More than half of MPs support ending new fossil fuel boiler installations from 2035, with heat pumps and other zero-emissions systems becoming the replacement.
According to new research by The MCS Foundation, 58% of MPs would back a commitment to clean heat, with fewer than one in four, 24%, opposed. Support rises to 70% among Labour MPs, with just 6% opposed.
The findings mirror public opinion, with 58% of adults across England, Wales and Scotland also supporting the policy.
Garry Felgate, Chief Executive of The MCS Foundation, said: “A commitment to clean heat is popular with the public and this new polling shows it is popular with the Parliamentary Labour Party as well.
“By ensuring that all new heating systems are zero-emissions from 2035, the Government would send a strong signal that the direction of travel is towards renewables and ending dependence on fossil fuels.”
The polling also found that 52% of Labour MPs would support moving all social and environmental levies off electricity bills and into general taxation, a step that could reduce household energy costs significantly.
The MCS Foundation estimates that shifting all levies permanently into general taxation would save a household with a heat pump £500 a year – and lift an additional 900,000 households out of fuel poverty, beyond those who already benefitted from measures announced in the 2025 Autumn Budget.
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