Clive Efford
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Clive Efford MP |
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| Shadow Minister for Culture, Media and Sport | |
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In office 8 October 2011 – 28 June 2016 |
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| Leader |
Ed Miliband Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Ian Austin |
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Member of Parliament for Eltham |
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Assumed office 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Bottomley |
| Majority | 2,693 (6.2%) |
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10 July 1958 Southwark, London, England |
| Nationality | 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.
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.
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.
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