Climate Change Bill — Purpose is 2 degrees — 25 Feb 2008 at 16:25
Lord Goodlad voted with the majority (Content).
The majority of Lords voted for the Climate Change Bill[1] to have the "principle aim" to--
- ensure that UK emissions of greenhouse gases do not exceed the level necessary to contribute to limiting the global average temperate increase to not more than 2 degrees C above pre-industrial levels.[2]
This appeared as a new clause at the start of the Bill.
- [1] Climate Change Bill, House of Lords.
- [2] Lord Taylor of Holbeach, House of Lords, 25 February 2008
Party Summary
Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.
What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.
What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.| Party | Majority (Content) | Minority (Not-Content) | Turnout |
| Con | 96 (+1 tell) | 5 | 49.3% |
| Green | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Ind Lab | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 0 | 121 (+2 tell) | 55.9% |
| LDem | 44 (+1 tell) | 0 | 56.3% |
| Other | 0 | 2 | 28.6% |
| Crossbench | 16 | 18 | 18.2% |
| Total: | 157 | 147 | 43.8% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by party
Lords for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible lord who could have voted in this division
| Name | Party | Vote |
| Lord Blackwell | Con | no |
| Lord Lawson of Blaby | Con | no |
| Lord Marlesford | Con | no |
| The Earl of Onslow | Con | no |
| Lord Vinson | Con | no |