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Clive Efford

Labour MP for Eltham and Chislehurst

Elected 1997-05-01

Constituency outline of Eltham and Chislehurst with neighbours greyed
Eltham and Chislehurst
£265.7K Expenses claimed · rank #200 of 650
£0 Donations received
2 Declared interests
0 Red flags

How They Voted

VOTED FOR Employer National Insurance Increase
VOTED AGAINST VAT on Private Schools
VOTED FOR Illegal Migration Act Repeal
VOTED FOR Water Company Regulation
VOTED FOR House of Lords Hereditary Peers
VOTED AGAINST Defence Spending 2.5% GDP

Recent Public Statements

Latest verbatim posts and speeches from Clive Efford on Bluesky and gov.uk. Sourced directly from public APIs. No paraphrase, no editorialising.

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Good for families and our hospitality and entertainment industries. I’m very proud that we’ve made family days out much cheaper this summer.
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A privilege to be invited to @StPaulsLondon for a service of recognition, remembrance and reflection for all those infected and affected by the UK contaminated blood scandal. I remember Martin.
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Now that there’s a possible path for @AndyBurnhamGM to get back into parliament, can we now stop the resignations and abuse of the leader and get back to the job of delivering the change we promised at the last general election.
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Growing the economy will lead to improvements in people’s standard of living after 14 years of Tory stagnation when, household incomes flatlined or went down. People need hope for the future, not a return to Tory austerity.
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From today in Eltham and Chislehurst and across the country, landlords can no longer evict tenants without fair reason which causes huge bills for tax payers for housing homeless families.
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Uber is planning to introduce driverless cars from September, without consulting their workers or explaining to them what it means for their jobs. This is another P&O scandal waiting to happen. Existing workers can’t just be thrown aside because companies are too big to care.
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I confirmed that as a government we remain firmly committed to honouring each and every one of the commitments we made in our manifesto 👇🏻
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Our Renters’ Rights Act will see Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions abolished on 1 May in 37 days’ time. It would be utterly shameful for any landlord to attempt to use it to evict tenants en masse before that date. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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22 more recent statements available.

Said One Thing, Voted Another?

Verbatim Hansard contributions placed beside how this MP actually voted. See the full Lie Detector for methodology.

Two-Child Benefit Cap Absent / no vote
Children growing up in our country deserve the best start in life – nothing less. Today’s Budget means we will deliver the largest reduction in child poverty in a single Parliament.
Bluesky post · 2025-11-26
Water Company Regulation Voted FOR
According to the House of Commons Library in 2024, there were 55 sewage discharges into waterbodies in Eltham and Chislehurst from 2 storm overflows. In total, these sewage discharges lasted for 153 hours.
Bluesky post · 2025-04-23

Expenses Breakdown

Total: £265,723. Rank: #200 of 650 MPs. Source: IPSA.

Staffing
£241,434
Office
£23,605
Travel
£685

What They Actually Claimed For

Itemised IPSA claims for the 138 expense lines this MP submitted. Total paid: £522,654. Source: IPSA individualBusinessCosts.

32 items for review
  • £685 Single claim of £685.00 for Other public transport (MP Travel) on 31/03/2025.
  • £2,592 Single claim of £2,592.00 for Advertising and contact cards (Office Costs) on 22/03/2025.
  • £1,865 Single claim of £1,865.11 for Equipment - purchase (Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories) on 25/03/2024.
  • £4,600 Single claim of £4,600.00 for Pooled staffing services (Parliamentary Research Service (Labour)) on 12/04/2024.
  • £7,708 Single claim of £7,708.03 for Rent (Office Costs) on 31/03/2025.
  • £720 Single claim of £720.00 for Software & applications (Office Costs) on 24/07/2024.
  • £824 Single claim of £824.03 for Utilities (Electricity) on 21/11/2024.
  • £703 Single claim of £702.51 for Utilities (Gas) on 03/12/2024.
  • £1,150 Single claim of £1,150.00 for Venue hire, meetings & surgeries (Office Costs) on 17/04/2024.
  • £520 Single claim of £520.00 for Other public transport (MP Travel) on 31/03/2024.
  • £912 Single claim of £912.15 for IPSA RICS Valuation (Miscellaneous) on 23/02/2024.
  • £2,520 Single claim of £2,520.00 for Advertising and contact cards (Office Costs) on 29/02/2024.
  • £1,047 Single claim of £1,046.95 for Mobile telephone - equipment purchase (Office Costs) on 10/02/2024.
  • £4,500 Single claim of £4,500.00 for Pooled staffing services (Parliamentary Research Service (Labour)) on 04/07/2023.
  • £701 Single claim of £700.73 for Rent (Office Costs) on 03/10/2023.
  • £701 Single claim of £700.73 for Rent (Office Costs) on 05/03/2024.
  • £701 Single claim of £700.73 for Rent (Office Costs) on 01/06/2023.
  • £701 Single claim of £700.73 for Rent (Office Costs) on 05/09/2023.
  • £701 Single claim of £700.73 for Rent (Office Costs) on 01/08/2023.
  • £701 Single claim of £700.73 for Rent (Office Costs) on 05/01/2024.
  • £701 Single claim of £700.73 for Rent (Office Costs) on 05/12/2023.
  • £701 Single claim of £700.73 for Rent (Office Costs) on 01/02/2024.
  • £701 Single claim of £700.73 for Rent (Office Costs) on 02/05/2023.
  • £701 Single claim of £700.73 for Rent (Office Costs) on 02/04/2024.
  • £701 Single claim of £700.73 for Rent (Office Costs) on 01/11/2023.

Search the top 30 claims paid

Showing 20 of 30 claims. Total paid £507,623

31/03/2025StaffingPayrollFY 24-25
Total Staffing budget payroll costs for the 2024-25 year0
£241,434
31/03/2024StaffingPayrollFY 23-24
Total Staffing budget payroll costs for the 2023-24 year0
£223,403
31/03/2025Office CostsRentFY 24-25
Aggregated figure for this business cost and budget category in 2024-250
£7,708
12/04/2024Office CostsPooled staffing servicesFY 24-25
Parliamentary Research Service (Labour)0
£4,600
04/07/2023Office CostsPooled staffing servicesFY 23-24
Parliamentary Research Service (Labour)0
£4,500
22/03/2025Office CostsAdvertising and contact cardsFY 24-25
SENine advert0
£2,592
29/02/2024Office CostsAdvertising and contact cardsFY 23-24
SENine advert [***]0
£2,520
25/03/2024Office CostsEquipment - purchaseFY 24-25
Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories0
£1,865
18/07/2025Office CostsSoftware & applicationsFY 25-26
Casework software0
£1,476
29/04/2025Office CostsVenue hire, meetings & surgeriesFY 25-26
0
£1,468
17/04/2024Office CostsVenue hire, meetings & surgeriesFY 24-25
0
£1,150
24/05/2023Office CostsVenue hire, meetings & surgeriesFY 23-24
0
£1,150
10/02/2024Office CostsMobile telephone - equipment purchaseFY 23-24
mobile phone and charger0
£1,047
11/10/2023Office CostsTraining - staffFY 23-24
Staff training0
£1,020
23/02/2024MiscellaneousIPSA RICS ValuationFY 23-24
RICS valuation report Q3 and Q4 20230
£912
21/11/2024Office CostsUtilitiesFY 24-25
Electricity0
£824
02/05/2023Office CostsUtilitiesFY 23-24
Electricity0
£824
24/07/2024Office CostsSoftware & applicationsFY 24-25
Elected Tech Casework software0
£720
03/12/2024Office CostsUtilitiesFY 24-25
Gas0
£703
03/10/2023Office CostsRentFY 23-24
0
£701

Year on year

FY 23-24 60 claims £248,705
FY 24-25 55 claims £267,308
FY 25-26 23 claims £6,641

Travel

£1,205 paid across 0 trips.

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