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| Bill Esterson MP | |
|---|---|
 Official parliamentary portrait, June 2017 | |
| Member of Parliament for Sefton Central | |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency Created |
| Majority | 15,618 (30.0%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
27 October 1966 Kent |
| Website |
billesterson |
William Roffen Esterson MP (born 27 October 1966) is MP for Sefton Central, first elected at the 2010 general election. He has served on the following Select Committees; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Education, Community and Local Government, Treasury. Esterson was appointed as Shadow Minister for Small Business in September 2015.
Esterson holds a joint degree in Mathematics and Philosophy from the University of Leeds. He trained with a large accountancy firm and subsequently became director of a training consultancy.
Political career
Prior to being elected as an MP, he was the Labour Councillor for River Ward in Medway, a unitary authority in Kent. When Medway Council was created in 1997, Esterson was elected to represent Town Ward. He represented Town Ward until 2003, when boundary changes were implemented. He was a previous councillor for St Margaret's and Borstal ward on Rochester-upon-Medway City Council which was dissolved to form Medway Council.
Esterson contributed to the Hillsborough debate in the House of Commons on 17 October 2011 by reading directly the words of a bereaved father. In September 2011 he contributed to the book What next for Labour? Ideas for a new generation, his piece was entitled A Campaigning Party.
In January 2015, Esterson proposed a bill which would introduce compulsory labelling of alcoholic drinks warning about potential dangers from drinking during pregnancy.
Esterson has been the Shadow Minister for Small Business since September 2015.