Lord Trimble compared to 'Stop climate change'

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voted moderately for the policy

by scoring 63.5% compared to the votes below

House	Date	Subject	Agreement with policy above
Commons	8 Nov 2004	Housing Bill — Improvements in Energy Efficiency — rejected	absent
House	Date	Subject	Agreement with policy above
Lords	25 Feb 2008	Climate Change Bill — Purpose is 2 degrees	agrees with policy
Lords	25 Feb 2008	Climate Change Bill — Target for 2050 is 80% — rejected	absent
Lords	25 Feb 2008	Climate Change Bill — Five yearl account	agrees with policy
Lords	4 Mar 2008	Climate Change Bill — Statement of emissions — responsibility of Prime Minister	agrees with policy
Lords	11 Mar 2008	Climate Change Bill — UK domestic effort	absent
Lords	11 Mar 2008	Climate Change Bill — Adaptation Sub-Committee	absent
Lords	18 Mar 2008	Climate Change Bill — No report on international impace	absent
Lords	31 Mar 2008	Climate Change Bill — Minister to prepare policy — rejected	agrees with policy
Lords	6 Nov 2008	Planning Bill — Policy must mitigate and adapt to Climate Change — rejected	absent

How the number is calculated

The MP's votes count towards a weighted average where the most important votes get 50 points, less important votes get 10 points, and less important votes for which the MP was absent get 2 points. In important votes the MP gets awarded the full 50 points for voting the same as the policy, no points for voting against the policy, and 25 points for not voting. In less important votes, the MP gets 10 points for voting with the policy, no points for voting against, and 1 (out of 2) if absent.

Questions about this formula can be discussed on the forum.

	No of votes	Points	Out of
Most important votes (50 points)
MP voted with policy	0	0	0
MP voted against policy	0	0	0
MP absent	2	50	100
Less important votes (10 points)
MP voted with policy	4	40	40
MP voted against policy	0	0	0
Less important absentees (2 points)
MP absent*	4	4	8
Total:		94	148
*Pressure of other work means MPs or Lords are not always available to vote – it does not always indicate they have abstained. Therefore, being absent on a less important vote makes a disproportionatly small difference.

agreement score =

MP's points

total points

148

= 63.5 %.