Official portrait of Clive Efford

Clive Efford

Labour MP for Eltham and Chislehurst, since 1 May 1997

Clive Efford is the Labour MP for Eltham and Chislehurst, and has been an MP continually since 1 May 1997.

Scorecard

77.0% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
443 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
132 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
2 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
3 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
1472 Debates spoken in 294 written questions tabled

Ranked 235 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
17 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: Amendment 188 No 160–319
17 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 36 No 159–317
12 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Third Reading No vote 333–100
12 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Schedule 2 No vote 333–100
12 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: Amendment 297 No vote 167–328
12 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: Amendment 291 No vote 164–324
12 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 110 No vote 168–314
12 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 39 No vote 337–98
11 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: Amendment 288 No vote 105–409
11 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 87 No vote 106–340
11 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 30 No vote 189–324
11 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 10 No vote 95–323
7 Mar 2025 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–75
3 Mar 2025 Finance Bill: Third Reading Aye 339–172
3 Mar 2025 Finance Bill Report Stage: Amendment 67 No 167–347
3 Mar 2025 Finance Bill Report Stage: New Clause 8 No 176–332
3 Mar 2025 Finance Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No 113–331
26 Feb 2025 Opposition Day: British Indian Ocean Territory No vote 147–298
26 Feb 2025 Opposition Day: Family businesses No 108–313
25 Feb 2025 Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill: Second Reading Aye 317–55
25 Feb 2025 Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading No 70–312
24 Feb 2025 Crown Estate Bill [Lords] Report Stage: Amendment 2 No 61–316
24 Feb 2025 Crown Estate Bill [Lords] Report Stage: Amendment 4 No 153–316
24 Feb 2025 Crown Estate Bill [Lords] Report Stage: New Clause 6 No 100–312
24 Feb 2025 Crown Estate Bill [Lords] Report Stage: New Clause 1 No 59–316

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Millwall Football and Athletic Company (1885) Limited
Address of donor: The Den, John Berylson Way, London SE18 3LN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Hospitality prior to a football match at the Den. I was invited in my capacity as a Trustee of the Millwall Community Trust, value £230
Date received: 14 March 2026
Date accepted: 14 March 2026
Donor status: company, registration 01924222
(Registered 30 March 2026)

On the register since 14 Apr 2026

Name of donor: Millwall Football and Athletic Company (1885) Limited
Address of donor: The Den, John Berylson Way, London SE18 3LN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Hospitality involving Millwall Community Trust, of which I am a trustee, before a Millwall home game, value £299
Date received: 21 February 2026
Date accepted: 21 February 2026
Donor status: company, registration 01924222
(Registered 30 March 2026)

On the register since 14 Apr 2026

8. Miscellaneous

Trustee of Millwall Community Trust. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 1 December 2014
(Registered 30 January 2025)

On the register since 4 Feb 2025

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

1472 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 4 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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