• Labour MP for Sheffield, Attercliffe
• Majority: 15,967 votes. — 28th out of 635 MPs.
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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members' Interests
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• Early Day Motions signed by this MP (From edm.ais.co.uk)

How Clive Betts voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted very strongly against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches

Read about how the voting record is decided.

More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.

Select Committee membership

• Member, Communities and Local Government Committee (since 28 Jun 2006)
• Member, Finance & Services Committee (since 20 Jul 2005)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Deputy Prime Minister, Communities and Local Government, Treasury, Home Department, Culture Media and Sport

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Housing, Asylum Seekers, Renewable Energy, Minerals Planning Guidance, M1: Tinsley

(based on written questions asked by Clive Betts and answered by departments)

Business of the House (24 Apr 2008)

“Will my hon. Friend organise an early debate on the use—or possible misuse—of health service records? I am raising this issue because my constituents, Mr. Wood and Mr. Womble of Handsworth, Sheffield, received a survey asking for their views on the NHS. There is nothing strange about that, except that no one else in the area received it, and they had both recently had hospital...”

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: National Lottery: Finance (2 Apr 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what proportion of the cost of each National Lottery ticket bought online goes towards (a) prize money, (b) good causes, (c) lottery duty, (d) operating costs and (e) profit for the National Lottery operator; (2) how the money received from National Lottery tickets sold online is apportioned into (a) prize money, (b)...”

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• Has spoken in 27 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 41 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 2 select committees.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 80% of votes in parliament — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 7 comments on this MP's speeches — average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches are understandable to an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 40 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Clive Betts speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 144 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register last updated: 23 Apr 2008. More about the Register

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Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.

^* Car £6,680 (38th). Rail £2,529 (293rd). European £692 (69th).