Bill Esterson

Bill Esterson
Official portrait, 2020
Chair of the Energy Security and Net Zero Select Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 September 2024
Preceded by	Angus MacNeil
Shadow Minister for Roads
In office 5 September 2023 – 5 July 2024
Leader	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Gill Furniss
Shadow Minister for Business and Industry
In office 4 December 2021 – 5 September 2023
Leader	Sir 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 Sir 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
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2010
Preceded by	Constituency Created
Majority	18,282 (38.5%)
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 (1966-10-27) 27 October 1966 (age 57) 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 was Shadow Minister for Roads from 2023 to 2024,^[4] and was Shadow Minister for Small Business from 2015 to 2020.