Climate Change Bill — Report on the civil estate — 28 Oct 2008 at 20:45
The majority of MPs voted for a new clause to be added to the Climate Change Bill, which said:[1]
- It is the duty of the Office of Government Commerce to produce an annual report setting out the progress made towards improving the efficiency and sustainability of its civil estate in terms of reducing its size, improving the sustainability of the buildings that already form part of the civil estate, and ensuring that any new buildings procured for the civil estate are in the upper quartile of energy performance.
- Where any new building procured for the civil estate is not in the upper quartile of energy performance, the report must state the reasons why this is the case.
This was a Government backed proposal[2] with widespread support, voted against only by a small number of Conservative Party MPs, some of whom don't believe that Climate Change is real.[3]
- [1] New Clause 18 - Report on the civil estate, House of Commons, 28 October 2008
- [2] Joan Ruddock MP, House of Commons, 28 October 2008
- [3] Peter Lilley MP, House of Commons, 28 October 2008
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 are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.
What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.
| Party | Majority (Aye) | Minority (No) | Both | Turnout |
| Con | 130 | 5 (+1 tell) | 0 | 70.5% |
| DUP | 5 | 0 (+1 tell) | 0 | 66.7% |
| Independent | 4 | 0 | 0 | 80.0% |
| Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 275 (+2 tell) | 0 | 0 | 79.4% |
| LDem | 52 | 0 | 0 | 82.5% |
| PC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66.7% |
| SDLP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.3% |
| SNP | 5 | 0 | 0 | 71.4% |
| UKIP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Total: | 476 | 5 | 0 | 76.5% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by party
MPs 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 MP who could have voted in this division
Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote
| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Christopher Chope | Christchurch | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| Philip Davies | Shipley | Con | no |
| John Greenway | Ryedale | Con | no |
| Peter Lilley | Hitchin and Harpenden | Con | no |
| Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con | no |
| Sammy Wilson | East Antrim | DUP (front bench) | tellno |