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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:
- 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 moderately against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
- Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for a smoking ban. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Education, Transport, Communities and Local Government, Health, Work and Pensions
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Serco, General Practitioners, Radioactive Waste, Housing: Repairs and Maintenance, Departmental Temporary Employment
(based on written questions asked by Bill Esterson and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
- Wreck Removal Convention Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Deputy Prime Minister: Electoral Register (22 May 2012)
“To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether he has given consideration to introducing a civil penalty for non-compliance with the request of an electoral registration officer to supply information necessary to compile an accurate electoral register.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Police Numbers (21 May 2012)
“What assessment she has made of the effect of change in police numbers on the level of crime since May 2010.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Police Numbers (21 May 2012)
“There are 385 fewer front-line police officers in Merseyside than there were in March 2010. According to the British crime survey, there has been the biggest increase in recorded crime for a decade. People in Merseyside could be forgiven for thinking that there was a link between the two. Will the Minister now stand at the Dispatch Box and deny the existence of that link?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 96 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 112 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 66.06% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 2 annotations 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") 90 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register