William Etherington
| Bill Etherington | |
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| Member of Parliament for Sunderland North |
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In office 10 April 1992 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Bob Clay |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
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17 July 1941 Sunderland, County Durham, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Irene Holton |
| Alma mater | Durham University |
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.
Bill Etherington was born in Sunderland, County Durham and was educated at the Redby Infant and Junior Schools on Fulwell Road, Monkwearmouth Grammar School (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 since 1963, and from 1983 until his election was a full-time trade union official with them, and was a full-time official during the UK miners' strike (1984-1985).
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.
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