Great British Energy Act 2025

UK Parliament · Public Bill · No. 3738
Great British Energy Act 2025
[As Introduced]
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A Bill to make provision about Great British Energy.
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Presented by Ed Miliband
supported by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath.
✓ Passed into lawPublicCommonsRoyal Assent

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Open Govt visitors' votes594 votes

45% Aye · 26955% No · 325

Votes cast on this site by visitors who chose to vote. They are not a poll of the public.

MPs' vote472 MPs

76% Ayes · 36124% Noes · 111

Commons division: Great British Energy Bill: Third Reading, 29 October 2024

Gap between site voters and MPs

31 percentage points, a wide gap

Outcome mismatch: site voters would block this bill, but MPs passed it in this division.

How the Lords voted

12 formal votes in the House of Lords on this bill, newest first.

These are the occasions when peers formally divided and every vote was recorded. Most decisions in the Lords, including on many amendments, are agreed without a recorded vote, so they do not appear here.

11 February 2025Government won
Lord Hamilton of Epsom moved amendment 54, in clause 8, page 4, line 15, to leave out subsection (2) and insert, (2) This section comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed. (2A) Other sections in this Act come into force on the day the Secretary of State publishes an assessment on the expected impact of this Act on the number of jobs in Aberdeen.”
Peers' vote141 peers
Content · 31Not content · 110
Labour 0 content, 101 not content · Conservative 30 content, 0 not content · Liberal Democrat 0 content, 6 not content · Crossbench 0 content, 2 not content · Democratic Unionist Party 1 content, 0 not content · Green Party 0 content, 1 not content
11 February 2025Government won
Lord Fuller moved amendment 50, after clause 7, to insert the new clause Duty to meet national food security criteria.
Peers' vote182 peers
Content · 67Not content · 115
Labour 0 content, 105 not content · Conservative 63 content, 0 not content · Crossbench 1 content, 4 not content · Liberal Democrat 0 content, 5 not content · Democratic Unionist Party 1 content, 0 not content · Green Party 0 content, 1 not content · Plaid Cymru 1 content, 0 not content · Ulster Unionist Party 1 content, 0 not content
11 February 2025Government won
Lord Offord of Garvel moved amendment 46, after clause 7, to insert the new clause Impact assessment on erection of pylons.
Peers' vote204 peers
Content · 84Not content · 120
Labour 0 content, 108 not content · Conservative 80 content, 0 not content · Crossbench 1 content, 5 not content · Liberal Democrat 0 content, 6 not content · Democratic Unionist Party 1 content, 0 not content · Green Party 0 content, 1 not content · Plaid Cymru 1 content, 0 not content · Ulster Unionist Party 1 content, 0 not content
11 February 2025Government won
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering moved amendment 40, after clause 7, to insert the new clause Duty of Great British Energy to meet environmental criteria.
Peers' vote226 peers
Content · 106Not content · 120
Labour 0 content, 111 not content · Conservative 99 content, 0 not content · Crossbench 2 content, 4 not content · Liberal Democrat 1 content, 4 not content · Ulster Unionist Party 2 content, 0 not content · Democratic Unionist Party 0 content, 1 not content · Green Party 1 content, 0 not content · Plaid Cymru 1 content, 0 not content
11 February 2025Government won
Lord Henley moved amendment 39, after clause 7, to insert the new clause The Chair of Great British Energy.
Peers' vote225 peers
Content · 102Not content · 123
Labour 0 content, 111 not content · Conservative 99 content, 0 not content · Crossbench 0 content, 5 not content · Liberal Democrat 0 content, 5 not content · Ulster Unionist Party 2 content, 0 not content · Democratic Unionist Party 1 content, 0 not content · Green Party 0 content, 1 not content · Plaid Cymru 0 content, 1 not content

Show 7 earlier Lords votes

11 February 2025Government won
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath moved amendment 38, after clause 7, to insert the new clause Sustainable development.
Peers' vote228 peers
Content · 125Not content · 103
Labour 113 content, 0 not content · Conservative 0 content, 99 not content · Liberal Democrat 6 content, 0 not content · Crossbench 5 content, 0 not content · Ulster Unionist Party 0 content, 2 not content · Democratic Unionist Party 0 content, 1 not content · Green Party 0 content, 1 not content · Plaid Cymru 1 content, 0 not content
11 February 2025Government won
Lord Offord of Garvel moved amendment 24, in clause 5, page 3, line 8, at end to insert, “(1A) The statement of strategic priorities under subsection (1) must include the creation of 650,000 new jobs in the United Kingdom by 1 January 2030 resulting directly or indirectly from Great British Energy’s pursuit of its objects under section 3.”
Peers' vote249 peers
Content · 119Not content · 130
Labour 0 content, 119 not content · Conservative 113 content, 0 not content · Crossbench 1 content, 4 not content · Liberal Democrat 0 content, 5 not content · Ulster Unionist Party 3 content, 0 not content · Democratic Unionist Party 1 content, 0 not content · Green Party 0 content, 1 not content · Non-affiliated 1 content, 0 not content · Plaid Cymru 0 content, 1 not content
11 February 2025Government won
Lord Offord of Garvel moved amendment 23, in clause 5, page 3, line 8, at end to insert, “(1A) The statement of strategic priorities under subsection (1) must include the reduction of household energy bills by £300 in real terms by 1 January 2030.”
Peers' vote252 peers
Content · 121Not content · 131
Labour 0 content, 120 not content · Conservative 115 content, 0 not content · Crossbench 1 content, 4 not content · Liberal Democrat 0 content, 5 not content · Ulster Unionist Party 3 content, 0 not content · Democratic Unionist Party 1 content, 0 not content · Green Party 0 content, 1 not content · Non-affiliated 1 content, 0 not content · Plaid Cymru 0 content, 1 not content
11 February 2025Government defeated
Lord Alton of Liverpool moved amendment 18, in clause 4, page 3, line 5, at end to insert, “(6) Financial assistance under this section must not be provided if there exists credible evidence of modern slavery in the energy supply chain of any company designated Great British Energy.”
Peers' vote304 peers
Content · 177Not content · 127
Conservative 139 content, 0 not content · Labour 0 content, 124 not content · Liberal Democrat 17 content, 0 not content · Crossbench 11 content, 2 not content · Non-affiliated 3 content, 1 not content · Plaid Cymru 2 content, 0 not content · Ulster Unionist Party 2 content, 0 not content · Bishops 1 content, 0 not content · Democratic Unionist Party 1 content, 0 not content · Green Party 1 content, 0 not content
11 February 2025Government won
Lord Petitgas moved amendment 15, in clause 4, page 2, line 37, at end to insert, “(2A) The maximum amount of financial assistance provided by the Secretary of State must not exceed £8.3 billion.”
Peers' vote343 peers
Content · 148Not content · 195
Conservative 141 content, 0 not content · Labour 0 content, 132 not content · Liberal Democrat 0 content, 46 not content · Crossbench 1 content, 12 not content · Non-affiliated 2 content, 1 not content · Bishops 1 content, 1 not content · Plaid Cymru 0 content, 2 not content · Ulster Unionist Party 2 content, 0 not content · Democratic Unionist Party 1 content, 0 not content · Green Party 0 content, 1 not content
11 February 2025Government won
Earl Russell moved amendment 14, after clause 3, to insert the new clause Warm Homes Plan and emergency home insulation.
Peers' vote221 peers
Content · 65Not content · 156
Labour 0 content, 138 not content · Liberal Democrat 53 content, 0 not content · Crossbench 5 content, 15 not content · Non-affiliated 1 content, 2 not content · Bishops 2 content, 0 not content · Green Party 2 content, 0 not content · Plaid Cymru 2 content, 0 not content · Democratic Unionist Party 0 content, 1 not content
13 January 2025Government defeated
Baroness Williams of Trafford moved that the committee stage be adjourned. The Committee divided:
Peers' vote242 peers
Content · 122Not content · 120
Conservative 121 content, 0 not content · Labour 0 content, 102 not content · Liberal Democrat 0 content, 8 not content · Crossbench 0 content, 7 not content · Non-affiliated 0 content, 2 not content · Democratic Unionist Party 1 content, 0 not content · Plaid Cymru 0 content, 1 not content

Lords votes last updated 18 October 2026. Source: UK Parliament Lords Votes API.