Clive Betts

Clive Betts MP
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Sheffield Attercliffe
Majority: 15967
  

Councils, public bodies

Sheffield City Council:
Councillor 1976-92,
Chairman:
Housing Committee 1980-86,
Finance Committee 1986-88,
Leader 1987-92
  

Electoral history

Contested Sheffield Hallam October 1974 and Louth 1979 general elections. Member for Sheffield Attercliffe since 9 April 1992 general election
  

Commons Career

Opposition Whip 1996-97;
Assistant Government Whip 1997-98;
Government Whip 1998-2001
  

Commons Select Committees

Member: Treasury 1996-97,
Selection 1997-2001,
Transport, Local Government and the Regions (Urban Affairs Sub-Committee) 2001-02,
Transport, Local Government and the Regions 2001-02,
ODPM/Communities and Local Government 2002-,
ODPM/Communities and Local Government (Urban Affairs Sub-Committee) 2003-05,
Finance and Services 2005-,
Chairmen's Panel 2009-,
Yorkshire and the Humber 2009-,
Reform of the House of Commons 2009-
  

All-party groups (office-holding)

Treasurer Football Group 2001-;
Chair:
Football Club Group 2004-,
Leisure Group 2005-,
National Parks Group 2005-;
Secretary Iran Group 2005-;
Chair:
Arms Length Management Organisations Group 2006-,
Urban Development Group 2006-,
East Midlands Rail Franchise Group 2007-,
Local Government Group 2007-,
Netherlands Group 2008-;
Vice-chair Architecture and Planning Group 2009-;
Secretaty Somaliland Group 2009-
  

Political interests

Local and regional government, housing, planning, regeneration, transport
  

Countries of interest

Bosnia, Europe, Iran, Middle East, Netherlands, Serbia, Ukraine
  

Party posts

Member, Labour Leader's Campaign Team with responsibility for Environment and Local Government 1995-96
  

Current posts

Treasurer All-Party Football Group 2001-;
Member Select Committee on Communities and Local Government 2002-;
Chair All-Party:
Football Club Group 2004-,
Leisure Group 2005-,
National Parks Group 2005-;
Secretary All-Party Iran Group 2005-;
Member Select Committee on Finance and Services 2005-;
Chair All-Party:
Urban Development Group 2006-,
Arms Length Management Organisations Group 2006-,
East Midlands Rail Franchise Group 2007-,
Local Government Group 2007-,
Netherlands Group 2008-;
Member Select Committees:
for Yorkshire and the Humber 2009-,
on Reform of the House of Commons 2009-;
Vice-chair All-Party Architecture and Planning Group 2009-;
Secretaty All-Party Somaliland Group 2009-
  

Region

Yorkshire and Humberside
  

Westminster

Clive Betts MP
House of Commons
London
SW1A 0AA

Tel:020 7219 3588
Fax:020 7219 2289
bettsc@parliament.uk
www.clivebetts.com
  


Sheffield Attercliffe general election 2005


 *Betts, Clive  Lab  22,250  60.02%
  Moore, Kevin  Lib Dem  6,283  16.95%
  Critchlow, Tracy  Con  5,329  14.37%
  Arnott, Jonathan  UKIP  1,680  4.53%
  Jones, Beverley  BNP  1,477  3.98%
  Lab Majority     15,967  43.07%
  Electorate     67,121 
  Turnout     37,073  54.23%
  Lab Hold (5.27% from Lab to Lib Dem)  


  *Member of last parliament