Clive Betts

Clive Betts
Official portrait, 2019
Chair of the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee
In office
10 June 2010 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byPhyllis Starkey
Succeeded byFlorence Eshalomi
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office
28 July 1998 – 7 June 2001
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byGraham Allen
Succeeded byJohn Heppell
Member of Parliament
for Sheffield South East
Sheffield Attercliffe (1992–2010)
Assumed office
9 April 1992
Preceded byPatrick Duffy
Majority12,451 (35.8%)
Leader of Sheffield City Council
In office
1987–1992
Preceded byDavid Blunkett
Succeeded byMike Bower
Personal details
BornClive James Charles Betts
(1950-01-13) 13 January 1950
PartyLabour
Domestic partnerJames Thomas
Alma materPembroke College, Cambridge
Websiteclivebetts.com
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Clive James Charles Betts (born 13 January 1950) is a British Labour Party politician and former economist who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield South East, previously Sheffield Attercliffe since 1992. Following the suspension of Diane Abbott in 2025, he is the most senior Labour MP.