Disclaimer: This is about the important farce that is national level politics. If you can’t be bothered beyond the M60, disregard…
On Tuesday there was a vote in the mother****er of all Parliaments, the House of Commons. It was on whether there should be a “decarbonisation” target in the next Energy Act. As the man sings, “everybody knows the good guys lost.”
Which way did YOUR MP vote? Well, Friends of the Earth have a rather nifty map. We took a screengrab. 
Green means they voted with. That’s most of the Greater Manchester ones (Labour and Lib Dem). There’s a couple of yellows – that’s folks who didn’t vote. Of the GM lot –
- Graham Stringer, Blackley & Broughton (Labour) is a noted climate “skeptic”.
- Lucy Powell, Manchester Central (Labour) can conceivably (har har) be forgiven since she has just given birth and probably had other things on her mind than schlepping down to London.
- David Heyes, Ashton under Lyne (Labour) – I don’t know. You can phone him on 020 7219 3000
- Andrew Stunnell, Hazel Grove (Lib Dem) – I don’t know. You can phone him on 0161 406 7070
And then there are the greys – they voted for the insanity that is “Business as Usual.”
- Graham Brady, Altrincham & Sale West (Conservative) – 0161 904 8828
- Mark Hunter, Cheadle, (Lib Dem) – 0161 486 1359
- David Nuttall, Bury North (Conservative) – 020 7219 3000
Marc Hudson
mcmonthly@gmail.com
Disclaimers
I was, but am no longer, a card-carrying member of Friends of the Earth.
I am not a member of any political party.
This information is presented in good faith – I haven’t double-checked with the MPs on how they voted.
manchester climate monthly 
Methinks the Southern grey areas ( Cheshire, Tatton, Altrincham, Warrington, Staffs, Derbishire..) have a consistent blue not-in-my-green-expensive-backyard hardly surprising flavour. Goes hand in hand with the new veto powers on windfarms granted this week. All is well.