Energy Bill — New Clause 5 — Expert Panel To Advise Secretary of State On Using Powers to Regulate Energy Markets — 3 Jun 2013 at 19:00

Martin Horwood MP, Cheltenham voted to establish an expert panel to advise the Secretary of State on the use of powers to regulate the energy markets.

The majority of MPs voted against establishing an expert panel to advise the Secretary of State on the use of powers to regulate the energy markets.

The full text of the proposed New Clause 5[1] rejected in the vote was:

  • ‘Schedule [The Expert Panel] has effect.’.

The proposed schedule in question[1] sought to establish an expert panel which the Secretary of State would be required to seek advice from in relation to using range of specified powers in relation to the regulation of the energy markets.

Debate in Parliament | Source |

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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 are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Con250 (+1 tell) 3083.3%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent1 0050.0%
Lab0 219 (+2 tell)085.7%
LDem36 (+1 tell) 3071.4%
PC0 1033.3%
SDLP0 1033.3%
SNP0 4066.7%
Total:287 232082.5%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

MPs 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 MP who could have voted in this division

Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote

NameConstituencyPartyVote
Peter BottomleyWorthing WestCon (front bench)aye
Mark RecklessRochester and StroodCon (front bench)aye
Mike WeatherleyHoveCon (front bench)aye
Tim FarronWestmorland and LonsdaleLDem (front bench)aye
Martin HorwoodCheltenhamLDemaye
Andrew StunellHazel GroveLDemaye

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