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Clive Betts is currently Member, National Policy Statements Sub-Committee 2017-19, Member, National Policy Statements Sub-Committee, Member, Liaison Committee (Commons), Member, Finance Committee (Commons), Chair, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee and Member, Panel of Chairs

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

From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
9 Jun 2017	still in office	Lab	0 votes out of 169, 0.0%	169 votes out of 232, 72.8%	0 times
8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Lab	1 vote out of 305, 0.3%	305 votes out of 467, 65.3%	0 times
6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Lab	5 votes out of 927, 0.5%	927 votes out of 1239, 74.8%	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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House	Date	Subject	Clive Betts	Lab Vote	Rôle
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13 Nov 2017	Became Member, National Policy Statements Sub-Committee 2017-19
13 Nov 2017	Became Member, National Policy Statements Sub-Committee
6 Nov 2017	Became Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)
30 Oct 2017	Became Member, Finance Committee (Commons)
12 Jul 2017	Became Chair, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
22 Jun 2017	Became Member, Panel of Chairs
House	Date	Subject	Clive Betts	Lab Vote	Rôle
3 May 2017	Stopped being Member, Panel of Chairs
3 May 2017	Stopped being Member, National Policy Statements Sub-Committee
3 May 2017	Stopped being Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)
3 May 2017	Stopped being Chair, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
3 May 2017	Stopped being Member, Finance Committee (Commons)
20 Feb 2017	Became Member, National Policy Statements Sub-Committee
Commons	11 Sep 2015	Assisted Dying Bill — Second Reading	minority	no	Rebel
10 Sep 2015	Became Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)
20 Jul 2015	Became Member, Finance Committee (Commons)
18 Jun 2015	Became Chair, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
House	Date	Subject	Clive Betts	Lab Vote	Rôle
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, National Policy Statements Sub-Committee
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Chair, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Finance and Services Committee
Commons	15 Jul 2014	Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill — Fast-Track Timetable — House of Commons Stages in Single Day	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 Mar 2012	Election of Backbench Business Committee	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Mar 2011	Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill — Clause 152 — Director of Public Prosecution's Consent — Universal Jurisdiction Arrest Warrants in Private Prosecutions	minority	no	Rebel
21 Jul 2010	Became Member, National Policy Statements Sub-Committee
19 Jul 2010	Became Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)
Commons	14 Jul 2010	Terrorism Act 2006 (Disapplication of Section 25) Order 2010	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	15 Jun 2010	Business of the House — Backbench Business Committee	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Jun 2010	Business of the House — Size of the Backbench Business Committee	Majority	aye	Rebel
10 Jun 2010	Became Chair, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
10 Jun 2010	Stopped being Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
6 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Select Committee
6 May 2010	Stopped being Member, Committee on Reform of the House of Commons
20 Jul 2009	Became Member, Committee on Reform of the House of Commons
3 Mar 2009	Became Member, Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Select Committee
12 Jan 2009	Became Member, Panel of Chairs
27 Jun 2006	Stopped being Member, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee
27 Jun 2006	Became Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
17 Jul 2005	Became Member, Finance and Services Committee
11 Jul 2005	Stopped being Member, Urban Affairs Sub-committee
15 Oct 2002	Became Member, Urban Affairs Sub-committee
22 Jul 2002	Stopped being Member, Urban Affairs Sub-committee
22 Jul 2002	Stopped being Member, Transport, Local Government & The Regions Committee
22 Jul 2002	Became Member, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee
16 Jul 2001	Became Member, Urban Affairs Sub-committee
16 Jul 2001	Became Member, Transport, Local Government & The Regions Committee
7 Jun 2001	Stopped being The Lord Commissioner of Her Majesty's Treasury,
11 May 2001	Stopped being Member, Committee of Selection
28 Jul 1998	Became The Lord Commissioner of Her Majesty's Treasury,
28 Jul 1998	Stopped being Assistant Whip (HM Treasury),
8 May 1997	Became Assistant Whip (HM Treasury),
7 May 1997	Became Member, Committee of Selection
1 Jan 1997	Stopped being Opposition Whip (Commons),
11 Nov 1996	Stopped being Member, Treasury Committee
1 Jan 1996	Stopped being Member, Treasury & Civil Service Committee
1 Jan 1996	Became Opposition Whip (Commons),
27 Nov 1995	Became Member, Treasury Committee
1 Jan 1995	Became Member, Treasury & Civil Service Committee

Policy Comparisons

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

Agreement	Policy
8%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
12%	Academy Schools - for
50%	Action to prevent domestic violence
92%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
28%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
53%	Apprenticeships
75%	Assisted Dying
79%	Asylum System - More strict
23%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
100%	Ban fox hunting
73%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
50%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
48%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Cap or Reduce Civil Service Redundancy Payments
50%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
16%	Closed Material Proceedure
18%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
84%	Control Orders
50%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
100%	Crossrail - In favour
0%	Cull Badgers
100%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
75%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
77%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
10%	Employee Shareholder Status
15%	Encourage and incentivise saving
0%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
100%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
0%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
0%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
74%	European Union - For
8%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
0%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
29%	Fixed Term Parliaments
48%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
100%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
100%	Fox hunting - Ban
10%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
60%	Fully Elected House of Lords
76%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
60%	Further devolution to Scotland
68%	Further devolution to Wales
50%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
7%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
100%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
22%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
51%	Higher taxes on banks
25%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
0%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
88%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
86%	HS2 - In Favour
85%	Human Rights and Equality
100%	Identity cards - For introduction
67%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
60%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
21%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
4%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
18%	Increase VAT
67%	Inheritance Tax
96%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
3%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
89%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
100%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
0%	Localise Council Tax Support
34%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
0%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
52%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
75%	Mansion Tax
86%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
35%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100%	Member trustees on pension boards
50%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
33%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
100%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
85%	Minumum Wage
100%	More Emergency Service Workers
100%	More funds for social care
77%	More Generous Benefits for Ill and Disabled
67%	More powers for local councils
100%	MPs to approve Withdrawal Agreeement
2%	No detention without charge or trial
86%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
100%	Nuclear power - For
56%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Strengthen
83%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
0%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
0%	Police and Crime Commissioners
94%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
6%	Post office closures - against
100%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
0%	Privatise Royal Mail
35%	Promote Occupational Pensions
39%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
38%	Protesting near Parliament - Unrestricted
84%	Public Ownership of Railways
100%	Rail Fares - Lower
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
28%	Reduce capital gains tax
0%	Reduce central funding for local government
15%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
0%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
8%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
5%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
1%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
46%	Referendum on the UK's membership of the EU - For
0%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
29%	Register of Lobbyists
38%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
89%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0%	Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
75%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
0%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
10%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
100%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
0%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
80%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
50%	Right to strike
96%	Same Sex Marriage - for
15%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
0%	Sell England's Public Forests
39%	Shift Powers from MPs in the Commons to Ministers
90%	Smoking ban - In favour
99%	State control of bus services
74%	Stop climate change
78%	Stronger Military Covenant
44%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
100%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
0%	Termination of pregnancy - against
90%	Terrorism laws - For
0%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
38%	Tougher on illegal immigration
2%	Trade Union Regulation
8%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
23%	Transparency of Parliament
71%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
7%	University education fees - Should be free
59%	University Tuition Fees - For
63%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
81%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
100%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices

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