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David Mundell vs Nick Thomas-Symonds

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 Nick Thomas-Symonds
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Lab Torfaen

Voting alignment

David Mundell and Nick Thomas-Symonds voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,113 shared comparable votes.

75 same votes 1,038 different votes 1,113 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
13 Aye 20 No
Energy 9% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 19 No
Benefits 8% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
70 Aye 102 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 172 shared votes
107 Aye 65 No
13 Aye 19 No
Education 6% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
23 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 56 shared votes
36 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 25 No
Trade 0% aligned 56 shared votes
25 Aye 31 No
19 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 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
62.6%
10% below average
Rank 549 of 649
1,609
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,488
2,376 eligible divisions
769
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
852
57.3% of votes cast
840
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
636
42.7% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.8% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

121
+39.2 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 649
Appearances
55
-26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 411 of 649
123
-19.5 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 649
Contributions
418
+275.5 vs Commons average
Rank 31 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
£2,131,457
all imported IPSA years
£330,224
46% above average
Latest expenses
£255,367
13% above average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Trade
73 of 91 votes
#3
Trade
71 of 91 votes
Migration
130 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
34 of 48 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 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
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 Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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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