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Bill Esterson
MP
Official portrait, 2020
Shadow Minister for Roads
Incumbent
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
Incumbent
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
(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 has been Shadow Minister for Roads since 2023.[4] He was Shadow Minister for Small Business from 2015 to 2020.
^"Bill Esterson". Medway Elects. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
^"No. 61230". The London Gazette. 18 May 2015. p. 9118.
^"Bill Esterson MP". BBC Democracy Live. BBC. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
^"Meet our Shadow Cabinet". The Labour Party. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
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