'(1) The Electricity Act 1989 is amended as follows.
(2) Omit section 11A(6)(b) and insert-
"(b) if one or more relevant licence holders give notice of objection to the Authority within that time-
(i) the proportion (expressed as a percentage) of the relevant licence holders, calculated in accordance with subsection (7A), who have given notice of objection is less than the percentage set out in subsection (7B); and
(ii) the percentage given by subsection (7) is less than the percentage set out in subsection (7B); or".
(3) After section 11A(7) insert-
"(7A) Where more than one relevant licence holder is in common ownership, these shall be collectively considered to be a single relevant licence holder for the purpose of calculating the percentage.
(7B) The percentage shall be the higher of 50% or such other figure as may be prescribed by the Secretary of State.".'.- (Simon Hughes.)
Brought up.
Question put, That the clause be added to the Bill.
The House divided: Ayes 63, Noes 271.
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| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Hywel Francis | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Frank Doran | Aberdeen North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Reid | Airdrie and Shotts | Lab | no |
| Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Judy Mallaber | Amber Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Weir | Angus | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | tellaye |
| Margaret Hodge | Barking | Lab (minister) | no |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jeff Ennis | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Clapham | Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Hutton | Barrow and Furness | Lab | no |
| Angela Smith | Basildon | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Mann | Bassetlaw | Lab (minister) | no |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab | no |
| Patrick Hall | Bedford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nigel Dodds | Belfast North | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Moore | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Gisela Stuart | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Siôn Simon | Birmingham, Erdington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Hall Green | Lab (minister) | no |
| Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab (minister) | no |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Hemming | Birmingham, Yardley | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Helen Goodman | Bishop Auckland | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jack Straw | Blackburn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dai Davies | Blaenau Gwent | Independent | aye |
| David Anderson | Blaydon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ronnie Campbell | Blyth Valley | Lab | no |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ruth Kelly | Bolton West | Lab | no |
| Terry Rooney | Bradford North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Sarah Teather | Brent East | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Dawn Butler | Brent South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Keen | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Madeleine Moon | Bridgend | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Cawsey | Brigg and Goole | Lab (minister) | no |
| Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kerry McCarthy | Bristol East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Doug Naysmith | Bristol North West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dawn Primarolo | Bristol South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kitty Ussher | Burnley | Lab | no |
| Janet Dean | Burton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Hywel Williams | Caernarfon | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | no |
| Harriet Harman | Camberwell and Peckham | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Howarth | Cambridge | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Tony Wright | Cannock Chase | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jennifer Willott | Cardiff Central | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Julie Morgan | Cardiff North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alun Michael | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab (minister) | no |
| Adam Price | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Nick Ainger | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Brake | Carshalton and Wallington | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Bob Spink | Castle Point | whilst Independent (front bench) | aye |
| Brian H Donohoe | Central Ayrshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Williams | Ceredigion | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Hunter | Cheadle | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Martin Horwood | Cheltenham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Holmes | Chesterfield | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Lindsay Hoyle | Chorley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Christine Russell | City of Chester | Lab (minister) | no |
| Roberta Blackman-Woods | City of Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Shona McIsaac | Cleethorpes | Lab (minister) | no |
| Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Betty Williams | Conwy | Lab | no |
| Jamie Reed | Copeland | Lab (minister) | no |
| Phil Hope | Corby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bob Ainsworth | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Geoffrey Robinson | Coventry North West | Lab | no |
| Jim Cunningham | Coventry South | Lab | no |
| Laura Moffatt | Crawley | Lab | no |
| Andrew Pelling | Croydon Central | whilst Independent (front bench) | aye |
| Rosemary McKenna | Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab | no |
| Howard Stoate | Dartford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bob Laxton | Derby North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Shahid Malik | Dewsbury | Lab (minister) | no |
| Caroline Flint | Don Valley | Lab | no |
| Rosie Winterton | Doncaster Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ed Miliband | Doncaster North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gwyn Prosser | Dover | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Austin | Dudley North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Pearson | Dudley South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tessa Jowell | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Russell Brown | Dumfries and Galloway | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stewart Hosie | Dundee East | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Jim McGovern | Dundee West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Slaughter | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | Lab (minister) | no |
| Virendra Sharma | Ealing, Southall | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Cummings | Easington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jo Swinson | East Dunbartonshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Stephen Timms | East Ham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Murphy | East Renfrewshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ian Stewart | Eccles | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Lazarowicz | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nigel Griffiths | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Barrett | Edinburgh West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Love | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew Miller | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | no |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab | no |
| Joan Ryan | Enfield North | Lab | no |
| Liz Blackman | Erewash | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | no |
| Eric Joyce | Falkirk | Lab | no |
| Julia Goldsworthy | Falmouth and Camborne | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sharon Hodgson | Gateshead East and Washington West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Vernon Coaker | Gedling | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Clark | Gillingham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Mason | Glasgow East | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Ann McKechin | Glasgow North | Lab (minister) | no |
| William Bain | Glasgow North East | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Robertson | Glasgow North West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Harris | Glasgow South | Lab | no |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow South West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lindsay Roy | Glenrothes | Lab (minister) | no |
| Parmjit Dhanda | Gloucester | Lab | no |
| Austin Mitchell | Great Grimsby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nick Raynsford | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab | no |
| Meg Hillier | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab (minister) | no |
| Linda Riordan | Halifax | Lab (minister) | no |
| Derek Twigg | Halton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Glenda Jackson | Hampstead and Highgate | Lab | no |
| Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Tony McNulty | Harrow East | Lab | no |
| Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Iain Wright | Hartlepool | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Jabez Foster | Hastings and Rye | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab | no |
| Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Keetch | Hereford | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Jim Dobbin | Heywood and Middleton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tom Levitt | High Peak | Lab (minister) | no |
| Frank Dobson | Holborn and St Pancras | Lab | no |
| Lynne Featherstone | Hornsey and Wood Green | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Fraser Kemp | Houghton and Washington East | Lab | no |
| Celia Barlow | Hove | Lab (minister) | no |
| Barry Sheerman | Huddersfield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Greg Pope | Hyndburn | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Cairns | Inverclyde | Lab | no |
| Danny Alexander | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Chris Mole | Ipswich | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | aye |
| Emily Thornberry | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab | no |
| Don Touhig | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen Hepburn | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ann Cryer | Keighley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Des Browne | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Lab (minister) | no |
| Diana R. Johnson | Kingston upon Hull North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Johnson | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | no |
| Roger Berry | Kingswood | Lab (minister) | no |
| George Howarth | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab (minister) | no |
| George Mudie | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Greg Mulholland | Leeds North West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| John Battle | Leeds West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Peter Soulsby | Leicester South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Patricia Hewitt | Leicester West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andy Burnham | Leigh | Lab (minister) | no |
| Norman Baker | Lewes | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Bridget Prentice | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Dowd | Lewisham West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Harry Cohen | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gillian Merron | Lincoln | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Connarty | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Lab (minister) | no |
| Maria Eagle | Liverpool, Garston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Louise Ellman | Liverpool, Riverside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | no |
| Nia Griffith | Llanelli | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Leech | Manchester, Withington | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Annette Brooke | Mid Dorset and North Poole | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Ashok Kumar | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab | no |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | no |
| Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab | no |
| Lembit Öpik | Montgomeryshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Angus Robertson | Moray | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Geraldine Smith | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lab (minister) | no |
| Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab (minister) | no |
| Frank Roy | Motherwell and Wishaw | Lab (minister) | no |
| Peter Hain | Neath | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab (minister) | no |
| Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Lab (minister) | no |
| Doug Henderson | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Farrelly | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jessica Morden | Newport East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Edward Balls | Normanton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Katy Clark | North Ayrshire and Arran | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dan Rogerson | North Cornwall | LDem (front bench) | tellaye |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Natascha Engel | North East Derbyshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Norman Lamb | North Norfolk | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Simon Hughes | North Southwark and Bermondsey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Michael Wills | North Swindon | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mike O'Brien | North Warwickshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Hilary Armstrong | North West Durham | Lab | no |
| Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| John Heppell | Nottingham East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bill Olner | Nuneaton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gordon Banks | Ochil and South Perthshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Huw Irranca-Davies | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | no |
| Phil Woolas | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Meacher | Oldham West and Royton | Lab | no |
| Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Smith | Oxford East | Lab | no |
| Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Jim Sheridan | Paisley and Renfrewshire North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab (minister) | no |
| Pete Wishart | Perth and North Perthshire | SNP (front bench) | aye |
| Alison Seabeck | Plymouth, Devonport | Lab (minister) | no |
| Linda Gilroy | Plymouth, Sutton | Lab (minister) | no |
| Yvette Cooper | Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kim Howells | Pontypridd | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Poplar and Canning Town | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sarah McCarthy-Fry | Portsmouth North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | no |
| Martin Salter | Reading West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Vera Baird | Redcar | Lab (minister) | no |
| Jacqui Smith | Redditch | Lab | no |
| Chris Bryant | Rhondda | Lab (minister) | no |
| Susan Kramer | Richmond Park | LDem | aye |
| Paul Rowen | Rochdale | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Sandra Gidley | Romsey | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Charles Kennedy | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | LDem | aye |
| Janet Anderson | Rossendale and Darwen | Lab (minister) | no |
| Kevin Barron | Rother Valley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Thomas McAvoy | Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Hazel Blears | Salford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Phil Wilson | Sedgefield | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Grogan | Selby | Lab (minister) | no |
| Clive Betts | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Blunkett | Sheffield, Brightside | Lab (minister) | no |
| Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab | no |
| Angela Smith | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paddy Tipping | Sherwood | Lab (minister) | no |
| Derek Wyatt | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab (minister) | no |
| Fiona Mactaggart | Slough | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| William McCrea | South Antrim | DUP (front bench) | no |
| Jim Knight | South Dorset | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab (minister) | no |
| Anne Snelgrove | South Swindon | Lab | no |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab | no |
| John Denham | Southampton, Itchen | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Pugh | Southport | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Dave Watts | St Helens North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab (minister) | no |
| James Purnell | Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab | no |
| Barbara Follett | Stevenage | Lab (minister) | no |
| Anne McGuire | Stirling | Lab | no |
| Ann Coffey | Stockport | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dari Taylor | Stockton South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Rob Flello | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab | no |
| Lynda Waltho | Stourbridge | Lab (minister) | no |
| Keith Hill | Streatham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Beverley Hughes | Stretford and Urmston | Lab | no |
| David Drew | Stroud | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Bill Etherington | Sunderland North | Lab | no |
| Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Paul Burstow | Sutton and Cheam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Siân James | Swansea East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Williams | Swansea West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Richard Younger-Ross | Teignbridge | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab (minister) | no |
| Sadiq Khan | Tooting | Lab (minister) | no |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Murphy | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Clelland | Tyne Bridge | Lab (minister) | no |
| Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab (minister) | no |
| Mary Creagh | Wakefield | Lab (minister) | no |
| Angela Eagle | Wallasey | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Winnick | Walsall North | Lab (minister) | no |
| Neil Gerrard | Walthamstow | Lab (minister) | no |
| Denis Murphy | Wansbeck | Lab (minister) | no |
| Dan Norris | Wansdyke | Lab (minister) | no |
| John Spellar | Warley | Lab (minister) | no |
| James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Claire Ward | Watford | Lab (minister) | no |
| Bob Blizzard | Waveney | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| John Healey | Wentworth | Lab (minister) | no |
| Robert Smith | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Tom Watson | West Bromwich East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | no |
| John McFall | West Dunbartonshire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Lyn Brown | West Ham | Lab (minister) | tellno |
| Rosie Cooper | West Lancashire | Lab (minister) | no |
| Neil Turner | Wigan | Lab (minister) | no |
| Ben Chapman | Wirral South | Lab (minister) | no |
| Stephen Hesford | Wirral West | Lab (minister) | no |
| Pat McFadden | Wolverhampton South East | Lab (minister) | no |
| Michael Foster | Worcester | Lab (minister) | no |
| Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | no |
| Barbara Keeley | Worsley | Lab (minister) | no |
| Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab (minister) | no |
| Richard Taylor | Wyre Forest | Independent (front bench) | aye |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab (minister) | no |
| David Laws | Yeovil | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | no |
