Climate Change Bill — Target for 2050 is 80% — rejected — 25 Feb 2008 at 17:31
The Majority of Lords voted against changing the target for the net UK carbon account from 60% to 80% below the 1990 baseline.[1][2]
This provision actually passed without a vote and with very little debate when it was brought before the House of Commons.[3]
- [1] Climate Change Bill, Target for 2050, Clause 1, House of Lords.
- [2] Lord Redesdale, House of Lords, 25 February 2008
- [3] Clause 1 - The target for 2050, House of Commons, 28 October 2008
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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 is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.| Party | Majority (Not-Content) | Minority (Content) | Turnout |
| Bishop | 0 | 1 | 4.0% |
| Con | 4 | 3 | 3.4% |
| Crossbench | 17 | 5 | 11.8% |
| Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 123 (+2 tell) | 0 | 56.3% |
| LDem | 0 | 42 (+2 tell) | 55.0% |
| Total: | 145 | 51 | 27.7% |
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 |
| The Earl of Liverpool | Con | aye |
| Lord Steinberg | Con | aye |
| Lord Waddington | Con | aye |
| Lord Jay of Ewelme | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
| Lord Northbourne | Crossbench | aye |
| Lord Rowe-Beddoe | Crossbench | aye |
| Lord St John of Bletso | Crossbench | aye |
| Lord Walpole | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |