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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey Environment editor

No Tory MPs voted positively on climate issues since party took power, study finds

Protesters holding banner reading 'Climate emergency'
Climate activists protesting outside the headquarters of Shell in Greenwich, London, in May 2024. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

No elected Tory MPs have been rated as voting positively on climate issues, under a survey of parliamentary voting patterns since the Conservatives took power in 2010.

Only a single sitting Conservative was rated as “good” on climate votes in the ranking, but that was Lisa Cameron, the MP for East Kilbride, who defected from the Scottish National Party in October.

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