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Lords division · 16 Mar 2016 · No. 4

Renewables Obligation Closure Etc. (Amendment) Order 2016

Baroness Featherstone moved, as an amendment to the draft Order, at the end to insert “but this House regrets that the draft Order will close the Renewables Obligation to solar photovoltaic installations smaller than 5MW on 1 April; notes that this will have a detrimental effect on rooftop solar and community energy schemes, which will be left with no support, and that the date for closure is much earlier than expected by the industry, causing a significant reduction in investor confidence across the industry; and calls on Her Majesty’s Government to reinstate the Renewables Obligation for solar under 5MW and guarantee that existing solar projects will not be affected by future changes to policy”. The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 9

Contents: 153 Not Contents: 144

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 9 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 73
Liberal Democrat 62
Non-affiliated 9
Crossbench 5
Bishops 1
Plaid Cymru 1
Conservative 1
Green Party 1

Not Contents

Conservative 121
Crossbench 12
Non-affiliated 6
Ulster Unionist Party 2
Labour 1
Democratic Unionist Party 1
Independent Ulster Unionist 1

The party breakdowns are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.

Peers attend divisions ad hoc, so there is no did-not-vote list. Tellers are counted in the Content and Not Content totals, unlike in the Commons.

Tellers: Baroness Humphreys (Content), Lord Newby (Content), Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Not Content), Lord Taylor of Holbeach (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (151)

Not Contents (142)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.