Bill Esterson
Labour Sefton Central
Voting record
Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.
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How often Bill Esterson voted the same way as most of the Labour party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.
Government & opposition roles
Bill Esterson doesn’t currently hold a government or shadow front-bench post, but has in the past. See Government for who else currently holds one.
Declared financial interests
From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Bill Esterson →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.
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)
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)
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: 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 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)
Written questions to government
No written questions on file for Bill Esterson yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Bill Esterson has ever tabled.
Business costs (IPSA)
£314,878.44 paid out to or for Bill Esterson across 222 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Bill Esterson’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.
Early Day Motions
No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Bill Esterson — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Bill Esterson’s full record.
All-Party Parliamentary Groups
Bill Esterson is a listed officer of 3 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.
Biggest declared funder across these groups: Policy Connect — about £44,250.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Manufacturing Group).
Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Bill Esterson personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Bill Esterson is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.
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