Voting Record — Clive Betts MP, Sheffield South East (10045)

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).

FromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
6 May 2010 still in office Lab 4 votes out of 579, 0.7% 579 votes out of 776, 74.6% 0 times

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Interesting Votes

Votes in parliament for which this MP's vote differed from the majority vote of their party (Rebel), or in which this MP was a teller (Teller), or both (Rebel Teller).

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HouseDateSubjectClive BettsLab VoteRôle
Commons12 Mar 2012Communities and Local Government — Backbench Business Committee Majorityaye Rebel
Commons30 Mar 2011Alcohol Marketing — Clause 152 — Restriction on issue of arrest warrants in private prosecutions minorityno Rebel
Commons14 Jul 2010Terrorism Act 2006 (Disapplication of Section 25) Order 2010 Majorityunknown Unknown
Commons15 Jun 2010Business of the House — Backbench Business Committee minorityno Rebel
Commons15 Jun 2010Business of the House — Backbench Business Committee Majorityaye Rebel
11 May 2010Stopped being a member of the Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Select Committee
11 May 2010Stopped being a member of the Finance & Services Committee
11 May 2010Stopped being a member of the Communities and Local Government Committee
11 May 2010Stopped being a member of the Committee on Reform of the House of Commons
11 May 2010Stopped being a member of the Chairmen's Panel Committee
10 Aug 2009Became a member of the Committee on Reform of the House of Commons
4 Mar 2009Became a member of the Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Select Committee
13 Jan 2009Became a member of the Chairmen's Panel Committee
28 Jun 2006Stopped being a member of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee
28 Jun 2006Became a member of the Communities and Local Government Committee
20 Jul 2005Became a member of the Finance & Services Committee
14 Jul 2005Became a member of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee
11 Apr 2005Stopped being a member of the Urban Affairs Sub-committee Committee
11 Apr 2005Stopped being a member of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee
11 Jun 2004Became a member of the Urban Affairs Sub-committee Committee
11 Jun 2004Stopped being Chairman, Urban Affairs Sub-committee Committee
28 May 2004Became Chairman, Urban Affairs Sub-committee Committee
28 May 2004Became a member of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee
11 Jun 2001Stopped being Lords Commissioner, HM Treasury
28 Jul 1998Became Lords Commissioner, HM Treasury
28 Jul 1998Stopped being Assistant Whip, HM Treasury
6 May 1997Became Assistant Whip, HM Treasury

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this MP and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

AgreementPolicy
5% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100% Ban fox hunting
48% Business and community control of schools: For
0% Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
50% Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
84% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
100% Crossrail - In favour
75% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
0% Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
87% European Union - For
100% Foundation hospitals - In favour
100% Fox hunting - Ban
10% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
53% Fully Elected House of Lords
0% Gambling - Against permissiveness
0% Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
94% Homosexuality - Equal rights
100% Identity cards - For introduction
14% Increase VAT
96% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
1% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100% Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
2% No detention without charge or trial
92% No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
100% Nuclear power - For
100% Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
94% Post office - in favour of Government policy
6% Post office closures - against
0% Privatise Royal Mail
50% Promote Occupational Pensions
50% Proportional Representation Voting System - For
38% Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
50% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
1% Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
96% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
42% Right to strike
13% Schools - Greater Autonomy
95% Smoking ban - In favour
72% Stop climate change
0% Termination of pregnancy - against
90% Terrorism laws - For
0% The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
8% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
23% Transparency of Parliament
83% Trident replacement - In favour
0% Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
7% University education fees - Should be free
66% University Tuition Fees - For
42% Voting age - Reduce to 16
0% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Possible Friends (more...)

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2010-present, Westminster Parliament. This is measured from 0% agreement (never voted the same) to 100% (always voted the same). Only votes that both MPs attended are counted. This may reveal relationships between MPs that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.

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