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David Mundell vs John McDonnell

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 John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington

Voting alignment

David Mundell and John McDonnell voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,328 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 1,260 different votes 1,328 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
10 Aye 43 No
Education 11% aligned 53 shared votes
39 Aye 14 No
71 Aye 100 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 171 shared votes
104 Aye 67 No
12 Aye 22 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
23 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 54 shared votes
34 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 36 No
Benefits 4% aligned 49 shared votes
34 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 20 No
Transport 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 20 No
Energy 0% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 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
79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
1,609
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
769
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
840
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
860
45.7% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

121
+38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 649
Appearances
125
+42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649
123
-20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 649
Contributions
158
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 184 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
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£330,224
46% above average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19% above average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Trade
73 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Migration
130 of 171 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
34 of 48 votes
#5
Defence
63 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
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