Climate Change Bill — Five yearly account — 25 Feb 2008 at 19:12
The majority of Lords voted against changing the period for budgeting the carbon account from five years to one year.
The five year window is outlined in Clause 4,[1] and the annual targets would have been set for six years ahead for every calender year till 2044.[2]
- [1] Climate Change Bill, Clause 4, Carbon Budgeting.
- [2] Lord Taylor of Holbech, House of Lords, 25 February 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 |
| Con | 3 | 71 (+1 tell) | 36.4% |
| Crossbench | 10 | 9 | 10.2% |
| Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 123 (+2 tell) | 0 | 56.3% |
| LDem | 0 | 39 (+1 tell) | 50.0% |
| UKIP | 0 | 1 | 50.0% |
| Total: | 137 | 120 | 37.4% |
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 Inglewood | Con (front bench) | no |
| Lord Lawson of Blaby | Con (front bench) | no |
| Lord Marlesford | Con | no |
| Lord Alton of Liverpool | Crossbench | aye |
| Viscount Craigavon | Crossbench | aye |
| Lord Hameed | Crossbench | aye |
| Baroness Howe of Idlicote | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
| Lord Kilclooney | Crossbench | aye |
| Baroness Masham of Ilton | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
| Lord Ramsbotham | Crossbench | aye |
| Baroness Stern | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |
| Lord Walpole | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |