Mr Clive Betts MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Sheffield South East is Mr Clive Betts (Labour), MP there since 9 April 1992.
Offices and committees
UK Parliament records Mr Clive Betts as a current member of these 4 committees.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission | 13 October 2026 | Current |
| Speaker's Conference (2024) | 18 December 2024 | Current |
| Public Accounts Committee | 4 November 2024 | Current |
| Panel of Chairs | 30 July 2024 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip) | Whips Office (Commons) | 28 July 1998 | 7 June 2001 |
| Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) | Whips Office (Commons) | 8 May 1997 | 28 July 1998 |
| Opposition Whip (Commons) | Whips Office (Commons) | 1 January 1996 | 1 January 1997 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Football Governance Bill [HL] | 14 May 2025 | 17 June 2025 |
| Football Governance Bill | 8 May 2024 | 23 May 2024 |
| Liaison Sub-Committee on Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in Government | 22 June 2023 | 30 May 2024 |
| Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Bill | 14 December 2022 | 11 January 2023 |
| Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Bill | 15 December 2021 | 5 January 2022 |
| Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission | 8 December 2021 | 30 May 2024 |
| Liaison Sub-Committee on National Policy Statements | 22 September 2021 | 30 May 2024 |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 20 May 2020 | 30 May 2024 |
| Administration Estimate Audit and Risk Assurance Committee | 20 March 2020 | 30 May 2024 |
| Finance Committee (Commons) | 2 March 2020 | 30 May 2024 |
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 27 January 2020 | 30 May 2024 |
| Panel of Chairs | 15 January 2020 | 30 May 2024 |
Other posts
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Chairman of the House of Commons Members' Fund | 28 April 2022 | 30 May 2024 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 bb86f43ceb8c.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 3 entries for Mr Clive Betts: Miscellaneous (2), Family members employed (1). The most recent was registered on . Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
James Thomas employed
- Job title or role: Senior Parliamentary Assistant
- Pattern of working hours: Full time
- Name of the person employed: James Thomas
- Who the family member is directly related to: Related to member directly
- Nature of relationship: Partner
Chair of the Attercliffe Area Board. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2023-08-01
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
A Trustee of Fields in Trust (FiT), a charity which champions and supports our parks and green spaces. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2021-01-28
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 26 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Mr Clive Betts's office spent £240,396 on staff, from a staffing budget of £250,820, according to IPSA. In 2023-24 it was £214,674. Office costs came to £31,816 of a £33,020 budget. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £240,396.06 | £214,673.67 | £199,170.33 |
| Office costs: spent | £31,815.91 | £29,334.17 | £27,312.72 |
| Accommodation: spent | £28,902.75 | £26,068.25 | £24,352.62 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £10,575.17 | £10,031.85 | £9,897.85 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £29,290 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Sheffield South East BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Caseworker (casual), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Constituency Assistant (permanent part time), Senior Communication Officer (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent part time), Senior Caseworker (permanent part time), Parliamentary Assistant (casual) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Mr Clive Betts is recorded voting in 522 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 51 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. The most recent, on 21 October 2026, was a No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 24 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Since 4 July 2024, 155 written questions have been tabled by Mr Clive Betts, the parliamentary record shows. Departments in the latest 10: Department of Health and Social Care; Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
Stem Cells: Transplant Surgery
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients with blood cancer have been denied funding for a second donor stem cell transplant due to the current NHS policy of not allowing patients to have a second transplant if they relap …
Stem Cells: Transplant Surgery
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients have been unable to have a second donor stem cell transplant due to NHS guidance which does not allow patients to have a second transplant within a year if they have relapse under …
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
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.
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.
Meat: Hygiene
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will direct the Food Standards Agency to publish details of the overhead costs associated with charging businesses for meat hygiene controls, specifically the costs of (a) administering the b …
Slaughterhouses: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the meat processing industry is subject to permanent on-site regulatory presence and inspection of every item; what the evidentiary basis is for this practice; and how this level of …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 7906a9e9d07f. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Mr Clive Betts.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Sheffield South East returned Mr Clive Betts with a majority of 12,458: 18,710 votes, 52.3% of those cast, against 6,252 for Caroline Kampila. Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Sheffield South East figures
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