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Clive Efford

Labour MP for Eltham

• Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
• Majority: 3,276 votes. — 484th out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Clive Efford voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Health, Transport, Work and Pensions, Education and Skills, Transport, Local Government and the Regions

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Post Office, London Underground, Social Services, Railways, Patient Advocacy

(based on written questions asked by Clive Efford and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (22 out of n/a)
• Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Sustainable Communities Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• Emergency Workers (Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Gambling Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Child Trust Funds Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Gambling Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• Municipal Waste Recycling Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Public Trustee (Liability and Fees) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Climate Change: Regional Select Committee (London) (5 Nov 2009)

“I have listened to the hon. Lady with a great deal of interest, but what is she afraid of? She has called for the opportunity to ask questions on London, but she does not want the opportunity to cross-examine people who provide essential services to the people whom we represent. Surely that would be far more effective than a question-and-answer session.”

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009)

“I was just about to agree with the hon. Gentleman because France does have a centre-right Government. That makes the criticism of his party all the more potent, given that it comes from one of the main centre-right countries of the EU. That underlines my point about how his party has isolated itself from the mainstream of Europe— [Interruption.]”

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

“Like many who have spoken today, I think that climate change is the most important issue confronting politicians of our generation, notwithstanding the speech by the right hon. Member for Hitchin and Harpenden (Mr. Lilley). I am not sure whether his point was that climate change is not occurring or, if climate change is not the fault of the activities of human kind, that we should perhaps...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 46 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 11 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 84% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 24 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 179 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Nil

Register last updated: 28 Oct 2009. More about the Register

View the history of this MP's entries in the Register

Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,366 (481st). Rail £803 (456th). Other: Rail £19 (183rd).

^** Car £1,780 (442nd). Rail £593 (459th).