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| image = Official portrait of Clive Efford crop 2.jpg |
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| caption = Official parliamentary portrait, June 2017 |
| caption = Official parliamentary portrait, June 2017 |
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| office = Shadow Minister for Culture, Media and Sport |
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| leader = [[Edward Miliband]]<br>[[Jeremy Corbyn]] |
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| predecessor = [[Ian Austin]] |
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| term_start = 8 October 2011 |
| term_start = 8 October 2011 |
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| term_end = 28 June 2016 |
| term_end = 28 June 2016 |
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| office1 = Member of Parliament <br> for [[Eltham]] |
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| majority1 = 6,296 (13.6%) |
| majority1 = 6,296 (13.6%) |
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| predecessor1 = Peter Bottomley |
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| term_start1 = 1 May 1997 |
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| birth_place = [[Metropolitan Borough of Southwark|Southwark]], [[London]], England |
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==Early life== |
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Efford was born in [[London]] and educated at Walworth School and [[Southwark College]]. He worked in his family [[jewellery]] business, until he completed [[The Knowledge]] and qualified as [[Hackney carriage#Black cabs|London taxi driver]] in 1987. In 1986, he became an elected [[councillor]] in the [[Royal Borough of Greenwich|London Borough of Greenwich]], and continued in both these occupations until being elected to [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]] in [[United Kingdom general election, 1997|1997]]. |
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==Political career== |
==Political career== |
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Efford was first elected to |
Efford was first elected to Greenwich Council in 1986 for the Eltham Well Hall Ward, becoming the Labour Group Chief Whip in 1990. He went on to contest the marginal seat of Eltham at the 1992 general election, but was defeated by the sitting Conservative Peter Bottomley by 1,666 votes. He was again selected to contest Eltham five years later in 1997, whilst Bottomley stepped down in order to stand in the safe Conservative seat of Worthing West. Efford subsequently gained Eltham for Labour with a majority of 10,182. He went on to win the seat at the ensuing general elections in 2001, 2005 and 2010, with his majority declining after each until the 2015 general election and increasing further in 2017. |
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He made his |
He made his maiden speech in the House of Commons on 25 June 1997. Almost as soon as he was elected, he was required to deal with the fallout from the family of murdered Eltham teenager Stephen Lawrence registering a formal complaint with the Police Complaints Authority, with the police officers in question facing allegations of racism. |
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In Parliament, he has served on a number of |
In Parliament, he has served on a number of Select Committees, most notably being a member of the Transport Select Committee from 2001 to 2008. In 2003, he was one of the Labour MPs who rebelled against the government and voted against UK involvement in the Iraq War. In 2005, Efford was responsible for the reformation of the previously defunct Tribune Group, though unlike its previous incarnation, membership was restricted to backbench Labour MPs. In 2008, he became the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Housing Minister Margaret Beckett, later becoming the PPS to John Healey in the same role from 2009 to 2010. |
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| ⚫ | He was one of the first MPs to declare his support for |
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| ⚫ | He was one of the first MPs to declare his support for Ed Miliband, the successful candidate, in the 2010 Labour leadership election. Miliband subsequently appointed him to the Opposition Front Bench in 2011 as a Shadow Home Office Minister under new Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper. In the reshuffle of October 2011, he became the Shadow Minister for Sport. |
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Clive Efford was one of 36 Labour MPs to nominate [[Jeremy Corbyn]] as a candidate in the [[Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2015|Labour leadership election of 2015]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/06/who-nominated-who-2015-labour-leadership-election|title=Who nominated who for the 2015 Labour leadership election?|website=www.newstatesman.com|accessdate=14 June 2017}}</ref> and retained his position in Corbyn's shadow cabinet. He resigned from Corbyn's shadow cabinet following a large number of resignations from the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] front bench on 28 June 2016. |
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Clive Efford was one of 36 Labour MPs to nominate Jeremy Corbyn as a candidate in the Labour leadership election of 2015. and retained his position in Corbyn's shadow cabinet. |
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Efford was shortlisted for the [[Grassroot Diplomat]] Initiative Award in 2015 for his work on National Health Service Bill, and he remains in the directory of the Grassroot Diplomat Who's Who publication.<ref>{{cite news|title=Grassroot Diplomat Who's Who |url=http://www.grassrootdiplomat.org/whoswho/ |accessdate=27 April 2015 |work=Grassroot Diplomat |date=15 March 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520125406/http://www.grassrootdiplomat.org/whoswho/ |archivedate=20 May 2015 |df=dmy }}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 17:48, 6 July 2018
| Clive Efford MP | |
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 Official parliamentary portrait, June 2017 | |
| Shadow Minister for Culture, Media and Sport | |
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In office 8 October 2011 – 28 June 2016 | |
| Leader |
Edward Miliband Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Ian Austin |
| Member of Parliament for Eltham | |
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Assumed office 1 May 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Bottomley |
| Majority | 6,296 (13.6%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 July 1958 |
| Website |
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Clive Stanley Efford (born 10 July 1958) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Eltham since 1997.
Political career
Efford was first elected to Greenwich Council in 1986 for the Eltham Well Hall Ward, becoming the Labour Group Chief Whip in 1990. He went on to contest the marginal seat of Eltham at the 1992 general election, but was defeated by the sitting Conservative Peter Bottomley by 1,666 votes. He was again selected to contest Eltham five years later in 1997, whilst Bottomley stepped down in order to stand in the safe Conservative seat of Worthing West. Efford subsequently gained Eltham for Labour with a majority of 10,182. He went on to win the seat at the ensuing general elections in 2001, 2005 and 2010, with his majority declining after each until the 2015 general election and increasing further in 2017.
He made his maiden speech in the House of Commons on 25 June 1997. Almost as soon as he was elected, he was required to deal with the fallout from the family of murdered Eltham teenager Stephen Lawrence registering a formal complaint with the Police Complaints Authority, with the police officers in question facing allegations of racism.
In Parliament, he has served on a number of Select Committees, most notably being a member of the Transport Select Committee from 2001 to 2008. In 2003, he was one of the Labour MPs who rebelled against the government and voted against UK involvement in the Iraq War. In 2005, Efford was responsible for the reformation of the previously defunct Tribune Group, though unlike its previous incarnation, membership was restricted to backbench Labour MPs. In 2008, he became the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Housing Minister Margaret Beckett, later becoming the PPS to John Healey in the same role from 2009 to 2010.
He was one of the first MPs to declare his support for Ed Miliband, the successful candidate, in the 2010 Labour leadership election. Miliband subsequently appointed him to the Opposition Front Bench in 2011 as a Shadow Home Office Minister under new Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper. In the reshuffle of October 2011, he became the Shadow Minister for Sport.
Clive Efford was one of 36 Labour MPs to nominate Jeremy Corbyn as a candidate in the Labour leadership election of 2015. and retained his position in Corbyn's shadow cabinet.