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Clive Efford MP Shadow Minister for Sport Incumbent Assumed office
8 October 2011Leader Ed Miliband Preceded by Ian Austin Shadow Minister for Crime Prevention In office
20 January 2011 – 8 October 2011Leader Ed Miliband Preceded by Diana Johnson Succeeded by Gloria De Piero Member of Parliament
for ElthamIncumbent Assumed office
1 May 1997Preceded by Peter Bottomley Majority 1,663 (4%) Personal details Born 10 July 1958
Southwark, London, EnglandNationality British Political party Labour Spouse(s) Gillian Vallins 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.
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Early life
Efford was born in London and educated at the Walworth Comprehensive School and Southwark College. He worked in his family jewellery business, until he completed The Knowledge and qualified as London taxi driver in 1987. In 1986, he became an elected councillor in the London Borough of Greenwich, and continued in both these occupations until being elected to Parliament in 1997.
Political career
Efford first contested the marginal seat of Eltham at the 1992 general election, but was defeated by the sitting Conservative Peter Bottomley by 1,666 votes. He again contested Eltham five years later in 1997, whilst Bottomley contested the safer Conservative seat of Worthing West. Efford gained Eltham for Labour by a majority of 10,182. He won the seat at the ensuing general elections in 2001, 2005 and 2010, with his majority declining after each.
He made his maiden speech in the House of Commons on 25 June 1997.[1] 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 2002 to 2010. 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.[2] He was one of the first MPs to declare his support for Ed Miliband, the successful candidate, in the 2010 Labour leadership election. Miliband 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 2011, he became the Shadow Minister for Sport
Personal life
He is a keen supporter of Millwall F.C. and a qualified football coach. Efford has been married to Gillian Vallins since 1981 and they have three daughters.
References
External links
- Clive Efford MP (official site)
- Labour Party
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Clive Efford MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Clive Efford MP
- BBC Politics page
Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded by
Peter BottomleyMember of Parliament for Eltham
1997–presentIncumbent Categories:- 1958 births
- Living people
- Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for English constituencies
- Councillors in Greenwich
- UK MPs 1997–2001
- UK MPs 2001–2005
- UK MPs 2005–2010
- UK MPs 2010–
- Labour Party (UK) MPs
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