About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Clive Betts) represents you, and all of the people who live in Sheffield South East, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Sheffield South East

Entered the House of Commons on 9 April 1992 — General election

Also represented Sheffield, Attercliffe

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Social Media

• @CliveBettsMP
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Clive Betts campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Communities and Local Government
• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Transport
• Treasury
• Departmental Buildings
• Local Government Finance
• Housing
• High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
• Housing: Construction

Currently held offices

• Member, Speaker's Conference (2024) Committee (since 18 Dec 2024)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (since 4 Nov 2024)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (since 30 Jul 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Football Governance Bill Committee ( 8 May 2024 to 23 May 2024)
• Member, Liaison Sub-Committee on Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in Government (22 Jun 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Bill Committee (14 Dec 2022 to 11 Jan 2023)
• Chairman of the House of Commons Members' Fund (28 Apr 2022 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Bill Committee (15 Dec 2021 to 5 Jan 2022)
• Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission ( 8 Dec 2021 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Liaison Sub-Committee on National Policy Statements (22 Sep 2021 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (20 May 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Administration Estimate Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (20 Mar 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Finance Committee (Commons) ( 2 Mar 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Chair, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Chair, Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 3 May 2017)
• Chair, Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Chair, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Chair, Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (15 Jan 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Members Estimate Audit Committee (20 Mar 2019 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system (13 Feb 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, National Policy Statements Sub-Committee (13 Nov 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, National Policy Statements Sub-Committee 2017-19 (13 Nov 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) ( 6 Nov 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Finance Committee (Commons) (30 Oct 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Chair, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (12 Jul 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Chair, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (12 Jul 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (22 Jun 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, National Policy Statements Sub-Committee (20 Feb 2017 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (10 Sep 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Finance Committee (Commons) (20 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Chair, Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee (18 Jun 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Chair, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (18 Jun 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Chair, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (18 Jun 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee (30 Mar 2015 to 27 Jan 2020)
• Member, National Policy Statements Sub-Committee (21 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (19 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Chair, Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee (10 Jun 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Chair, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (10 Jun 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Chair, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (10 Jun 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Committee on Reform of the House of Commons (20 Jul 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Select Committee ( 3 Mar 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (12 Jan 2009 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee (27 Jun 2006 to 10 Jun 2010)
• Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (27 Jun 2006 to 10 Jun 2010)
• Member, Finance and Services Committee (17 Jul 2005 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Urban Affairs Sub-committee (15 Oct 2002 to 11 Jul 2005)
• Member, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee (22 Jul 2002 to 27 Jun 2006)
• Member, Transport, Local Government & The Regions Committee (16 Jul 2001 to 22 Jul 2002)
• Member, Urban Affairs Sub-committee (16 Jul 2001 to 22 Jul 2002)
• The Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury (28 Jul 1998 to 7 Jun 2001)
• Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) ( 8 May 1997 to 28 Jul 1998)
• Member, Committee of Selection ( 7 May 1997 to 11 May 2001)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) ( 1 Jan 1996 to 1 Jan 1997)
• Member, Treasury Committee (27 Nov 1995 to 11 Nov 1996)
• Member, Treasury & Civil Service Committee ( 1 Jan 1995 to 1 Jan 1996)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Chairman, Armed Forces Commissioner Bill Committee (1 out of 4)
• Chairman, Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill Committee (3 out of 13)
• Chairman, Renters’ Rights Bill Committee (3 out of 8)
• Chairman, Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Football Governance Bill Committee (6 out of 7)
• Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Homelessness Reduction Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• 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)
• Special Educational Needs and Disability Bill Committee (7 out of 7)

Recent appearances

• Steel Industry (Special Measures) Bill 12 Apr 2025

  I call Dame Harriett Baldwin for the official Opposition.

• Steel Industry (Special Measures) Bill 12 Apr 2025

  I thank all Members for their help in being brief for the last few contributions, but unfortunately we have time only for a final Back-Bench contribution. I call Sir Jeremy Wright.

• Steel Industry (Special Measures) Bill 12 Apr 2025

  Order. I remind Members that each contribution should take no more than two to three minutes.

More of Clive Betts’s recent appearances