Sheffield South East / data
Mr Clive Betts · Labour Party · sitting since 09 Apr 1992 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
12433days
from 09 Apr 1992
Divisions
424
of 504 possible
Attendance
84%
80 absent / paired
Whip alignment
100%
vs party majority
Speeches
176
50 debates
Written Qs
149
148 answered
Committees
3
memberships
Expenses
£314k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 303 claims
Interests
3
2 categories
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 96 | |
| Economy | 87 | |
| Employment | 47 | |
| Crime & Policing | 46 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 29 | |
| Education | 26 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 24 | |
| Defence and Foreign Affairs | 22 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Culture Community | 16 | 17,529 |
| Economy Jobs | 29 | 14,385 |
| Fiscal Policy | 8 | 8,801 |
| Local Government | 12 | 7,698 |
| Other | 9 | 5,681 |
| Social Care | 12 | 4,549 |
| Defence | 10 | 1,144 |
| Health | 6 | 793 |
B · Notable divisions
Free votes, rebellions and high-salience whipped votes — the moments that distinguish this MP from the party machine. The full division-by-division record will follow once the per-MP archive is wired.
No notable votes recorded for this MP yet.
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Apr 2026 | Pension SchemesThe Public Accounts Committee has had a number of hearings on this issue, and I am sure the Chair, the hon. Member for North Cotswolds (Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown), will want to as… Social CareFiscal PolicyMp Performance | 188 |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Prison Officers: Mandatory Body ArmourThe right hon. Lady had the courtesy to advise me in advance that she would have to leave shortly after 4 pm, so I think it was reasonable to allow her to speak in the debate. CrimeLabour Market | 36 |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Prison Officers: Mandatory Body ArmourWe move on to the Front Benchers, who are entitled to 10 minutes each. I hope that we can allow at least two minutes for Julian Lewis to wind up at the end. I call the Liberal Demo… CrimeLabour Market | 39 |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Prison Officers: Mandatory Body ArmourOrder. Six Members wish to contribute to the debate and we have about 50 minutes, so people can do the sums on that—it is about eight minutes maximum for each speech. CrimeLabour Market | 31 |
| 19 Mar 2026 | UK Steel StrategyI welcome the strategy. Sheffield’s history is inextricably linked to steel, and we want our future to be linked to steel as well. My right hon. Friend mentioned the excellent work… Economy JobsEnergyDefence | 147 |
| 11 Mar 2026 | UK-based Tech CompaniesOrder. We have five speakers, which gives each of them between eight and 10 minutes, so that we can get the Front Benchers in after that. I call Chris Evans. TechnologyEconomy Jobs | 30 |
| 11 Mar 2026 | UK-based Tech CompaniesOrder. The hon. Gentleman has not been reading the media—we had some good news this morning, which has moved us forward. I just wanted to make sure everyone is up to date with the … TechnologyEconomy Jobs | 36 |
| 11 Mar 2026 | UK-based Tech CompaniesWe now come on to the Front Benchers. Everyone is entitled to at least 10 minutes, but I think you can work out that you have a little bit more if you want to take it. TechnologyEconomy Jobs | 36 |
| 11 Mar 2026 | UK-based Tech CompaniesCan the Minister make sure that he allows two minutes at the end for the mover to wind up? TechnologyEconomy Jobs | 19 |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Disability Equipment ProvisionOrder. Six Back Benchers want to speak in the debate, so I suggest about five minutes each as a guideline. Social CareHealthLocal Government | 20 |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Disability Equipment ProvisionWe now move on to the Front Benchers. The Liberal Democrat and Opposition spokespeople will have five minutes, and the Minister will have 10. There is a bit of flexibility on that … Social CareHealthLocal Government | 43 |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Disability Equipment ProvisionMinister, it would be helpful if you could allow a couple of minutes at the end for the mover to respond. Social CareHealthLocal Government | 21 |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Post Office Green PaperI warmly welcome the Minister’s statement. May I raise two specific issues relating to post offices in my constituency? First, Mosborough post office, a fairly small but growing bu… Economy JobsLocal GovernmentSocial Care | 157 |
| 23 Feb 2026 | Schools White Paper: Every Child Achieving and ThrivingThe Public Accounts Committee has looked at the cost of home-to-school transport. Clearly, one of the drivers is the cost of sending kids with special needs miles away from their h… EducationSocial Care | 107 |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Local Government FinanceI certainly do. My next point was going to be that deprivation is properly recognised in the funding settlement. The problem is that councils that have deprivation either across th… Local GovernmentFiscal PolicySocial Care | 739 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Social Care | 47 | 31.5% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 31 | 20.8% |
| Department for Transport | 21 | 14.1% |
| Home Office | 12 | 8.1% |
| Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | 10 | 6.7% |
| Treasury | 9 | 6.0% |
| Department for Culture, Media and Sport | 5 | 3.4% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 4 | 2.7% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Apr 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 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. | Pending |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will a) review the ongoing data collection work of the British Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy registry and b) work with partn… | Answered |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | 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. | Answered |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the removal of access to a CAR-T therapy for mantle cell lymphoma on patients; and if his Department will consider… | Answered |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that access to CAR-T therapies for mantle cell lymphoma is consistent across the UK, in the context of its continued availability in Sco… | Answered |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | 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 ho… | Answered |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | 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) admi… | Answered |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Food Standards Agency is subject to an appropriate level of Parliamentary scrutiny. | Answered |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to introduce more effective uses of technology and science evidence-based approaches to the delivery of Official Controls by the Food Standards Agency. | Answered |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring food businesses responsible for processing meat and meat products in line with the regulatory approach used elsewhere in the food industry by allowing them to be ful… | Answered |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made that the support offered to the hotel sector on business rates is sufficient to protect jobs and investment, in the context of the significant rise in valuations. | Answered |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she has taken to ensure that the hotel sector has not been disproportionately impacted by the rise in business rates. | Answered |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the business rates system on the hotel sector. | Answered |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the cumulative implications for the hotel sector of (a) the recent changes to business rates, (b) the rise in employers’ National Insurance Contributions and (c) the ri… | Answered |
| 27 Feb 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2026 to Question 89382 on Social Services: Investment, whether his Department plans to consider the (a) previous and (b) forecast (i) levels and (… | Answered |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speaker's Conference (2024)Select | Member | Commons | 18 Dec 2024 | present |
| Public Accounts CommitteeSelect | Member | Commons | 04 Nov 2024 | present |
| Panel of ChairsSelect | Member | Commons | 30 Jul 2024 | present |
F · Expenses
Every business-cost claim reimbursed by IPSA in the current financial year, grouped by category. “Aggregated” rows are IPSA’s own year-end totals for cost types like payroll and rent that aren’t itemised claim-by-claim.
Category breakdown
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Costs | 155 | 35,083 | 11.2% |
| Accommodation | 10 | 28,903 | 9.2% |
| Staffing | 124 | 239,765 | 76.3% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 9,956 | 3.2% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 619 | 0.2% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Council tax | Accommodation | 10 | 2,694 |
| Utilities | Office Costs | 2 | 2,660 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 15 | 2,303 |
| Mobile telephone - contract & usage | Office Costs | 48 | 2,298 |
| Mobile telephone - equipment purchase | Office Costs | 2 | 2,071 |
| Insurance - buildings | Office Costs | 2 | 1,920 |
| Service charge & ground Rent | Office Costs | 1 | 1,800 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 17 | 1,431 |
| Business rates | Office Costs | 1 | 1,200 |
| Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Staffing | 124 | 917 |
| Newspapers, journals, magazines | Office Costs | 15 | 741 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 12 | 491 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 May 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 0 | Repaid |
| 13 May 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 0 | Repaid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Council tax | Nov 24 CT [200011782-109] | 269 | Paid |
| 28 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Office furniture | 150 | Paid |
| 26 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Newspapers, journals, magazines | GUARDIAN NEWS & MEDIA [200011725-8310] | 149 | Paid |
| 26 Mar 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 6 | Paid |
| 25 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | [***] Mar 25 | 55 | Paid |
| 25 Mar 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 6 | Paid |
| 25 Mar 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 2 | Paid |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 7 | Paid |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 4 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 9 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Insurance - contents | AC Insurance [200011781-302] | 4 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 2 | Paid |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 6 | Paid |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 4 | Paid |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 3 | Paid |
| 17 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline | 20 | Paid |
| 17 Mar 2025 | Staffing Volunteer - agreed arrangement costs | Subsistence | 6 | Paid |
| 15 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | SMARTY CO UK [200011725-8790] | 5 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
Every financial interest declared by the MP, grouped under the Register’s official categories. Retracted entries are hidden but counted above.
8. Miscellaneous2 entries
22 Apr 2024
Chair of the Attercliffe Area Board. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 1 August 2023
(Registered 15 April 2024)
18 Apr 2024
A Trustee of Fields in Trust (FiT), a charity which champions and supports our parks and green spaces. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 28 January 2021
(Registered 29 September 2022)
9. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses1 entry
18 Apr 2024
Name: James Thomas
Relationship: Partner
Role: Senior Parliamentary Assistant
Working pattern: Full time
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 6 wards, 6 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beighton | Ann Doreen Woolhouse | Liberal Democrats | 1,355 | 02 May 2024 |
| Birley | Matthew Robert Dwyer | Labour Party | 1,520 | 02 May 2024 |
| Darnall | Qais Al-Ahdal | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 2,402 | 02 May 2024 |
| Mosborough | Tony Downing | Labour Party | 2,035 | 02 May 2024 |
| Richmond | David Charles Barker | Labour Party | 1,728 | 02 May 2024 |
| Woodhouse | Mick Rooney | Labour Party | 1,810 | 02 May 2024 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 103,006 | Electorate 74,156 (2024) |
| Median age | 41 | years |
| Degree-educated | 22.4% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 81.3% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 64.4% | households |
| Private-rented | 12.7% | households |
| Social-rented | 22.8% | households |
| Employment rate | 54.6% | 16-64 in work |
J · Public spending
HMT publishes headline spending identifiable by region in PESA. Constituency-level capital allocations (Levelling-Up Fund, Towns Fund, UKSPF, transport capital, BEIS R&D) are published as separate departmental datasets. We are evaluating the cleanest reconciliation for a per-constituency view.