Mr Clive Betts, MP for Sheffield South East
Clive Betts has been an MP since 1992. Currently: Speaker's Conference (2024); Public Accounts Committee; Panel of Chairs.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 1998 to 2001 | |
| Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 1997 to 1998 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Opposition Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 1996 to 1997 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Football Governance Bill [HL] | 2025 | |
| Speaker's Conference (2024) | 2024 to now | Now |
| Public Accounts Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| Panel of Chairs | 2024 to now | Now |
| Football Governance Bill | 2024 | |
| Liaison Sub-Committee on Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in Government | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Bill | 2022 to 2023 | |
| Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Bill | 2021 to 2022 |
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| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission | 2021 to 2024 | |
| Liaison Sub-Committee on National Policy Statements | 2021 to 2024 | |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Administration Estimate Audit and Risk Assurance Committee | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Finance Committee (Commons) | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Panel of Chairs | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Members Estimate Audit Committee | 2019 to 2024 | |
| Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system | 2019 | |
| National Policy Statements Sub-Committee 2017-19 | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Finance Committee (Commons) | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Panel of Chairs | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2015 to 2017 | |
| Finance Committee (Commons) | 2015 to 2017 | |
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 2015 to 2017 | |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2010 to 2015 | |
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 2010 to 2015 | |
| Committee on Reform of the House of Commons | 2009 to 2010 | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Select Committee | 2009 to 2010 | |
| Panel of Chairs | 2009 to 2017 | |
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 2006 to 2015 | |
| Finance and Services Committee | 2005 to 2015 | |
| Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee | 2002 to 2006 | |
| Transport, Local Government & The Regions | 2001 to 2002 | |
| Treasury Committee | 1995 to 1996 |
Other posts
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Chairman of the House of Commons Members' Fund | 2022 to 2024 |
Countries of interest
Political Interests
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Clive Betts has 3 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous | Chair of the Attercliffe Area Board. This is an unpaid role. | 15 Apr 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | A Trustee of Fields in Trust (FiT), a charity which champions and supports our parks and green spaces. This is an unpaid role. | 29 Sep 2022 |
| Family members employed | James Thomas employed | – |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Clive Betts asked 65 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
45 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Clive Betts represents Sheffield South East. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Clive Betts won with 52% of the votes, and Caroline Kampila (Conservative) came second with 17%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clive Betts | Labour | 18,710 | 52.3% |
| Caroline Kampila | Conservative | 6,252 | 17.5% |
| Sophie Thornton | Liberal Democrat | 3,421 | 9.6% |
| Hannah Nicklin | Green Party | 3,158 | 8.8% |
| Jack Carrington | Independent | 1,716 | 4.8% |
| Muzafar Rahman | Workers Party of Britain | 1,453 | 4.1% |
| Matthew Leese | Social Democratic Party | 1,061 | 3.0% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Clive Betts took part in 214 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Clive Betts voted the same way as their party in 214 of the 214 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this