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David Mundell vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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 Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

David Mundell and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 632 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 591 different votes 632 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
7 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 17% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
21 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 3 No
Migration 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
27 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 10% aligned 92 shared votes
68 Aye 24 No
5 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 9% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 59 No
Tax 0% aligned 110 shared votes
59 Aye 51 No
9 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 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
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 649
1,609
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
769
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.0% of votes cast
840
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
249
51.0% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

121
+38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 649
Appearances
7
-75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 629 of 649
123
-20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 649
Contributions
7
-136.5 vs Commons average
Rank 627 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
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£330,224
46% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
73 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Migration
130 of 171 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
34 of 48 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 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: 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
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
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
That this House agrees with Lords Amendments 2 to 18 to the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill 18 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill: Third Reading 15 Jul 2019
Transport
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill: Committee of the whole House New Clause 10 (Creasy) 9 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill: Committee of the whole House New Clause 1 (McGinn) 9 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Motion on 50th anniversary of the continuous at sea deterrent 10 Apr 2019
Aye
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