Official portrait of Bill Esterson

Bill Esterson

Labour MP for Sefton Central, since 6 May 2010

Bill Esterson is the Labour MP for Sefton Central, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010.

Scorecard

69.7% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
411 Votes cast out of 590 divisions
179 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
5 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
1114 Debates spoken in 1700 written questions tabled

Ranked 373 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.4%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

590 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
11 Sep 2026 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading No vote 270–286
11 Sep 2026 Closure motion No vote 293–218
10 Sep 2026 Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No vote 77–292
9 Sep 2026 Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division No vote 371–100
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 No 162–297
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 No 106–302
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 No 108–357
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 No 79–300
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 No 170–316
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 No 77–317
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–79
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading Aye 411–102
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 No 85–427
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 No 105–410
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 No 166–346
15 Jul 2026 Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots deferred division Aye 330–109
15 Jul 2026 Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division Aye 330–109
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 No 104–412
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 No 102–409
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 No 93–323
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading Aye 264–90
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 97–358
8 Jul 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 283–182
8 Jul 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 317–103
8 Jul 2026 Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 369–102

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: The Jockey Club
Address of donor: 75 High Holborn, London WC1V 6LS
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets with hospitality at Aintree Racecourse, (estimated value), value £2,000
Date received: 11 April 2026
Date accepted: 11 April 2026
Donor status: unincorporated association
(Registered 11 May 2026)

On the register since 19 May 2026

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Great Britain-China Centre
Address of donor: Kings Building, 16 Smith Square, London SW1P 3HQ
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): hotels, flights, food and ground transport, value £4,895
Destination of visit: China
Dates of visit: 24 May 2026 to 29 May 2026
Purpose of visit: Part of the Great Britain-China Centre delegation.
(Registered 17 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

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)

On the register since 19 Dec 2025

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)

On the register since 18 Nov 2025

7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

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)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

1114 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

1 donation accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £4,895 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
24 May 2026 Mr Bill Esterson MP sitting MP Great Britain-China Centre Other Visit £4,895

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 1 Oct 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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