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David Mundell vs Andrew Pakes

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of David Mundell
David Mundell
Con Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
vs
Photograph of Andrew Pakes
Andrew Pakes
Lab Peterborough

Voting alignment

David Mundell and Andrew Pakes voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 218 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 201 different votes 218 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
3 Aye 14 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
27 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
5 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
5 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

67.7%
5% below average
Rank 470 of 649
Participation
71.2%
1% below average
Rank 403 of 649
1,609
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
420
590 eligible divisions
769
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
201
47.9% of votes cast
840
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
219
52.1% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
3.1% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

121
+39.2 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 649
Appearances
77
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 649
123
-19.5 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 649
Contributions
94
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£3,330,205
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£183,832
all imported IPSA years
£330,224
46% above average
Latest expenses
£183,832
19% below average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
201 of 211 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Trade
73 of 91 votes
#3
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Migration
130 of 171 votes
#4
Transport
25 of 29 votes
Environment / Climate
34 of 48 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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