Clive Betts

Quick Facts

Full Name	Clive Betts
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jan 13, 1950(1950-01-13)
Age	74
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Sheffield
Horoscope	Capricorn

Clive Betts Biography

Clive Betts is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on January 13, 1950 in Sheffield, United Kingdom. Betts was born January 13, 1950, in Sheffield. He was educated in the state through Sheffield’s Longley School in Sheffield, King Edward VII School, Sheffield and Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he graduated with an MBA in Economics and Political Science.

He was not able to stand as an unsuccessful Labour Party candidate in the Burngreave Ward in Sheffield City Council in 1975 but was later elected to the Firth Park Ward in the next year. As as a Sheffield City Councillor he was the Chair of the Housing Committee for six years as well as the Deputy Chairman and Leader of the Finance Committee for one year and the Chief Whip for the Labour Group for three years. He was also as the Secretary of Group. He was also the council’s assistant leader during the tenure of Roy Thwaites for a year in 1986. He succeeded Thwaites as the council’s chairman in June 1987. The council was disbanded following his return to Westminster. In 1986, he was sworn in as an economist at Rotherham Borough Council.

Betts was made an opposition whip under Tony Blair in 1996, and after the 1997 general election, he entered the government as an Assistant Whip. He was promoted in 1998 to full Whip, with the title of Lord Commissioner to the Treasury, but like the majority of whips at that time was dropped from the government after the 2001 general election.

In 2003, Betts was subject to criticism for his accommodation expenses after he had previously campaigned for an increase in MPs’ entitlements on the ground of “hardship”. It was reported by The Times that Betts had “flipped” his designated second home to Yorkshire before buying a ‘country estate’ there, before “flipping it” back to London and taking out a larger mortgage on his flat there. Betts denied wrongdoing, arguing the Yorkshire property had been ‘two dilapidated listed buildings’ and that when he became a whip he had to declare his main residence as his London flat.

In October 1974, he was unsuccessfully was elected in the House of Commons as the Labour Party candidate in the safe Conservative seat of Sheffield Hallam, being defeated by incumbent John Osborn. In the following general election in the same year, he was unsuccessfully competing for in the secure Conservative seat Louth losing to Michael Brotherton, the current incumbent. Michael Brotherton.

Clive Betts Net Worth

Clive Betts is one of the richest Politician from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Clive Betts 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Clive James Charles Betts (born 13 January 1950) is a British Labour Party politician and former economist. He has been the Parliamentary Member (MP) of Sheffield Attercliffe from 1992 to 2010. In 2010, he was appointed the Member of the Parliament for Sheffield South East.

In 1969, he became a part of in the Labour Party in 1969 and became a member of the Trades Union Congress in 1971 as an economist. In 1973, he was commissioned as an economist by Derbyshire County Council, and was transferred to South Yorkshire County Council in 1974, where he served as an economist until the year 1986.

He was selected to contest the safe Labour seat of Sheffield Attercliffe following the retirement of the veteran Labour MP Patrick Duffy. At the 1992 general election, Betts was elected with a large majority, and made his maiden speech on 6 May 1992.

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He supported Owen Smith in the 2016 Labour Party (UK) leadership election.

Facts & Trivia

Clive Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Clive Betts celebrates birthday on January 13 of every year.

Betts employs his partner as his Senior Parliamentary Assistant on a salary up to £45,000. He was listed in articles in The Daily Telegraph and The Guardian which criticised the practice of MPs employing family members, on the lines that it promotes nepotism. Although MPs who were first elected in 2017 have been banned from employing family members, the restriction is not retrospective – meaning that Betts’ employment of his partner is lawful.

Who is Sheffield's MP?

Members of Parliament for Sheffield Paul Blomfield (Central) Olivia Blake (Hallam)

Where does Clive Betts live?

Personal life. Betts lives in a farmhouse on the Derbyshire border with his partner James Thomas, who is also employed as his parliamentary assistant.

Who is the MP for Hillsborough?

Gillian Furniss (born 14 March 1957) is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough since 2016. A member of the Labour Party, she has been Shadow Minister for Roads since 2022.

Who is MP for Rotherham?

There are currently three Members of Parliament for the area: Sarah Champion MP – Rotherham. Alexander Stafford MP – Rother Valley. John Healey MP – Wentworth and Dearne.

Who is Wolverhamptons MP?

Wolverhampton North East Ken Purchase, Labour (1992–2010). Jane Stevenson, Conservative (2019-present).