sep 2024
- Sefton Central Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Labour Party since 6 May 2010
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Alex Mayer Labour 100.0% · 395 of 395 shared votes
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Rachel Hopkins
Labour
100.0% · 390 of 390 shared votes
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Paul Davies
Labour
100.0% · 386 of 386 shared votes
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Callum Anderson
Labour
100.0% · 385 of 385 shared votes
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Josh Dean
Labour
100.0% · 385 of 385 shared votes
Votes least like
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Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Conservative
0.7% · 1 of 140 shared votes
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
0.8% · 2 of 251 shared votes
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Mr Mark Francois
Conservative
0.9% · 2 of 232 shared votes
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Alan Mak
Conservative
1.0% · 3 of 306 shared votes
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David Davis
Conservative
1.0% · 2 of 192 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources1
- The Jockey Club - £2,000.00 (registered 11 May 2026)
Visits outside the UK3
- International visit to China between 24 May 2026 and 29 May 2026 (registered 17 Jun 2026)
- International visit to Finland between 26 October 2025 and 28 October 2025 (registered 18 Nov 2025)
- International visit to Denmark between 22 October 2025 and 24 October 2025 (registered 13 Nov 2025)
Shareholdings1
- Shares in Bill Esterson Campaigns Ltd (registered 14 Oct 2016)
Written questions
ME/CFS: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the action in the ME/CFS Final Delivery Plan to explore whether a specialised service should be prescribed for people with very severe ME/CFS, whether his Department has made an a
Answer · 3 Jul 2026
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are expected to commission services for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) across all levels of severity, including those with severe and very severe ME/CFS, in line with national standard...
Parking Offences: Sefton
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the report entitled BCP Council: Increased Penalty Charge Notice and Associated Charges Trial, published in February 2026, whether her Department will be extending the trials of increased Pena
Answer · 1 Jul 2026
The DfT is not running a trial. As stated in the report entitled "BCP Council: Increased Penalty Charge Notice and Associated Charges Trial", the Department for Transport authorised BCP Council in July 2025 to trial increased PCN levels aligned ...
Tax Avoidance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of whether people who previously settled Loan Charge liabilities with HMRC will be offered equivalent terms to those available under the new settlement opportunity following the McCann R
Answer · 23 Jun 2026
At Budget 2024, the Government committed to a new independent review of the loan charge. The purpose of the review was to bring the matter to a close for people who have not settled and paid their Loan Charge liabilities. The Government has accepted all b...
Tax Avoidance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimates she has made of the number of how many taxpayers with outstanding Loan Charge liabilities HMRC expects to be eligible for the new settlement opportunity following the McCann Review; and how many have
Answer · 23 Jun 2026
At Budget 2024, the Government committed to a new independent review of the loan charge. The purpose of the review was to bring the matter to a close for people who have not settled and paid their Loan Charge liabilities. The Government has accepted all b...
Real Estate Investment Trusts: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HMRC paid in (a) withheld tax repayments and (b) rebates relating to UK Real Estate Investment Trust distributions to non-UK residents in financial years (i) 2023-24 and (ii) 2024-25; and what compliance an
Answer · 26 May 2026
HMRC does not routinely publish data on withheld tax repayments relating to Real Estate Investment Trust distributions, the specific figures requested are not readily available in a single dataset. Repayments are administered through a number of different...
Submarines: Deployment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what welfare, health and family-support provisions are available to submariners completing exceptionally long patrols.
Answer · 29 Apr 2026
Submariners undertake some of the most demanding duties in Defence and the Department recognises the unique demands placed upon them and their families. A range of support measures are provided to submariners while on patrol and once they return home, inc...
Mental Health Services: Sefton
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution of the Chancellor of the Exchequer of 8 April 2025 during Treasury Questions, Official Report, column 718, when the relevant Minister plans to meet the hon. Member for Sefton
Answer · 26 Jun 2025
I apologise for the delay in progressing arrangements for your meeting with the relevant minister. We have now spoken with the Department of Health and Social Care and the responsible minister’s office will be in contact to organise a meeting with you as ...
Alternative Fuels
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his planned timetable is for publication of the Low Carbon Fuel Strategy.
Answer · 20 May 2024
The government will publish a Low Carbon Fuels Strategy this spring to further support investment by setting out a vision for the deployment of low carbon fuels across transport modes up to 2050.
Early day motions
| 23 Mar 2011 | PAPER TOWELS IN RETAILERS' PUBLIC TOILETS | 23 sig. |
| 15 Sep 2010 | ADMINISTRATION OF CONNAUGHT PLC | 15 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
15 Jul 2026 National Energy System Operator: Blackout Risk
Last week the Committee heard from Claire Dykta, the director of strategy and policy at NESO, who told us: “Operational decisions are taken by authorised, trained personnel only.” Her comments were confirmed by Alastair Martin, the c…
7 Jul 2026 Nuclear Energy Sites: Scotland
As the Minister has just said, new nuclear is essential for energy security. It is also essential as an alternative career for workers in oil and gas. Does the Minister agree that by blocking new nuclear in Scotland—in contrast to what is …
6 Jul 2026 Civil Service Pensions
Paul and Susan Robinson each worked for the Health and Safety Executive for more than 40 years. They have not been able to plan for their retirement since finishing work last year; they have been living off their savings and the small loan…
22 Jun 2026 School Rebuilding Programme: Sefton
Hudson primary school in my constituency does a brilliant job. It is a family hub, it specialises in support for children with SEND and autism, and it has a nursery, but its building, which is 80 years old, suffers from a high water table …
22 Jun 2026 School Rebuilding Programme: Sefton
7. If she will make it her policy to prioritise Hudson primary school, Sefton, in the school rebuilding programme.
19 May 2026 Energy Security
I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for what he has said; and I always find his contributions interesting. My Committee heard from the Country Land and Business Association on the subject of solar panels on agricultural land, and its…
19 May 2026 Energy Security
As I have said, the amount we are talking about is very small, compared to the needs of the UK. [Interruption.] The hon. Member might not be so disappointed by what I say next. There is an argument—the Government have done some of this wit…
19 May 2026 Energy Security
The Government were supportive of heating oil in the recently announced measures precisely for some of the reasons that the hon. Member sets out. We have to address this threat, and we have to transition for reasons of energy security, cos…
19 May 2026 Energy Security
The Select Committee has taken evidence on much of what is in the Gracious Speech, and a big part of this debate has been about the threats that we face as a result of the second fossil fuel crisis in five years. I remember the first in 19…
28 Apr 2026 Fuel Costs: Support for Motorists
The fuel duty freeze is of course very welcome for drivers of petrol and diesel vehicles, but this is the second time in just over four years that petrol and diesel prices have gone through the roof as a result of international oil and gas…
21 Apr 2026 Middle East: Economic Update
The conflict in Iran is also a matter of energy security and the cost of energy. It is a reminder for the second time in four years of the dangers of being dependent on international fossil fuel markets and of the need to reduce our depend…
24 Mar 2026 Household Energy Bills
There are people who are saying that the way to bring down bills is to reach agreement with the oil and gas companies to charge less for gas in the North sea. Is not the problem with that argument that there is absolutely no way that those…
19 Mar 2026 Climate Change
I know that we are talking about the climate, but the events in Iran are a salutary reminder of the need to take action because of the reliance on global fossil-fuel prices. A new report from Reuters suggests that 17% of Qatar’s next five …
19 Mar 2026 Climate Change
The hon. Lady is four minutes into her speech and she has talked about the reduction in emissions, which is largely the result of the dash for gas, which predated the last Conservative Government—actually, it happened under the previous Co…
19 Mar 2026 Climate Change
Will the hon. Lady give way?
19 Mar 2026 Climate Change
My hon. Friend is right. I hope that her constituents and the businesses in her constituency can take full advantage in spite of the damage that the appalling party she mentioned is trying to do not just to the climate to our economic pros…
19 Mar 2026 Climate Change
My hon. Friend is right. Actually, our global leadership through COP, which my hon. Friend the Member for Basingstoke mentioned, and the fact we have set our nationally determined contribution—unlike some countries—is hugely important. We …
19 Mar 2026 Climate Change
I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Basingstoke (Luke Murphy) on securing the debate. As far as I am concerned, we should debate this all day, every day, because the message needs to be heard loud and clear out there. Those who wa…
19 Mar 2026 UK Steel Strategy
It really is in the national interest to secure the future of the steel industry in this country. It is extraordinary to hear the opposition to the plan from the Opposition Benches, but perhaps not surprising, given that the shadow Secreta…
16 Mar 2026 Heating Oil Support
Unlike the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (Andrew Bowie), I give an unqualified welcome to today’s announcement, which will support some of the most vulnerable people in the United Kingdom—some of th…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Opposition posts
- Shadow Minister (Transport) · Department for Transport 5 Sep 2023 – 30 May 2024
- Shadow Minister (Business and Industrial Strategy) · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 4 Dec 2021 – 5 Sep 2023
- Shadow Minister (International Trade) · Department for Business and Trade 18 Oct 2016 – 4 Dec 2021
- Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) · Department for Business and Trade 1 Jul 2016 – 10 Apr 2020
- Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills) · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 18 Sep 2015 – 30 Jun 2016
Committee memberships
- Automated Vehicles Bill [HL] 13 Mar 2024 – 19 Mar 2024
- Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill 7 Sep 2022 – 18 Oct 2022
- Professional Qualifications Bill [HL] 12 Jan 2022 – 18 Jan 2022
- Subsidy Control Bill 20 Oct 2021 – 18 Nov 2021
- Treasury Committee 8 Jul 2015 – 26 Oct 2015
- Education Committee 2 Nov 2010 – 30 Mar 2015
- Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee 7 Nov 2011 – 25 Feb 2013
- Draft House of Lords Reform Bill (Joint Committee) 23 Jun 2011 – 26 Mar 2012
- Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee 12 Jul 2010 – 27 Jun 2011
Previous seats
- Sefton Central · Elected 4 times 6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024
Expenses
Contact & offices
020 7219 0463
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
First Floor, Old Building , 73 Liverpool Road , Crosby, L23 5SE
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Bill Esterson, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Bill Esterson?
Bill Esterson is a Member of Parliament representing Sefton Central in the House of Commons. See Bill Esterson's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Bill Esterson represent?
Bill Esterson sits as Labour. See Bill Esterson's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Bill Esterson represent?
Bill Esterson is the Member of Parliament for Sefton Central. See Bill Esterson's official Parliament profile.
How long has Bill Esterson been an MP?
Bill Esterson has served in the House of Commons for 16 years, 2 months. See Bill Esterson's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Bill Esterson?
Bill Esterson has 5 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Bill Esterson's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.