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Clive Betts
Labour MP for Sheffield South East
- Also represented Sheffield, Attercliffe
- Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Clive Betts voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Communities and Local Government, Treasury, Deputy Prime Minister, Transport, Work and Pensions
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Buildings, Housing, Local Government Finance, Social Rented Housing, Housing Revenue Accounts
(based on written questions asked by Clive Betts and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Chairman, Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (2 out of 12)
- Chairman, Sunbeds (Regulation) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Local Transport Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
- Planning Bill Committee (18 out of 18)
- Electoral Administration Bill Committee (4 out of 5)
- Housing Bill Committee (10 out of 19)
- Planning and Compulsory Purchase (Re-committed) Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- Football (Disorder) (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
Most recent appearances
- Bills Presented — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Relocation to Bristol) Bill: Clause 8 — Council tax reduction schemes (31 Jan 2012)
“The Minister talks about working with local authorities. Presumably the Government have a view about that, despite what they say local authorities might be able to achieve by way of extra revenue generation. He has already admitted that at least a quarter of authorities cannot raise enough money to offset what they have lost under the scheme that we are discussing. Does he therefore accept...”
- Bills Presented — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Relocation to Bristol) Bill: Clause 8 — Council tax reduction schemes (31 Jan 2012)
“I am sure the Minister is far better able than I am to explain, because it was his consultation and his response that I have been trying to read. I understand that the council tax reduction scheme is separate from universal credit. The Government do not want withdrawal of council tax reduction as people get into work to affect their income as they earn more to the extent that it increases the...”
- Bills Presented — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Relocation to Bristol) Bill: Clause 8 — Council tax reduction schemes (31 Jan 2012)
“Absolutely. Anyone involved in developing a new system, consulting on it, explaining it and getting the technology right will have real concerns. I just hope that Ministers listen to local councils and the LGA and are prepared to say, even if they go ahead with this flawed scheme, that they will at least delay it by another year, to allow time for further thought to be given to producing a...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 32 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 48 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 73.91% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 11 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 386 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £22,105 (191st) | £23,081 (joint 148th with 1 other) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £15,609 (joint 275th with 2 others) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £17 (joint 121st with 8 others) |
| Office running costs | £23,202 (83rd) | £17,096 (393rd) | £20,168 (351st) | £19,948 | £19,325 (joint 11th with 77 others) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £20,668 (144th) |
| Staffing costs | £97,443 (257th) | £94,748 (58th) | £87,548 (143rd) | £84,133 | £74,214 (joint 160th with 13 others) | £71,773 (joint 85th with 44 others) | £65,271 (287th) | £45,043 (362nd) |
| Communications Allowance | £10,708 (144th) | £9,999 (141st) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £9,723 (209th)1 | £10,778 (198th)2 | £9,901 (221st)3 | £10,631 | £12,508 (250th) | £11,994 (244th) | £12,500 (222nd) | £11,096 (167th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,331 (53rd) | £1,271 (69th) | £415 (246th) | £333 | £549 (267th) | £1,080 (151st) | £1,512 (96th) | £646 (205th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £5,222 (168th) | £1,393 (111th) | £1,352 (182nd) | £942 | £1,562 (162nd) | £992 (255th) | £1,446 (171st) | £964 (345th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,542 (171st) | £5,032 (136th) | £3,181 | £5,810 (109th) | £4,083 (161st) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,347 (joint 118th with 2 others) | £1,187 (129th) | £0 | £1,888 (joint 320th with 6 others) | £1,888 (joint 315th with 5 others) | £1,888 (joint 309th with 5 others) | £1,888 (joint 291st with 5 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £832 (joint 64th with 2 others) | £158 | £2,822 (59th) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £169,734 (78th) | £163,255 (66th) | £148,545 (110th) | £140,960 | £139,580 (66th) | £130,942 (102nd) | £120,573 (155th) | £95,931 (148th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,932 (98th). Rail £3,787 (248th). Misc £827 (47th). Other: Rail £177 (90th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £5,111 (101st). Rail £4,878 (188th). Misc £587 (60th). Other: Mileage £202 (30th).
3 Car £6,680 (38th). Rail £2,529 (293rd). European £692 (69th).