Climate Change Bill — Purpose is 2 degrees — 25 Feb 2008 at 16:25
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
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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 (Content) | Minority (Not-Content) | Turnout |
| Con | 95 (+1 tell) | 5 | 49.0% |
| Crossbench | 16 | 17 | 17.6% |
| Green | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 0 | 121 (+2 tell) | 55.4% |
| LDem | 44 (+1 tell) | 0 | 56.3% |
| Total: | 156 | 144 | 43.6% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by vote
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.