11 Facts About Bill Olner

William John Olner was a British Labour Co-operative politician who served as Member of Parliament for Nuneaton from 1992 until 2010.

Bill Olner was educated at Nuneaton Technical College and trained as an engineer.

Bill Olner became a shop steward, and later area secretary for the AEEU.

Bill Olner was a councillor for the Labour group on Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council for 21 years and was the council leader from 1982 to 1987.

Bill Olner was first elected to the House of Commons in 1992 as the Member of Parliament for Nuneaton.

Bill Olner was re-elected in the 1997 general election, 2001 general election and 2005 general election.

Bill 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.

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

Bill Olner won the seat with 2092 votes, keeping him in office until May 2017.

Bill Olner lived with his wife Gill, who has been a school governor in the past.

Bill 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.