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[1] Infant and Junior Schools on Fulwell Road, Monkwearmouth Grammar School[2] (five years above Hilary Armstrong) and latterly at Durham University.
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.
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.