Bill Etherington

Bill Etherington

Member of Parliament for Sunderland North
In office 10 April 1992 – 12 April 2010
Preceded by	Bob Clay
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished

Personal details
Born	(1941-07-17) 17 July 1941 (age 83) Sunderland, County Durham, England
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Irene Holton
Alma mater	Durham University

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William Etherington (born 17 July 1941) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Sunderland North from 1992 to 2010.

Early life

Bill Etherington was born in Sunderland, County Durham and was educated at the Redby^[1] Infant and Junior Schools on Fulwell Road, Monkwearmouth Grammar School^[2] (five years above Hilary Armstrong) and latterly at Durham University. He was an apprentice fitter at the Austin and Pickersgill Shipyard in Sunderland for five years from 1957. He became a fitter for Beal & Co in Sunderland in 1962, before joining the National Coal Board in 1963 and for the following twenty years worked as a fitter at the Dawdon Colliery in County Durham. He has been a member of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) since 1963, and from 1983 until his election was a full-time trade union official with them, as general secretary of its Durham Colliery Mechanics' Association affiliate. He was a full-time official during the UK miners' strike (1984-1985). From 1988 to 1992, he was also vice president of the North East Region of the NUM.^[3]

Parliamentary career

He was first elected in the 1992 General Election for Sunderland North, replacing fellow left-winger, Bob Clay. Etherington held the seat comfortably with a majority of 17,004 votes, and was re-elected with strong majorities subsequently. He made his maiden speech on 11 May 1992.

In the 1992 general election, he polled 60.7% of the vote, with his Conservative opponent winning 26.9% of the vote. In the 1997 election, he took 68.2% against Conservative Andrew Selous, who ranked in second place with just 16.7% of the vote. He also confidently beat his Conservative opponents in the 2001 (62.7% against 17.9%) and 2005 general elections (54.4% against 19.8%).

He is a left-winger, a member of the Socialist Campaign Group and rebelled against Tony Blair's government. While debating the reform of the House of Lords in March 2007, Etherington also called for the abolition of the British Monarchy.^[4]

Personal life

He has been married to Irene Holton since 1963 and they have two daughters. He was characterised in parliament by his three-piece suits and strong 'Mackem' accent.

In December 2006, Etherington announced he would be standing down at the end of the 2005 - 2010 Parliament as his constituency was to be abolished.^[5]

Notes

^ "redbyprimary.org". redbyprimary.org. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
^ [1]^{[dead link‍]}
^ "William Etherington". Politics 97. BBC. Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
^ "North MP calls for end to monarchy - the Journal". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
^ "Sunderland Echo". Sunderlandtoday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 March 2007. Retrieved 25 February 2014.

External links

Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Bill Etherington MP
TheyWorkForYou.com - Bill Etherington MP
The Public Whip - Bill Etherington MP voting record
BBC News - Bill Etherington Archived 3 May 2009 at archive.today profile 30 March 2006
Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Bill Etherington

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