Information AboutClive Betts |
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Born in 1950 in Sheffield , Clive Betts was educated at the Longley School in Sheffield and the King Edward VII School, Sheffield ; and Pembroke College, Cambridge , where he received a degree in Economics and Politics . He joined the Labour Party in 1969 and joined the Trades Union Congress in 1971 as an Economist . In 1973 he was appointed as an economist with Derbyshire County Council, and moved to the South Yorkshire County Council in 1974 . Clive Betts was selected to contest the Parliamentary seat of Louth . The sitting Conservative MP for Louth was Jeffrey Archer , but faced with likely Bankruptcy , he retired from the House Of Commons . So Betts faced a new face at the October 1974 General Election , however he was defeated comfortably by the new Conservative candidate, Michael Brotherton. Clive Betts had been elected as a councillor to Sheffield City Council in 1976 , he was its deputy leader under David Blunkett for a year in 1986 , and succeeded Blunkett as the council leader in 1987 . He left the council on his election to Westminster . In 1986 he was appointed as an economist with Rotherham Borough Council . He was selected to contest the safe Labour seat of Sheffield Attercliffe following the retirement of the veteran Labour MP Patrick Duffy . Clive Betts was easily elected as the Labour MP for Sheffield Attercliffe at the 1992 General Election . He made his Maiden Speech on May 6 , 1992 . Clive 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 when he became a (full) Whip, with the title of Lord Commissioner to the Treasury. He was dropped from the government after the 2001 General Election . Since he has also been a Member of the Finance and Services Select Committee. He plays Cricket and supports Sheffield Wednesday F.C. EXTERNAL LINKS
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