Government Defeat in Lords on Energy Bill [HL] Wednesday 21/10/2015

On 21/10/2015 the government had a defeat in the House of Lords on an amendment to the Energy Bill [HL]: To insert a clause to prevent carbon units deriving from the operation of the EU Emissions Trading System from contributing to the UK’s carbon emissions target after 31 December 2027.

This was defeat number 17 in the parliamentary session. Breakdown of Votes For Govt Against Govt Total No vote Conservative 149 0 149 83 Labour 0 114 114 98 Liberal Democrat 0 66 66 35 Crossbench 12 3 15 160 Bishops 1 0 1 23 Other 4 6 10 28 Total 166 189 355 427

Conservative Votes with the Government Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon Baroness Altmann Baroness Anelay of St Johns Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom Earl Arran Lord Ashton of Hyde Lord Astor of Hever Earl Attlee Lord Balfe Lord Bates Baroness Berridge Lord Black of Brentwood Lord Blencathra Lord Borwick Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth Lord Bowness Lord Brabazon of Tara Lord Bridges of Headley Lord Brougham and Vaux Baroness Browning Baroness Byford Lord Callanan Lord Carrington of Fulham Earl Cathcart Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen Lord Colwyn Lord Cooper of Windrush Lord Cope of Berkeley Lord Cormack Earl Courtown Lord Crathorne Lord Crickhowell Lord De Mauley Lord Denham Lord Dixon-Smith Lord Dobbs Lord Dunlop Baroness Eaton Baroness Eccles of Moulton Lord Elton Baroness Evans of Bowes Park Lord Faulks Lord Fink Baroness Fookes Lord Forsyth of Drumlean Lord Fowler Lord Framlingham Lord Freeman Lord Freud Lord Gardiner of Kimble Baroness Gardner of Parkes Lord Garel-Jones Lord Geddes Lord Gilbert of Panteg Lord Glendonbrook Lord Glentoran Lord Gold Lord Goodlad Lord Grade of Yarmouth Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint Lord Hamilton of Epsom Baroness Harding of Winscombe Lord Hayward Baroness Helic Baroness Hodgson of Abinger Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts Lord Holmes of Richmond Baroness Hooper Lord Horam Lord Howard of Rising Earl Howe Lord Howell of Guildford Lord Hunt of Wirral Lord Inglewood Lord James of Blackheath Baroness Jenkin of Kennington Lord Jopling Lord Keen of Elie Lord King of Bridgwater Lord Lang of Monkton Lord Lawson of Blaby Lord Leigh of Hurley Lord Lexden Earl Lindsay Earl Liverpool Marquess of Lothian Lord Lyell Lord Mackay of Clashfern Lord Magan of Castletown Lord Mancroft Lord Marlesford Lord McColl of Dulwich Baroness Mobarik Baroness Mone Lord Moore of Lower Marsh Baroness Morris of Bolton Lord Moynihan Lord Naseby Baroness Neville-Jones Baroness Neville-Rolfe Baroness Newlove Baroness Noakes Lord Northbrook Lord Norton of Louth Baroness O'Cathain Baroness Perry of Southwark Lord Polak Lord Popat Lord Prior of Brampton Lord Ribeiro Viscount Ridley Lord Risby Lord Ryder of Wensum Lord Sanderson of Bowden Baroness Seccombe Lord Selkirk of Douglas Lord Selsdon Baroness Sharples Lord Sheikh Baroness Shephard of Northwold Lord Sherbourne of Didsbury Baroness Shields Lord Skelmersdale Lord Smith of Hindhead Lord Spicer Baroness Stedman-Scott Baroness Stowell of Beeston Lord Strathclyde Lord Suri Lord Taylor of Holbeach Lord Trefgarne Lord Trimble Lord True Lord Tugendhat Baroness Verma Lord Wakeham Lord Wasserman Duke of Wellington Lord Whitby Baroness Wilcox Baroness Williams of Trafford Lord Young of Cookham Viscount Younger of Leckie Conservative Votes against the Government

Labour Votes with the Government

Labour Votes against the Government Baroness Adams of Craigielea Lord Allen of Kensington Lord Alli Lord Anderson of Swansea Baroness Andrews Lord Bach Lord Bassam of Brighton Lord Blunkett Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe Lord Brookman Lord Campbell-Savours Lord Cashman Lord Clark of Windermere Lord Clinton-Davis Lord Collins of Highbury Baroness Corston Baroness Crawley Lord Cunningham of Felling Lord Davies of Stamford Lord Davies of Oldham Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde Baroness Donaghy Baroness Drake Lord Dubs Lord Elder Lord Falconer of Thoroton Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton Lord Faulkner of Worcester Lord Foulkes of Cumnock Baroness Gale Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen Lord Giddens Baroness Gould of Potternewton Lord Grantchester Lord Grocott Lord Harris of Haringey Lord Harrison Lord Hart of Chilton Lord Haworth Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill Baroness Henig Baroness Hollis of Heigham Lord Howarth of Newport Baroness Howells of St Davids Lord Howie of Troon Lord Hoyle Lord Hughes of Woodside Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Lord Irvine of Lairg Lord Jones Baroness Jones of Whitchurch Baroness Kennedy of Cradley Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws Lord Kennedy of Southwark Lord Kinnock Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead Lord Kirkhill Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon Lord Lea of Crondall Baroness Lister of Burtersett Lord Lympne Lord MacKenzie of Culkein Lord Maxton Lord McAvoy Baroness McDonagh Lord McFall of Alcluith Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall Lord Mendelsohn Lord Mitchell Lord Monks Baroness Morgan of Ely Baroness Morgan of Huyton Baroness Morris of Yardley Lord Morris of Handsworth Baroness Nye Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan Lord Parekh Lord Patel of Blackburn Lord Pendry Baroness Pitkeathley Lord Prescott Baroness Prosser Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale Lord Reid of Cardowan Lord Richard Lord Robertson of Port Ellen Lord Rosser Lord Rowlands Baroness Royall of Blaisdon Lord Sawyer Baroness Sherlock Baroness Smith of Basildon Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill Lord Snape Lord Soley Lord Stevenson of Balmacara Lord Stone of Blackheath Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean Lord Temple-Morris Baroness Thornton Lord Touhig Lord Tunnicliffe Baroness Wall of New Barnet Lord Watson of Invergowrie Baroness Wheeler Baroness Whitaker Lord Whitty Lord Wood of Anfield Lord Woolmer of Leeds Baroness Worthington Baroness Young of Old Scone

Liberal Democrat Votes with the Government

Liberal Democrat Votes against the Government Lord Addington Lord Allan of Hallam Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury Lord Burnett Mandeville Lord Carlile of Berriew Lord Chidgey Lord Cotter Lord Dholakia Baroness Doocey Baroness Falkner of Margravine Baroness Garden of Frognal Lord German Earl Glasgow Lord Goddard of Stockport Lord Greaves Baroness Grender Baroness Hamwee Baroness Harris of Richmond Baroness Humphreys Lord Hussain Baroness Hussein-Ece Baroness Janke Lord Jones of Cheltenham Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope Baroness Kramer Lord Lee of Trafford Lord Loomba Baroness Maddock Baroness Manzoor Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames Lord McNally Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer Lord Newby Baroness Northover Lord Purvis of Tweed Baroness Randerson Lord Razzall Lord Rennard Lord Roberts of Llandudno Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank Baroness Scott of Needham Market Lord Scriven Lord Sharkey Baroness Sharp of Guildford Lord Shipley Lord Shutt of Greetland Baroness Smith of Newnham Lord Stephen Lord Stoneham of Droxford Lord Storey Lord Strasburger Lord Taverne Lord Teverson Lord Thomas of Gresford Baroness Thomas of Winchester Lord Tope Lord Tordoff Baroness Tyler of Enfield Lord Tyler Lord Wallace of Tankerness Lord Wallace of Saltaire Baroness Walmsley Lord Watson of Richmond Lord Wrigglesworth

Crossbench Votes with the Government Lord Aberdare Lord Bew Viscount Colville of Culross Lord Greenway Lord Hope of Craighead Earl Listowel Baroness Masham of Ilton Lord Mawson Baroness Meacher Lord Russell of Liverpool Lord Trees Crossbench Votes against the Government Lord Alton of Liverpool Earl Clancarty Lord Low of Dalston

Bishop Votes with the Government Bishop of Chester Bishop Votes against the Government Other Votes with the Government Lord Empey Lord Rogan Lord Stoddart of Swindon Lord Taylor of Warwick Other Votes against the Government Lord Browne of Belmont Lord Dykes Lord Hay of Ballyore Lord McKenzie of Luton Lord Truscott Lord Wigley

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