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
Voting record
575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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Debates
1112 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:
- National Energy System Operator: Blackout Risk
- Nuclear Energy Sites: Scotland
- Civil Service Pensions
- School Rebuilding Programme: Sefton
- Energy Security
- Fuel Costs: Support for Motorists
- Middle East: Economic Update
- Household Energy Bills
- Climate Change
- UK Steel Strategy
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.
| Accepted | Recipient | Donor | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 May 2026 | Mr Bill Esterson MP sitting MP | Great Britain-China Centre Other | Visit | £4,895 |
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