At a glanceMr Clive Betts is a Labour MP for Sheffield South East, and has represented the seat for 34 years, 3 months. They have cast 487 votes in Commons divisions (85% attendance), tabled 784 written questions and registered 3 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Mr Clive Betts did not vote in 88. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
Current roles
- Speaker's Conference (2024) Committee since 18 Dec 2024
- Public Accounts Committee Committee since 4 Nov 2024
- Panel of Chairs Committee since 30 Jul 2024
- Sheffield South East Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Labour Party since 9 Apr 1992
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Rachel Hopkins
Labour
100.0% · 477 of 477 shared votes
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Paul Davies
Labour
100.0% · 472 of 472 shared votes
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Steve Yemm
Labour
100.0% · 469 of 469 shared votes
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Adam Thompson
Labour
100.0% · 463 of 463 shared votes
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Tristan Osborne
Labour
100.0% · 461 of 461 shared votes
Votes least like
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
0.7% · 2 of 291 shared votes
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Mr Mark Francois
Conservative
0.7% · 2 of 285 shared votes
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Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Conservative
0.7% · 1 of 147 shared votes
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Alex Burghart
Conservative
0.9% · 3 of 344 shared votes
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Andrew Griffith
Conservative
0.9% · 3 of 319 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Miscellaneous2
- Chair of the Attercliffe Area Board. This is an unpaid role. (registered 15 Apr 2024)
- A Trustee of Fields in Trust (FiT), a charity which champions and supports our parks and green spaces. This is an unpaid role. (registered 29 Sep 2022)
Family members employed1
- James Thomas employed
Written questions
Slaughterhouses: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the FSA last reviewed and updated the scientific evidence, research and data underpinning the Official Controls legislation referred to in PQ Answer 120762.
Answer · 20 May 2026
In 2022, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) completed an operational transformation programme and launched a new operational modernisation programme in 2023. These aim to improve the quality and cost effectiveness of the delivery of official controls through...
Slaughterhouses: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will direct the FSA to publish the terms of reference and timetable for conduct of their review of current and emerging abattoir technologies and their potential regulatory use including what
Answer · 20 May 2026
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) works closely with the meat industry on the introduction of new technology in abattoirs. Whilst it is for businesses to determine what technology they wish to invest in and deploy, the FSA is keen to collaborate on these in...
Food: Inspections
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many billing errors the Food Standards Agency made in charging food business operators for Official Controls in each of the last 3 years, and what was the total monetary value of these in each
Answer · 20 May 2026
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) does not centrally record billing errors for Official Controls in the format requested. Therefore, it is not possible to provide a definitive count of billing errors made in charging food business operators for Official Con...
Food Poisoning
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many major food incidents have there been in each of the last 5 years and of those how many were meat related.
Answer · 20 May 2026
In responding to food and feed safety incidents and foodborne disease outbreaks, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) categorises its handling of incident responses at Routine or Non-routine levels. Non-routine incident and outbreak responses are escalated whe...
Marwan Barghouti
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations to representatives of the Government of Israel on the treatment of Marwan Barghouti.
Answer · 28 Apr 2026
The UK is deeply concerned by reports of mistreatment of detainees by Israeli forces and raises this issue with the Israeli government. The UK has been consistently clear that all detainees must be treated with dignity and in full accordance with internat...
Graft versus Host Disease: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will a) review the ongoing data collection work of the British Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy registry and b) work with partners in the spac
Answer · 19 Mar 2026
The UK Stem Cell Strategic Forum’s 2022 report, A ten-year vision for stem cell transplantation and cellular therapies, set out a number of recommendations for improving data collection for haematopoietic stem cell transplantation and cellular therapy (HS...
Transplant Surgery
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to consider transplants, including stem cell and bone marrow transplants, as part of the Getting It Right First Time programme.
Answer · 25 Mar 2026
There are no current plans to consider transplants, including stem cell and bone marrow transplants, as part of the Getting It Right First Time programme. The Department is aware of challenges around the timely provision of well-matched stem cell donors, ...
Blood Cancer: Immunotherapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that access to CAR-T therapies for mantle cell lymphoma is consistent across the UK, in the context of its continued availability in Scotland.
Answer · 19 Mar 2026
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is re-evaluating brexucabtagene autoleucel following managed access through the Cancer Drugs Fund to determine whether it should be recommended for routine National Health Service funding. NICE’...
Early day motions
| 23 Jun 2026 | South Yemen | 20 sig. |
| 16 Sep 2025 | Yemen | 20 sig. |
| 16 Sep 2025 | Football regulator | 12 sig. |
| 25 Mar 2025 | Benefit reforms and Personal Independence Payment consultation | 17 sig. |
| 14 Jul 2022 | Electronic cigarettes and e-waste | 15 sig. |
| 16 Jun 2022 | Myeloma Awareness Week 2022 | 14 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
9 Jul 2026 Timms Review: Interim Report
I apologise for the fact that—as I have explained to you, Madam Deputy Speaker—I will have to leave straight after my question to chair Westminster Hall. I thank my right hon. Friend for doing this very challenging piece of work. I thin…
9 Jul 2026 Conflicts: Impact on Older People
I call Jim Shannon, who has a couple of minutes to wind up.
9 Jul 2026 Conflicts: Impact on Older People
We now move to the Front-Bench spokespeople. They are entitled to speak for at least 10 minutes each, but given that we are not particularly time-constrained, I will leave it with them to make a judgment on that.
9 Jul 2026 Conflicts: Impact on Older People
Order. The hon. Member should not take my views for granted in this sort of debate—he can speak for himself, I am sure.
6 Jul 2026 Civil Service Pensions
I will dive very deeply into the question, Madam Deputy Speaker. The Chair of the Committee sends his apologies for his absence; he is presently in a Committee meeting. We have looked at this situation on a number of occasions, and we w…
6 Jul 2026 Civil Service Pensions
The Public Accounts Committee and Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, its Chair—
30 Jun 2026 Defence Investment Plan
I welcome the Secretary of State’s commitment to buy British and create British jobs. When he produces his further strategy on procurement in the autumn, will he try to get a joined-up approach to procurement across Government, as that is …
17 Jun 2026 Steel Tariffs
It is absolutely right in principle for the Government to try to defend the steelmaking sector, particularly Liberty at Stocksbridge and Rotherham. However, there are downside implications for smaller firms, particularly manufacturing firm…
16 Jun 2026 West Bank: Settler Activity
Let me add a few words about the murder of Jo Cox. I was a friend and colleague of Jo’s, and I still remember the numbness and shock that I felt on hearing the news. Quite simply, no Member of this House should fear for their life because …
16 Jun 2026 West Bank: Settler Activity
3. What steps she plans to take in response to increases in settler violence in the west bank.
15 Jun 2026 Russian Shadow Fleet
I congratulate my right hon. Friend on his appointment—he is very well suited to the job at hand. I am sure he will understand, though, if I also express my disappointment that his predecessor and my constituency neighbour, my right hon. F…
11 Jun 2026 Secondary Breast Cancer
If the Minister allowed a couple of minutes before 4.30 pm for the mover to make some further comments, that would be really helpful.
11 Jun 2026 Secondary Breast Cancer
We move on to the shadow Minister, Dr Caroline Johnson, who has 10 minutes to make her contribution.
11 Jun 2026 Secondary Breast Cancer
We now move on to the Front Benchers.
11 Jun 2026 Secondary Breast Cancer
Before I call Wendy Chamberlain, let me say that the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) has indicated to me that he has to leave at about quarter past 4. He has a plane to catch; I accept that as a reason, and he has given advance no…
11 Jun 2026 Secondary Breast Cancer
I am supposed to be neutral in the Chair, but I think I am allowed to give a particularly warm welcome to Ashley Dalton.
11 Jun 2026 Secondary Breast Cancer
Order. We have four Members who want to come in, so I will issue a guideline of nine minutes each for speeches, if Members could stick to that, please.
11 Jun 2026 Secondary Breast Cancer
Order. I will call Mary Kelly Foy next, as the co-sponsor of the debate. After her speech, I will give hon. Members an indication of how long they may have to speak, to try to get us to the end of the debate in a reasonable fashion.
11 Jun 2026 Secondary Breast Cancer
Order. Members must not refer to each other by name in the Chamber.
22 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes
The Public Accounts Committee has had a number of hearings on this issue, and I am sure the Chair, the hon. Member for North Cotswolds (Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown), will want to ask some questions. First of all, there is a shared responsib…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Government posts
- Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip) · HM Treasury 28 Jul 1998 – 7 Jun 2001
- Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) · HM Treasury 8 May 1997 – 28 Jul 1998
Opposition posts
- Opposition Whip (Commons) · Whips Office (Commons) 1 Jan 1996 – 1 Jan 1997
Other posts
- Chairman of the House of Commons Members' Fund 28 Apr 2022 – 30 May 2024
Committee memberships
- Football Governance Bill [HL] 14 May 2025 – 17 Jun 2025
- Liaison Sub-Committee on Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in Government 22 Jun 2023 – 30 May 2024
- Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 8 Dec 2021 – 30 May 2024
- Liaison Sub-Committee on National Policy Statements 22 Sep 2021 – 30 May 2024
- Liaison Committee (Commons) 20 May 2020 – 30 May 2024
- Administration Estimate Audit and Risk Assurance Committee 20 Mar 2020 – 30 May 2024
- Finance Committee (Commons) 2 Mar 2020 – 30 May 2024
- Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee · Chair 27 Jan 2020 – 30 May 2024
- Panel of Chairs 15 Jan 2020 – 30 May 2024
- Members Estimate Audit Committee 20 Mar 2019 – 30 May 2024
- Football Governance Bill 8 May 2024 – 23 May 2024
- Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Bill 14 Dec 2022 – 11 Jan 2023
- Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Bill 15 Dec 2021 – 5 Jan 2022
- Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system 13 Feb 2019 – 6 Nov 2019
- National Policy Statements Sub-Committee 2017-19 13 Nov 2017 – 6 Nov 2019
- Liaison Committee (Commons) 6 Nov 2017 – 6 Nov 2019
- Finance Committee (Commons) 30 Oct 2017 – 6 Nov 2019
- Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee · Chair 12 Jul 2017 – 6 Nov 2019
- Panel of Chairs 22 Jun 2017 – 6 Nov 2019
- Liaison Committee (Commons) 10 Sep 2015 – 3 May 2017
- Finance Committee (Commons) 20 Jul 2015 – 3 May 2017
- Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee · Chair 18 Jun 2015 – 3 May 2017
- Panel of Chairs 12 Jan 2009 – 3 May 2017
- Liaison Committee (Commons) 19 Jul 2010 – 30 Mar 2015
- Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee · Chair 10 Jun 2010 – 30 Mar 2015
- Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee 27 Jun 2006 – 30 Mar 2015
- Finance and Services Committee 17 Jul 2005 – 30 Mar 2015
- Committee on Reform of the House of Commons 20 Jul 2009 – 6 May 2010
- Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Select Committee 3 Mar 2009 – 6 May 2010
- Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee 22 Jul 2002 – 27 Jun 2006
- Transport, Local Government & The Regions 16 Jul 2001 – 22 Jul 2002
- Treasury Committee 27 Nov 1995 – 11 Nov 1996
Previous seats
- Sheffield South East · Elected 4 times 6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024
- Sheffield, Attercliffe · Elected 3 times 1 May 1997 – 6 May 2010
- Sheffield, Attercliffe · Elected 1 time 9 Apr 1992 – 1 May 1997
Elections contested
- Louth 3 May 1979
- Sheffield, Hallam 10 Oct 1974
Expenses
Source: IPSA (OGL v3.0)
Contact & offices
020 7219 5114
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
Clive Betts MP, Office 1B, G2, Leeds Road, Sheffield, S9 3TY
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Mr Clive Betts, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Mr Clive Betts?
Mr Clive Betts is a Member of Parliament representing Sheffield South East in the House of Commons. See Mr Clive Betts's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Mr Clive Betts represent?
Mr Clive Betts sits as Labour. See Mr Clive Betts's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Mr Clive Betts represent?
Mr Clive Betts is the Member of Parliament for Sheffield South East. See Mr Clive Betts's official Parliament profile.
How long has Mr Clive Betts been an MP?
Mr Clive Betts has served in the House of Commons for 34 years, 3 months. See Mr Clive Betts's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Mr Clive Betts?
Mr Clive Betts has 3 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Mr Clive Betts's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.