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Lords division · 12 Sep 2023 · No. 3

Energy Bill [HL]

Baroness Boycott moved Motion 274A, as an amendment to the motion that this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment 274, at end to insert “and do propose Amendment 274B instead of the words so left out of the Bill—274B After Clause 271, insert the following new Clause—“Local supply for community energy(1) Within 18 months of this Act being passed the Secretary of State must consult and report on the barriers preventing the development of community energy schemes.(2) For the purposes of this section, community energy schemes are defined as low carbon and renewable energy schemes owned, or part-owned, by community organisations.(3) In carrying out the consultation, the Secretary of State must consult with—(a) current and prospective community energy generators,(b) the community energy industry,(c) the electricity transmission and distribution industries,(d) licensed energy suppliers, and(e) any other persons deemed relevant by the Secretary of State.(4) Within six months of the closure of the consultation conducted under subsection (1), the Secretary of State must respond to the consultation and bring forward proposals to remove the barriers preventing the development of community energy schemes.””The House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 3

Contents: 208 Not Contents: 205

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 3 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Labour 109
Liberal Democrat 57
Crossbench 30
Non-affiliated 8
Green Party 2
Plaid Cymru 1
Bishops 1

Not Contents

Conservative 176
Non-affiliated 13
Crossbench 12
Reform UK 1
Democratic Unionist Party 1
Lord Speaker 1
Ulster Unionist Party 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 Boycott (Content), Baroness Meacher (Content), The Earl of Courtown (Not Content), Baroness Williams of Trafford (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (206)

Not Contents (203)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.