The subject of this article is standing for re-election to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom on 4 July, and will not be an incumbent MP once Parliament is dissolved on 30 May. Some parts of this article may be out of date during that period. |
Bill Esterson | |
---|---|
Shadow Minister for Roads | |
Assumed office 5 September 2023 | |
Leader | Keir Starmer |
Preceded by | Gill Furniss |
Shadow Minister for Business and Industry | |
In office 4 December 2021 –5 September 2023 | |
Leader | Keir Starmer |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Office abolished |
Shadow Minister for International Trade | |
In office 18 October 2016 –4 December 2021 | |
Leader | Jeremy Corbyn Keir Starmer |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Nia Griffith |
Shadow Minister for Small Business | |
In office 18 September 2015 –9 April 2020 | |
Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
Preceded by | Toby Perkins |
Succeeded by | Lucy Powell |
Member of Parliament for Sefton Central | |
Assumed office 6 May 2010 | |
Preceded by | Constituency Created |
Majority | 15,122 (29.7%) |
Member of Medway Council for River | |
In office 1 May 2003 –3 July 2010 [1] | |
Member of Medway Council for Town | |
In office 1 April 1998 –1 May 2003 | |
Member of Rochester-upon-Medway City Council for St Margaret’s and Borstal | |
In office 4 May 1995 –31 March 1998 | |
Personal details | |
Born | William Roffen Esterson 27 October 1966 Kent,England |
Political party | Labour |
Alma mater | University of Leeds |
Website | Official website |
William Roffen Esterson [2] (born 27 October 1966) [3] is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Sefton Central since 2010. He has been Shadow Minister for Roads since 2023. [4] He was Shadow Minister for Small Business from 2015 to 2020.
Esterson attended Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School in Rochester,Kent. [5] He holds a joint degree in Mathematics and Philosophy from the University of Leeds. After graduation,Esterson trained with an accountancy firm and subsequently became director of a training consultancy. [6]
Prior to his election as an MP,Esterson was a councillor for River Ward in Medway. [7] 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 councillor for St Margaret's and Borstal ward on Rochester-upon-Medway City Council which was dissolved to form Medway Council. [8] During his time as a councillor,Esterson served on the Environment,Food and Rural Affairs;Education;Community and Local Government;and Treasury Select Committees. [9]
At the 2010 general election,Esterson stood for election in the newly created constituency of Sefton Central as the Labour Party candidate. He was elected with 41.9% of the vote,receiving a majority of 3,862. [10] [ circular reference ]
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 chapter was entitled A Campaigning Party. [11]
In January 2015,Esterson proposed a bill which would introduce compulsory labelling of alcoholic drinks warning about potential dangers from drinking during pregnancy. [12] At the 2015 general election,Esterson was re-elected as the MP for Sefton Central with an increased majority of 11,846 and an increased vote share of 53.8%. [13] [ circular reference ] He was made Shadow Minister for Small Business following Jeremy Corbyn's election as Leader of the Labour Party in September 2015. [14] However,he supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace Corbyn in the 2016 leadership election. [15] In October 2016,he was made Shadow Minister for International Trade. [9]
At the snap 2017 general election,Esterson was again re-elected as the MP for Sefton Central,again with an increased majority of 15,618 and an increased vote share of 63.0%. [16] [ circular reference ]
At the 2019 general election,Esterson was again re-elected as the MP for Sefton Central,this time with a decreased majority of 15,122,and a decreased vote share of 57.5%. [17] [ circular reference ]
Esterson endorsed Keir Starmer in the 2020 Labour Party leadership election. [18] After Starmer's victory in the contest,Esterson was sacked as Shadow Small Business Minister,but reappointed as Shadow International Trade Minister. [9] He became Shadow Minister for Business and Industry as part of Starmer's shadow cabinet reshuffle. [19] In the 2023 British shadow cabinet reshuffle,he became Shadow Minister for Roads. [4]
Esterson is married with two children. [6]
Fabian Uziell-Hamilton is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds North East since 1997. He served as Shadow Minister for Peace and Disarmament from November 2016 to September 2023.
Andrew John Gwynne is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Denton and Reddish since 2005. A member of the Labour Party,he has been Shadow Minister for Social Care since 2023. He is the son of the late broadcaster and pundit John Gwynne.
Patrick Bosco McFadden is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Wolverhampton South East since 2005. He has been Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Labour National Campaign Coordinator since September 2023. He served as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury between 2021 and 2023.
Barbara Mary Keeley is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Worsley and Eccles South,previously Worsley,from 2005 to 2024.
Matthew Toby Perkins is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Chesterfield since 2010. He has served as Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs since 2023. He previously served as Shadow Minister for Apprentices and Lifelong Learning from April 2020 to September 2023 and was Shadow Minister for Small Business under Ed Miliband and Shadow Minister for the Armed Forces under Jeremy Corbyn.
Lisa Eva Nandy is a British Labour Party politician serving as Shadow Cabinet Minister for International Development in 2023. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wigan since 2010. Nandy previously served as Shadow Foreign Secretary,Shadow Levelling Up Secretary and Shadow Energy Secretary.
Jonathan Neil Reynolds is a British politician who is currently serving as Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade. A member of Labour Co-op,he has also been Member of Parliament (MP) for Stalybridge and Hyde since 2010.
Steven Mark Ward Reed is a British politician who has been Shadow Secretary of State for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs since September 2023. A member of the Labour and Co-operative Party,he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Croydon North since a 2012 by-election.
Lucy Maria Powell is a British politician serving as Shadow Leader of the House of Commons since 2023. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties,she has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Manchester Central since 2012.
James Ignatius O'Rourke McMahon is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Oldham West and Royton since 2015. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties,he has also served as Chair of the Co-operative Party since 2020.
Catherine Jane Smith is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lancaster and Fleetwood since 2015. A member of the Labour Party,she was a member of the shadow cabinets led by Jeremy Corbyn and Keir Starmer from 2016 to 2021 as Shadow Secretary of State,previously Shadow Minister,for Young People and Democracy.
Peter Christopher Dowd is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bootle since 2015. From 2017 to 2020,he served as the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury.
Matthew Thomas Pennycook is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Greenwich and Woolwich since 2015. A member of the Labour Party,he has been Shadow Minister for Housing and Planning since 2021.
Joanna Meriel Stevens is a Welsh politician serving as Shadow Secretary of State for Wales since 2021,and previously from 2016 to 2017. A member of the Labour Party,she has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiff Central since 2015.
Holly Lynch,also known as Holly Walker-Lynch,is a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Halifax from 2015 to 2024.
Imran Hussain is a British Labour Party politician and a barrister. He became the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Bradford East after gaining the seat from the Liberal Democrats at the 2015 general election.
Ruth Margaret Cadbury is a British politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brentford and Isleworth since 2015. A member of the Labour Party,she has been Shadow Minister for Prisons,Parole and Probation since 2023. A former planning consultant,Cadbury previously served on the opposition front bench as Shadow Minister for Housing from 2016 to 2017,Shadow Minister for Planning in 2021 and Shadow Minister for International Trade from 2021 to 2023.
Gillian Furniss is Labour Member of the UK Parliament,she was a Member of Sheffield City Council from 1999 to 2016.
Matthew Richard Allen Rodda is a British former journalist and civil servant,and a current Labour Party politician. He is the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for the Reading East parliamentary constituency and Shadow Minister for AI and Intellectual Property.
Charalambos "Bambos" Charalambous is a British politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Enfield Southgate since 2017. A member of the Labour Party,he served as Shadow Minister for the Middle East and North Africa from 2021 to 2023.