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.
Good for families and our hospitality and entertainment industries. I’m very proud that we’ve made family days out much cheaper this summer.View post ↗
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.View post ↗
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.View post ↗
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.View post ↗
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.View post ↗
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.View post ↗
I confirmed that as a government we remain firmly committed to honouring each and every one of the commitments we made in our manifesto 👇🏻View post ↗
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...View post ↗
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Said One Thing, Voted Another?
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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
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.
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
Total Staffing budget payroll costs for the 2024-25 year0
£241,434
Total Staffing budget payroll costs for the 2023-24 year0
£223,403
Aggregated figure for this business cost and budget category in 2024-250
£7,708
Parliamentary Research Service (Labour)0
£4,600
Parliamentary Research Service (Labour)0
£4,500
SENine advert0
£2,592
SENine advert [***]0
£2,520
Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories0
£1,865
Casework software0
£1,476
0
£1,468
0
£1,150
0
£1,150
mobile phone and charger0
£1,047
Staff training0
£1,020
RICS valuation report Q3 and Q4 20230
£912
Electricity0
£824
Electricity0
£824
Elected Tech Casework software0
£720
Gas0
£703
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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