Clive Efford

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Clive Stanley Efford (born July 10, 1958) is a British politician and the Labour member of Parliament for Eltham.

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. He continued in this occupation until being elected to parliament in 1997. In 1986, he was elected councillor in the London Borough of Greenwich, retaining this position until 1998. He unsuccessfully contested the marginal seat of Eltham at the 1992 General Election but was defeated by the sitting Conservative MP Peter Bottomley, by 1,666 votes. Efford again contested Eltham at the 1997 General Election, whilst Bottomley contested the safer Worthing West seat. Efford gained Eltham by a majority of 10,182, and made his maiden speech in the House of Commons on June 25, 1997,[1].

In parliament, he has served on a number of select committees and has been a member of the Transport Select Committee since 2002. In 2005, Efford was responsible for the reformation of the Tribune Group.

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.