About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Clive Efford) represents you, and all of the people who live in Eltham and Chislehurst, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Eltham and Chislehurst

Entered the House of Commons on 1 May 1997 — General election

Also represented Eltham

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Social Media

• @cliveefford.bsky.social
• @CliveEfford
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Clive Efford campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Health
• Culture Media and Sport
• Department for Transport
• Department of Health
• Transport
• Circle Holdings
• Schools: Sports
• Football
• Musculoskeletal Disorders: Greenwich
• Southeastern

Currently held offices

• Chair, Public Accounts Commission (since 21 Jan 2025)
• Chair, Public Accounts Commission (since 21 Jan 2025)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (since 30 Jul 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Committee ( 1 May 2024 to 8 May 2024)
• Member, Media Bill Committee (29 Nov 2023 to 12 Dec 2023)
• Member, Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill Committee (26 Oct 2022 to 2 Nov 2022)
• Member, Speaker's Conference (2022) Committee (19 Oct 2022 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (13 Dec 2021 to 11 Jan 2022)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (22 Jun 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and Disinformation (10 Mar 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Culture, Media and Sport Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, DCMS Sub-Committee on Disinformation (12 Mar 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (23 Jul 2018 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Public Accounts Commission (16 Nov 2017 to 21 Jan 2025)
• Member, Transport Committee (31 Oct 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport) ( 7 Oct 2011 to 28 Jun 2016)
• Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 7 Feb 2011)
• Member, London Regional Select Committee (14 Dec 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Transport Committee (22 Jul 2002 to 19 Jan 2009)
• Member, Procedure Committee (31 Jul 1997 to 11 May 2001)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Chairman, Armed Forces Commissioner Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
• Chairman, Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee (2 out of 29)
• Chairman, Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill Committee (4 out of 10)
• Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Media Bill Committee (4 out of 6)
• Chairman, Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Chairman, Procurement Bill Committee (3 out of 9)
• Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (0 out of 5)
• Chairman, Building Safety Bill Committee (4 out of 16)
• Chairman, Pension Schemes (Conversion of Guaranteed Minimum Pensions) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Chairman, Skills and Post-16 Education Bill Committee (3 out of 6)
• Parliamentary Constituencies Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
• Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation and Liability for Housing Standards) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Animal Welfare (Service Animals) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Local Government Finance Bill Committee (5 out of 10)
• National Health Service (Amended Duties and Powers) Bill Committee (7 out of 13)
• Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill Committee (19 out of 20)
• Protection of Freedoms Bill Committee (19 out of 20)
• Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Mortgage Repossessions (Protection of Tenants Etc.) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
• Finance Bill Committee (22 out of 24)
• Sustainable Communities Bill Committee (8 out of 11)
• Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Emergency Workers (Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Gambling Bill Committee (2 out of 14)
• Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Child Trust Funds Bill Committee (2 out of 7)
• Gambling Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Municipal Waste Recycling Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Public Trustee (Liability and Fees) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• HS2 Reset 18 Jun 2025

  I commend my right hon. Friend for the swift actions she has taken to try to put right this disastrous situation, created by the previous Government. The parallels with the fast-track contracts for personal protective equipment cannot be ignored. I understand that contracts were signed when appropriate decisions had not been made. Will the people who signed those contracts be interviewed?...

• Air India Plane Crash 16 Jun 2025

  This is truly a terrible tragedy. As an elected representative in Greenwich where we have a large Gujarat community, over 40 years, both as a councillor and an MP, I have got to know many people from the community, particularly those who are members of the South East Gujarati Association. Like all of us, they will be grieving today after this terrible tragedy. In his statement the Minister...

• Child Sexual Exploitation: Casey Report 16 Jun 2025

  I am shocked that the Conservatives do not seem able to recognise that they were in power for 14 of the 15 years to which Louise Casey refers in her report. If they had had any kind of enthusiasm for an inquiry when they were in government, they would have called one—so we can dismiss them. Is my right hon. Friend confident that we are hearing the voice of the victims—the children and...

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