Questions to the Mayor of London – answered at on 28 September 2022.
Elly Baker
Labour
How much energy was supplied to London Underground through the Bulk Supply Points in each of the following years: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 to date?
Sadiq Khan
Mayor of London
Transport for London is the largest consumer of electricity in London, and London Underground’s consumption comprises the Majority of this. Please see the below breakdown of electricity supplied through the Bulk Supply Points.
LU Bulk Supply Points kWh
April 2017 - March 2018
1,201,897,567
April 2018 - March 2019
1,208,407,395
April 2019 - March 2020
1,188,899,013
April 2020 - March 2021
1,054,569,586
April 2021 - March 2022
1,089,406,531
April 2022 - July 2022
369,111,874
The term "majority" is used in two ways in Parliament. Firstly a Government cannot operate effectively unless it can command a majority in the House of Commons - a majority means winning more than 50% of the votes in a division. Should a Government fail to hold the confidence of the House, it has to hold a General Election. Secondly the term can also be used in an election, where it refers to the margin which the candidate with the most votes has over the candidate coming second. To win a seat a candidate need only have a majority of 1.
