Low Carbon Electricity Generation

Policy description

There have been votes in Parliament relating to finanical incentives designed to encourage electricity generation via methods which involve low levels of carbon emissions. Matters voted on include subsidies for renewable energy generation and on limiting carbon dioxide emissions from power stations.

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Analysis for Simon Kirby

Simon Kirby generally voted for (67% aligned) financial incentives for low carbon emission electricity generation methods.

Comparable Conservative MPs generally voted for (63% aligned).

Scoring Divisions

Scoring divisions are used to calculate the headline alignment between a person and a policy.

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Guide to columns

  • person vote: the vote cast by the person

  • party alignment: how aligned this vote was with other members of the person’s party. Higher numbers indicate less difference from the average vote of the party.

  • policy direction: if an aye vote is aligned or against the overall policy.

  • policy alignment: if this MP’s vote was aligned with the policy.

motion date person vote party alignment policy direction policy aligned
Energy Bill — Decline Second Reading 2012-12-19 no 100% against aligned
Energy Bill — Clause 10 — Financial Incentives for Larger Small Scale Low Carbon Generation Plants 2013-06-04 no 100% agree not aligned
Energy Bill — Third Reading 2013-06-04 aye 98% agree aligned

Informative Divisions

Informative votes are thematically related to a policy, but do not count towards the overall score.

motion date person vote party alignment policy direction policy aligned
Opposition Day — Feed-in Tariff — Subsidies for Renewable or Low Carbon Electricity Generation 2011-11-23 no 100% agree not aligned
Opposition Day — Feed-in Tariff — Subsidies for Renewable or Low Carbon Electricity Generation 2011-11-23 aye 100% against not aligned