Voting Record — Clive Efford MP, Eltham (10185)

Clive Efford is currently Member, Media Bill Committee, Member, Speaker's Conference Committee, Member, Panel of Chairs, Member, Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and Disinformation, Member, Culture, Media and Sport Committee and Member, Public Accounts Commission

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
13 Dec 2019 still in office Lab 0 votes out of 758, 0.0% 758 votes out of 1012, 74.9% 0 times
9 Jun 2017 6 Nov 2019 Lab 1 vote out of 385, 0.3% 385 votes out of 463, 83.2% 2 times
8 May 2015 3 May 2017 Lab 1 vote out of 327, 0.3% 327 votes out of 467, 70.0% 0 times
6 May 2010 30 Mar 2015 Lab 3 votes out of 906, 0.3% 906 votes out of 1239, 73.1% 0 times
5 May 2005 12 Apr 2010 Lab 16 votes out of 1082, 1.5% 1082 votes out of 1288, 84.0% 2 times
7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 25 votes out of 877, 2.9% 877 votes out of 1246, 70.4% 0 times
1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 5 votes out of 937, 0.5% 937 votes out of 1273, 73.6% 0 times

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Interesting Votes

Votes in parliament for which this MP's vote differed from the majority vote of their party (Rebel), or in which this MP was a teller (Teller), or both (Rebel Teller).

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HouseDateSubjectClive EffordLab VoteRôle
no rebellions, never teller
29 Nov 2023Became Member, Media Bill Committee
2 Nov 2022Stopped being Member, Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill Committee
26 Oct 2022Became Member, Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill Committee
19 Oct 2022Became Member, Speaker's Conference Committee
11 Jan 2022Stopped being Member, Finance (No.2) Bill Committee
13 Dec 2021Became Member, Finance (No.2) Bill Committee
22 Jun 2020Became Member, Panel of Chairs
10 Mar 2020Became Member, Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and Disinformation
2 Mar 2020Became Member, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
HouseDateSubjectClive EffordLab VoteRôle
6 Nov 2019Stopped being Member, DCMS Sub-Committee on Disinformation
6 Nov 2019Stopped being Member, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
12 Mar 2019Became Member, DCMS Sub-Committee on Disinformation
23 Jul 2018Became Member, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Commons25 Jun 2018National Policy Statement: Airports — Heathrow Northwest Runway minorityaye Rebel
Commons31 Jan 2018Restoration and Renewal — Lords and Commons Leaving the Palace of Westminister During Renovations tellayeaye Teller
Commons31 Jan 2018Restoration and Renewal — Lords and Commons Leaving the Palace of Westminister During Renovations tellayeaye Teller
16 Nov 2017Became Member, Public Accounts Commission
HouseDateSubjectClive EffordLab VoteRôle
3 May 2017Stopped being Member, Transport Committee
Commons8 Feb 2017Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) Between the European Union and Canada minorityaye Rebel
31 Oct 2016Became Member, Transport Committee
28 Jun 2016Stopped being Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport),
HouseDateSubjectClive EffordLab VoteRôle
Commons11 Jul 2012Sitting Times of the House of Commons on Tuesdays minorityaye Rebel
Commons11 Jul 2012House of Commons Sitting Start Time on Tuesdays minorityno Rebel
Commons12 Mar 2012Backbench Business Committee — Election of Members and Chair — Operation of Committee minorityaye Rebel
7 Oct 2011Became Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport),
7 Feb 2011Stopped being Member, Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee
12 Jul 2010Became Member, Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee
HouseDateSubjectClive EffordLab VoteRôle
19 Jan 2009Stopped being Member, Transport Committee
Commons12 Nov 2008Modernisation of the House of Commons (Standing Orders) Majorityno Rebel
Commons3 Jul 2008MPs' allowances — External audits and no more furniture — rejected minorityaye Rebel
Commons14 Mar 2007Trident Replacement — Maintain the UK Nuclear Deterrent Beyond the Life of The Existing System minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected) minorityaye Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 5 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons7 Mar 2007House of Lords Reform — Support for bicameral Parliament minorityaye Rebel
Commons2 Mar 2007Orders of the Day — Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Bill tellayeaye Teller
Commons28 Feb 2007Offender Management Bill — New Clause 11 — Restriction on certain arrangements under section 3(2) minorityno Rebel
Commons1 Nov 2006September Sittings minorityno Rebel
Commons24 May 2006Education and Inspections Bill — Third Reading minorityaye Rebel
Commons24 May 2006Education and Inspections Bill — End selection by ability — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons23 May 2006Education and Inspections Bill — Ballot of parents to change from community school to foundation school — rejected tellayeno Rebel Teller
Commons15 Mar 2006Education and Inspections Bill — Timetable minorityaye Rebel
Commons15 Mar 2006Education and Inspections Bill — Second Reading minorityaye Rebel
Commons13 Jul 2005Committees — Term Limits for Chairmen of Select Committees minorityaye Rebel
HouseDateSubjectClive EffordLab VoteRôle
Commons26 Jan 2005Modernisation of the House of Commons Majorityno Rebel
Commons8 Nov 2004Housing Bill — Decent Homes Standard for Social Housing minorityaye Rebel
Commons20 Jul 2004Iraq — Adjournment Debate minorityno Rebel
Commons19 Nov 2003Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — Clause 1 — NHS foundation trusts minorityaye Rebel
Commons8 Jul 2003Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill — NHS Foundation Trusts minorityno Rebel
Commons7 May 2003Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill minorityaye Rebel
Commons7 May 2003Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill minorityno Rebel
Commons18 Mar 2003Iraq — Declaration of War minorityaye Rebel
Commons18 Mar 2003Iraq — Case for war not established — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — House of Lords to be abolished — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons5 Nov 2002Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Asylum seekers can be placed in accommodation centres even if there is no local school pace for dependent children minorityaye Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2002Start Sittings of the House of Commons at 11.30 am rather than 14.30 on Tuesdays minorityaye Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2002New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays minorityaye Rebel
Commons29 Oct 2002New Provision for Earlier Sittings on Wednesdays, and for Thursdays and Fridays minorityno Rebel
22 Jul 2002Became Member, Transport Committee
Commons14 May 2002Payment for Chairmen Majorityno Rebel
Commons14 May 2002Payment for Chairmen Majorityaye Rebel
Commons10 May 2002Home Energy Conservation Bill — Clause 1 — Targets for Energy Efficiency Improvements Majorityno Rebel
Commons15 Apr 2002City of London (Ward Elections) Bill — New Clause 1 — Exclusion of Crown Property minorityno Rebel
Commons6 Feb 2002Education Bill — No requirements of attendance at a place of religious worship (No. 2) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons6 Feb 2002Education Bill — No requirements of attendance at a place of religious worship — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons15 Nov 2001City of London (Ward Elections) Bill minorityaye Rebel
Commons16 Jul 2001Select Committees — Accommodation and Works — Transport, Local Government and the Regions Majorityaye Rebel
Commons16 Jul 2001Select Committees — Accommodation and Works — Foreign Affairs Majorityaye Rebel
Commons5 Jul 2001Members' Pay (Expression of Opinion) minorityno Rebel
HouseDateSubjectClive EffordLab VoteRôle
11 May 2001Stopped being Member, Procedure Committee
Commons31 Oct 2000Stem Cell Research minorityno Rebel
Commons24 Jan 2000City of London (Ward Elections) Bill minorityno Rebel
Commons24 Jan 2000City of London (Ward Elections) Bill - Statement of compatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights minorityaye Rebel
Commons14 Jul 1999City of London (Ward Elections) Bill minorityno Rebel
Commons14 Jul 1999City of London (Ward Elections) Bill minorityaye Rebel
31 Jul 1997Became Member, Procedure Committee

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this MP and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

AgreementPolicy
9% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
17% Academy Schools - for
87% Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
84% Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
32% Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
53% Apprenticeships
25% Assisted Dying
35% Asylum System - More strict
0% Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
84% Ban fox hunting
88% Bankers' Bonus Tax
50% Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
18% Business and community control of schools: For
0% Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
0% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
16% Closed Material Proceedure
14% Coalition Programme for Government - For
100% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
100% Crossrail - In favour
0% Cull Badgers
100% Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
23% Delegate more powers to government ministers
100% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
77% Do more to help refugees inclding children
0% Employee Shareholder Status
59% Employment rights
15% Encourage and incentivise saving
0% End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
87% Energy Prices - More Affordable
0% English Votes on English Laws etc.
7% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
75% European Union Integration - For
8% Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
0% Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
44% Fixed Term Parliaments
62% For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
10% Foundation hospitals - In favour
84% Fox hunting - Ban
12% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
41% Fully Elected House of Lords
78% Further devolution to Northern Ireland
65% Further devolution to Scotland
74% Further devolution to Wales
49% Gambling - Against permissiveness
0% GP Commissioning in the NHS
88% Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
100% Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
26% Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
62% Higher taxes on banks
50% Higher taxes on sugary drinks
0% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
93% Homosexuality - Equal rights
67% HS2 - In Favour
83% Human Rights and Equality
96% Identity cards - For introduction
67% In Favour of Mass Surveillance
75% Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100% Incentivise membership of press regulator
21% Increase Air Passenger Duty
21% Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
19% Increase VAT
67% Inheritance Tax
4% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
15% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100% Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
99% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100% Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
25% Localise Council Tax Support
35% Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
0% Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
54% Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
100% Mansion Tax
89% Mass Retention of Communications Data
48% Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100% Member trustees on pension boards
0% Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
33% Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
86% Minimum Wage
100% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
100% More Emergency Service Workers
100% More funds for social care
74% More powers for local councils
100% MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
18% No detention without charge or trial
86% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
72% Nuclear power - For
72% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
83% Pension auto-enrolment - For
0% Phase out of Tenancies for Life
8% Police and Crime Commissioners
96% Post office - in favour of Government policy
4% Post office closures - against
75% Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
100% Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
0% Privatise Royal Mail
31% Promote Occupational Pensions
52% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
34% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
69% Public Ownership of Railways
88% Rail Fares - Lower
27% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
14% Reduce capital gains tax
0% Reduce central funding for local government
12% Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
0% Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
14% Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
22% Reducing the number of MPs - for
1% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
46% Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
0% Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
29% Register of Lobbyists
100% Regulate letting agent fees
50% Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
97% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0% Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
88% Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
0% Require voters to show photo ID before voting
0% Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
13% Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
75% Retain funds from council house sales locally
19% Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
69% Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
50% Right to strike
79% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
100% Same Sex Marriage - for
15% Schools - Greater Autonomy
0% Sell England's Public Forests
75% Smoking ban - In favour
75% State control of bus services
78% Stop climate change
79% Support current and former armed service members
38% Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
100% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
0% Termination of pregnancy - against
0% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
11% Tougher on illegal immigration
10% Trade Unions - Restrict
23% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
40% Transparency of Parliament
43% Trident replacement - In favour
0% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
7% University education fees - Should be free
58% University Tuition Fees - For
43% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
83% Voting age - Reduce to 16
2% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
86% Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
86% Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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