2023 Action Scorecards

Question · Action Scorecards 2023

Has the council passed a motion in support of divestment from all fossil fuels from the councils' pension funds?

Question code
4.11a
Section
Governance & Finance
Topic
Divestment of Pension Funds
Source
National Data
Question weight
Low

Criteria

Points awarded if the motion supports the divestment of the council's own investments.

Points also awarded if the motion supports the divestment of the council's pension investments.

Clarifications

Divestment is the opposite of investment, and consists of stocks, bonds or investment funds that are unethical, and in this case, invested in fossil fuel companies such as Shell, BP and Exxon.

Marked using data provided by UK Divest - https://www.divest.org.uk/council-motions/

Question performance by council type

Points distribution single tier councils

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147 single tier councils

1 point

3 single tier councils

2 points

32 single tier councils

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Bedford Borough Council
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Birmingham City Council
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Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
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Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Borough Council
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2/2
Bradford Metropolitan District Council
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2/2
Brighton and Hove City Council
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2/2
Bristol City Council
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2/2
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
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Cardiff Council
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2/2
Carmarthenshire County Council
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Ceredigion County Council
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City of Edinburgh Council
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Derby City Council
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2/2
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
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2/2
East Lothian Council
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2/2
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
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2/2
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2/2
Glasgow City Council
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2/2
Kirklees Council
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2/2
Leeds City Council
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Leicester City Council
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Luton Borough Council
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Manchester City Council
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2/2
Monmouthshire County Council
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2/2
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
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Powys County Council
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Reading Borough Council
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Renfrewshire Council
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Shropshire Council - Unitary
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2/2
South Lanarkshire Council
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2/2
Stirling Council
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Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
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2/2
West Dunbartonshire Council
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2/2
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2/2
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
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1/2
Peterborough City Council
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1/2
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1/2
Sheffield City Council
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1/2
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1/2
Aberdeen City Council
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Aberdeenshire Council
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Angus Council
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Argyll and Bute Council
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Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
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Bath and North East Somerset Council
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Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
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Blackpool Borough Council
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Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council
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Bracknell Forest Council
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Bridgend County Borough Council
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Buckinghamshire Council
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Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
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Caerphilly County Borough Council
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Central Bedfordshire Council
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Cheshire East Council (Unitary)
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Cheshire West and Chester Council
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City of London
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City of York Council
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Clackmannanshire Council
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Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
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Conwy County Borough Council
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Cornwall Council (Unitary)
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Coventry City Council
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Darlington Borough Council
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Denbighshire County Council
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Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
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Dorset Council
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Dumfries and Galloway Council
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Dundee City Council
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Durham County Council
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East Ayrshire Council
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East Dunbartonshire Council
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East Renfrewshire Council
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Falkirk Council
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Fife Council
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Flintshire County Council
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Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
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Gwynedd County Council
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Halton Borough Council
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Hartlepool Borough Council
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Herefordshire Council
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Inverclyde Council
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Isle of Anglesey County Council
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Isle of Wight Council
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Isles of Scilly
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Kingston-upon-Hull City Council
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Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
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Liverpool City Council
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London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
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London Borough of Barnet
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London Borough of Bexley
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London Borough of Brent
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London Borough of Bromley
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London Borough of Camden
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London Borough of Croydon
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London Borough of Ealing
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London Borough of Enfield
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London Borough of Hackney
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London Borough of Haringey
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London Borough of Harrow
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London Borough of Havering
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London Borough of Hillingdon
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London Borough of Hounslow
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London Borough of Islington
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London Borough of Lambeth
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London Borough of Lewisham
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London Borough of Merton
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London Borough of Newham
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London Borough of Redbridge
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London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
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London Borough of Southwark
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London Borough of Sutton
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London Borough of Tower Hamlets
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London Borough of Waltham Forest
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London Borough of Wandsworth
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Medway Council
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Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council
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Middlesbrough Borough Council
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Midlothian Council
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Milton Keynes
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Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
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Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council
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Newport City Council
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North Ayrshire Council
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North East Lincolnshire Council
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North Lanarkshire Council
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North Lincolnshire Council
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North Northamptonshire Council
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North Somerset Council
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North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council
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Northumberland Council
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Nottingham City Council
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Orkney Islands Council
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Pembrokeshire County Council
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Perth and Kinross Council
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Plymouth City Council
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Portsmouth City Council
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Redcar and Cleveland Council
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Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
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Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
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Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
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Royal Borough of Greenwich
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Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
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Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
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Rutland County Council
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Salford City Council
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Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
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Scottish Borders Council
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Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
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Shetland Islands Council
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Slough Borough Council
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Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
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Southampton City Council
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South Ayrshire Council
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Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
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South Gloucestershire Council
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South Tyneside Council
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St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
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Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
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Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
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Stoke-on-Trent City Council
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Sunderland City Council
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Swansea City Council
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Swindon Borough Council
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Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
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Telford & Wrekin Council
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The Highland Council
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The Moray Council
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Thurrock Council
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Torbay Council
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Torfaen County Borough Council
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Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
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Vale of Glamorgan Council
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Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
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Warrington Borough Council
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West Berkshire Council
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West Lothian Council
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Westminster City Council
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West Northamptonshire Council
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Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
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Wiltshire Council
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Wirral Council
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Wokingham Borough Council
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Wolverhampton City Council
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Wrexham County Borough Council
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