About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Bill Esterson) represents you, and all of the people who live in Sefton Central, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Sefton Central

Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @Bill_Esterson
• https://facebook.com/BillEsterson4SeftonCentral

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Bill Esterson campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Department for International Trade
• Department for Transport
• Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Department for Business and Trade
• Members: Correspondence
• NHS: Protective Clothing
• Trade Agreements
• Iron and Steel: Carbon Emissions
• Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

Currently held offices

• Chair, Energy Security and Net Zero Committee (since 11 Sep 2024)
• Chair, Energy Security and Net Zero Committee (since 11 Sep 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Automated Vehicles Bill [HL] Committee (13 Mar 2024 to 19 Mar 2024)
• Shadow Minister (Transport) ( 5 Sep 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill Committee ( 7 Sep 2022 to 18 Oct 2022)
• Member, Professional Qualifications Bill [HL] Committee (12 Jan 2022 to 18 Jan 2022)
• Shadow Minister (Business and Industrial Strategy) ( 4 Dec 2021 to 5 Sep 2023)
• Member, Subsidy Control Bill Committee (20 Oct 2021 to 18 Nov 2021)
• Shadow Minister (International Trade) (18 Oct 2016 to 4 Dec 2021)
• Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) ( 1 Jul 2016 to 10 Apr 2020)
• Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills) (18 Sep 2015 to 30 Jun 2016)
• Member, Treasury Committee ( 8 Jul 2015 to 26 Oct 2015)
• Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee ( 7 Nov 2011 to 25 Feb 2013)
• Member, Draft House of Lords Reform Bill (Joint Committee) (23 Jun 2011 to 26 Mar 2012)
• Member, Education Committee ( 2 Nov 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 27 Jun 2011)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Automated Vehicles Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Subsidy Control Bill Committee (8 out of 11)
• Professional Qualifications Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Trade Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Trade Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Education and Adoption Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
• Enterprise Bill Committee (8 out of 16)
• Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill Committee (11 out of 16)
• Deep Sea Mining Bill Committee (0 out of 2)
• Care Bill Committee (13 out of 15)
• 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)

Recent appearances

• Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage 7 Oct 2024

  Unlike the shadow Secretary of State, I am very pleased that the Secretary of State has announced jobs in Teesside—jobs from which my constituents in the north-west of England will potentially benefit. I am also very pleased that we have a Government who are committed to an industrial strategy, and who believe in Government working in partnership with business. The Secretary of State...

• Solicitor General: Rioters: Prosecutions 12 Sep 2024

  What steps she is taking to help ensure rioters are prosecuted efficiently and effectively.

• Solicitor General: Rioters: Prosecutions 12 Sep 2024

  I thank the Solicitor General for her kind words, and I congratulate her in turn on her appointment. I also congratulate the Government on their excellent response to the riots over the summer, which she has just outlined. My hon. and learned Friend has talked about the early release scheme, which is, of course, the result of the shortage of prison places inherited from the previous...

More of Bill Esterson’s recent appearances

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