William John Olner (9 May 1942 – 18 May 2020) was a British Labour Co-operative politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Nuneaton from 1992 until 2010.

He most frequently asked questions about: mercury, the European Union (public information), funerals, satellite dishes, and skills councils.

[2] Olner declared his retirement as MP for Nuneaton on 25 March 2007; he served until the 2010 general election, where Labour's new candidate, Jayne Innes, was defeated by Conservative Marcus Jones.

Olner decided three years after leaving Parliament to stand in the 2013 Warwickshire County Council Elections for the Arbury and Stockingford constituency in Nuneaton.

[citation needed] Olner died from complications of COVID-19, amid the pandemic in England, at George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton on 18 May 2020, at age 78.