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Bill Esterson
Labour MP for Sefton Central
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Bill Esterson voted on key issues:
- Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Has never voted on equal gay rights. votes
- Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Education, Work and Pensions, Communities and Local Government, Transport, Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Work Capability Assessment, Serco, General Practitioners, Rescue Services: Liverpool, Radioactive Waste
(based on written questions asked by Bill Esterson and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Marine Navigation (No. 2) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Children and Families Bill Committee (16 out of 19)
- Wreck Removal Convention Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: A and E Departments (21 May 2013)
“One of the concerns raised with me is about the lack of commissioning of community services to help patients to be discharged from hospital, which has a knock-on effect on A and E and queuing ambulances. Is not the reality that, as health professionals tell me, the lack of community services, which is what causes the problem in A and E, is a direct result of this Government’s reorganisation?”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Enterprise Allowance (20 May 2013)
“Given the difficulties and challenges in setting up a business, does the Minister agree that it is essential that the advice given ensures that people can succeed, so that they do not end up in a worse situation than if they had not gone down that route in the first place?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 83 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 43 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 69.95% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 1 annotation on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 139 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register