Climate Change Bill — No report on international impace — 18 Mar 2008 at 16:48

The majority of Lords voted against widening the remit of the report assessing the risks for current and predicted impact of climate change on the United Kingdom to include "the risks of damage to or deterioration of the environment including biodiversity, living organisms and the ecological systems of which they form part, and nature resources".

The requirements for the report is in Clause 48, and the additions had been proposed by Lord Teverson.

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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.

PartyMajority (Not-Content)Minority (Content)Turnout
Bishop1 03.8%
Con1 42.4%
Crossbench11 2418.7%
DUP0 133.3%
Green0 1100.0%
Independent Labour1 0100.0%
Lab125 (+2 tell) 057.0%
LDem0 45 (+2 tell)58.8%
UUP0 1100.0%
Total:139 7630.1%

Rebel Voters - sorted by vote

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

Sort by: Name | Party | Vote

NamePartyVote
Lord Blackwell Con (front bench)no
Lord Chorley Crossbenchno
Lord Cobbold Crossbenchno
Lord Craig of RadleyCrossbench (front bench)no
Baroness D'Souza Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Elystan-Morgan Crossbenchno
Lord Joffe Crossbenchno
Lord Oxburgh Crossbenchno
Lord Palmer Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Patel Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Patel of BradfordCrossbenchno
Lord St John of BletsoCrossbenchno
Lord Stevens of KirkwhelpingtonCrossbenchno
Viscount Tenby Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Wedderburn of CharltonCrossbenchno

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