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David Mundell vs Sir Edward Leigh

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 Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

David Mundell and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,328 shared comparable votes.

1,310 same votes 18 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
72 Aye 129 No
Tax 100% aligned 201 shared votes
72 Aye 129 No
61 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 114 shared votes
61 Aye 53 No
28 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 61 shared votes
28 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 20 No
Transport 100% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 27 No
Benefits 100% aligned 41 shared votes
14 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 30 No
Education 93% aligned 42 shared votes
11 Aye 31 No
30 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 62 shared votes
27 Aye 35 No
13 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 96% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
70 Aye 110 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 180 shared votes
72 Aye 108 No
79 Aye 29 No
Migration 98% aligned 108 shared votes
81 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

67.9%
5% below average
Rank 460 of 650
Participation
75.0%
3% above average
Rank 309 of 650
1,630
2,401 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,801
2,401 eligible divisions
783
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
852
47.3% of votes cast
847
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
949
52.7% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

129
+41.2 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 650
Appearances
178
+90.2 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650
134
-19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 650
Contributions
194
+40.9 vs Commons average
Rank 154 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
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£330,224
46% above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
188 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 81 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
71 of 81 votes
Trade
76 of 94 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Migration
130 of 171 votes
#4
Tax
257 of 324 votes
Environment / Climate
35 of 49 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
No rebel
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
Aye rebel
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
Aye rebel
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
No rebel
No rebel
Schools (Gender and Parental Rights): Ten-Minute Rule Bill 27 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
Aye
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021 27 Apr 2021
No rebel
Aye rebel
Chris Bryant's amendment (a) to the motion on the independent expert panel 23 Jun 2020
No
Aye rebel
Abortion (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 17 Jun 2020
No
Aye
That this House agrees with Lords Amendments 2 to 18 to the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill 18 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
No rebel
Aye rebel
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill: Committee of the whole House New Clause 10 (Creasy) 9 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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