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David Mundell vs Emily Thornberry

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 Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

David Mundell and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,060 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 1,018 different votes 1,060 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
16 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 46 shared votes
33 Aye 13 No
61 Aye 98 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 159 shared votes
104 Aye 55 No
63 Aye 32 No
Migration 3% aligned 95 shared votes
29 Aye 66 No
9 Aye 28 No
Education 3% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
42 Aye 36 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 78 shared votes
36 Aye 42 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 16 No
Transport 0% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
6 Aye 30 No
Benefits 0% aligned 36 shared votes
30 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 13 No
Energy 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 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
61.8%
11% below average
Rank 559 of 649
1,609
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
769
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
55.5% of votes cast
840
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
654
44.5% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

123
+39.4 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 650
Appearances
80
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 650
126
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 650
Contributions
131
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£3,330,205
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£330,224
46% above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Trade
73 of 91 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Migration
130 of 171 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
34 of 48 votes
#5
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Privilege Motion 19 Jun 2023
Aye
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