Voting Record — Bill Esterson MP, Sefton Central (24905)

Bill Esterson

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).

From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
5 Jul 2024	still in office	Lab	0 votes out of 14, 0.0%	14 votes out of 15, 93.3%	0 times
13 Dec 2019	30 May 2024	Lab	0 votes out of 746, 0.0%	746 votes out of 1069, 69.8%	0 times
9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	Lab	0 votes out of 373, 0.0%	373 votes out of 463, 80.6%	0 times
8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Lab	1 vote out of 316, 0.3%	316 votes out of 467, 67.7%	0 times
6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Lab	4 votes out of 862, 0.5%	862 votes out of 1239, 69.6%	1 time

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Interesting Votes

Votes in parliament for which this MP's vote differed from the majority vote of their party (Rebel), or in which this MP was a teller (Teller), or both (Rebel Teller).

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House	Date	Subject	Bill Esterson	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
House	Date	Subject	Bill Esterson	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
30 May 2024	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Transport),
19 Mar 2024	Stopped being Member, Automated Vehicles Bill [HL] Committee
13 Mar 2024	Became Member, Automated Vehicles Bill [HL] Committee
5 Sep 2023	Became Shadow Minister (Transport),
5 Sep 2023	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Business and Industrial Strategy),
18 Oct 2022	Stopped being Member, Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill Committee
7 Sep 2022	Became Member, Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill Committee
18 Jan 2022	Stopped being Member, Professional Qualifications Bill [HL] Committee
12 Jan 2022	Became Member, Professional Qualifications Bill [HL] Committee
4 Dec 2021	Became Shadow Minister (Business and Industrial Strategy),
4 Dec 2021	Stopped being Shadow Minister (International Trade),
18 Nov 2021	Stopped being Member, Subsidy Control Bill Committee
20 Oct 2021	Became Member, Subsidy Control Bill Committee
10 Apr 2020	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy),
House	Date	Subject	Bill Esterson	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
House	Date	Subject	Bill Esterson	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	8 Feb 2017	Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) Between the European Union and Canada	minority	aye	Rebel
18 Oct 2016	Became Shadow Minister (International Trade),
1 Jul 2016	Became Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy),
30 Jun 2016	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills),
26 Oct 2015	Stopped being Member, Treasury Committee
18 Sep 2015	Became Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills),
8 Jul 2015	Became Member, Treasury Committee
House	Date	Subject	Bill Esterson	Lab Vote	Rôle
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Education Committee
25 Feb 2013	Stopped being Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Commons	19 Dec 2012	Charities Act 2011 (Amendment) Bill — Presumption of Charitable Status for Religious Institutions	minority	aye	Rebel
26 Mar 2012	Stopped being Member, Draft House of Lords Reform Bill (Joint Committee)
Commons	12 Mar 2012	Backbench Business Committee — Election of Members and Chair — Operation of Committee	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 Mar 2012	Election of Backbench Business Committee by Parties	Majority	aye	Rebel
7 Nov 2011	Became Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
27 Jun 2011	Stopped being Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
23 Jun 2011	Became Member, Draft House of Lords Reform Bill (Joint Committee)
Commons	15 Mar 2011	Scotland Bill — New Clause 19 — Devolution of Powers Relating to Food Labelling and Content	Majority	aye	Rebel
2 Nov 2010	Became Member, Education Committee
Commons	26 Jul 2010	Academies Bill — Referendum of Parents If Governor Objects to Application for Academy Status -rejected	tellaye	aye	Teller
12 Jul 2010	Became Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this MP and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

Agreement	Policy
0%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0%	Academy Schools - for
90%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
73%	Action to Reduce Spread of COVID-19
92%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
0%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
53%	Apprenticeships
0%	Assisted Dying
7%	Asylum System - More strict
21%	Authorised Criminal Conduct by Undercover Sources
17%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
92%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
50%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
0%	Business and community control of schools: For
17%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
32%	Closed Material Proceedure
25%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
0%	Cull Badgers
100%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
21%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
7%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
77%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
100%	Easier access to abortion
0%	Employee Shareholder Status
58%	Employment rights
15%	Encourage and incentivise saving
0%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
84%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
0%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
100%	Environmental water quality
16%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
73%	European Union Integration - For
4%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
0%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
100%	Fire Safety
44%	Fixed Term Parliaments
62%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
25%	Free Market Within United Kingdom
99%	Fully Elected House of Lords
78%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
59%	Further devolution to Scotland
69%	Further devolution to Wales
84%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
6%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
100%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
83%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
100%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
24%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
62%	Higher taxes on banks
25%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
75%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
61%	HS2 - In Favour
87%	Human Rights and Equality
76%	Imported Goods Must Equal UK Standards
67%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
75%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
21%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
22%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
19%	Increase the state pension age
20%	Increase VAT
67%	Inheritance Tax
0%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
50%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
13%	Localise Council Tax Support
45%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
0%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
63%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
100%	Mansion Tax
87%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
40%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100%	Member trustees on pension boards
0%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
33%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
84%	Minimum Wage
100%	More Emergency Service Workers
75%	More funds for social care
72%	More powers for local councils
100%	More restrictive planning laws
100%	MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
50%	No detention without charge or trial
86%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
100%	Nuclear power - For
84%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
0%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
0%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
16%	Police and Crime Commissioners
75%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
100%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
25%	Privatise Royal Mail
0%	Promote Occupational Pensions
52%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
100%	Protect tenants & leasholders from safety costs
8%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
69%	Public Ownership of Railways
100%	Rail Fares - Lower
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
21%	Reduce capital gains tax
5%	Reduce central funding for local government
80%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
13%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
0%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
20%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
13%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
2%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
76%	Referendum on any EU withdrawal arrangements
50%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
17%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
29%	Register of Lobbyists
100%	Regulate letting agent fees
38%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
99%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
17%	Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
88%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
0%	Require voters to show photo ID before voting
4%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
9%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
100%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
0%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
67%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
58%	Right to strike
83%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
67%	Same Sex Marriage - for
0%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
0%	Sell England's Public Forests
88%	Smoking ban - In favour
99%	State control of bus services
85%	Stop climate change
77%	Support current and former armed service members
30%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
50%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
0%	Termination of pregnancy - against
11%	Tougher on illegal immigration
4%	Trade Unions - Restrict
70%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
0%	University Tuition Fees - For
50%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
92%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
86%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
100%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Bill Esterson MP, Sefton Central (24905)

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