The Value Added Tax (Reduced Rate) (Energy-Saving Materials) Order 2019 — 25 Jun 2019 at 14:39

The majority of MPs voted to exclude wind and water turbines from a special reduced rate of VAT applying to the supply and installation of energy-saving materials in residential accommodation.

The motion supported by a majority of MPs in this vote was:

The changes were proposed following a European Court of Justice judgment which found the United Kingdom was in breach of Article 98 *and the linked Annex III) of the European Union VAT directive which sets out when reduced rates of VAT may be applied.

Debate in Parliament |

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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 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.

PartyMajority (Aye)Minority (No)BothTurnout
Con238 (+2 tell) 2177.9%
DUP7 0070.0%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent0 11057.9%
Lab0 162 (+2 tell)066.4%
LDem0 7058.3%
PC0 2050.0%
SNP0 23065.7%
Total:245 208171.6%

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

NameConstituencyPartyVote
Christopher ChopeChristchurchCon (front bench)no
William WraggHazel GroveCon (front bench)no
Philip DaviesShipleyCon (front bench)both

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