Official portrait of David Mundell

David Mundell

Conservative MP for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, since 5 May 2005

The Rt Hon David Mundell is the Conservative MP for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, and has been an MP continually since 5 May 2005.

Scorecard

52.5% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
302 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
273 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs
10 Interests declared 2 at £5,000 or more
754 Debates spoken in 236 written questions tabled

Ranked 569 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 62 stand part No 344–181
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No.2) Bill Committee: Clause 10 stand part No 324–180
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 No vote 167–350
7 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Rural communities Aye 105–332
7 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Jury trials Aye 182–290
17 Dec 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Second Reading No 312–165
16 Dec 2025 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Second Reading No 341–195
16 Dec 2025 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading (Opposition) Aye 118–340
15 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to disagree with the Lords in their Amendment 120N to Commons Amendment 120G and their Amendments 120P to 120S to Commons Amendment 120H No vote 311–96
10 Dec 2025 Opposition day: Conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer No vote 90–297
10 Dec 2025 Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on seasonal work No vote 320–98
10 Dec 2025 Opposition day: Seasonal work No vote 98–325
9 Dec 2025 Railways Bill: Second Reading No vote 329–173
9 Dec 2025 Railways Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment No vote 170–332
9 Dec 2025 UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion No 100–100
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA62 but not to insist on Commons Amendment 62C and to propose Gov (a) in lieu of LA62 No vote 327–162
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion not to insist on Commons Amendment 72C but to disagree with LA72D to LA72H and to propose Gov (a) and (b) in lieu of LA72D to LA72H No vote 326–162
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B No vote 395–98
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA23 and LA106 to LA120, not to insist on Commons Amendment 120C, 120D and 120E but to propose Gov (a) to (f) in lieu of LA23 and LA106 to LA120 No vote 300–96
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 1B but to propose Government amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 1B No vote 327–96
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 15 Aye 154–303
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 16 Aye 143–304
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 26 No vote 77–298
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 3 No vote 87–299
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty No 357–174

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

£7,500

Name of donor: The Coalition for Global Prosperity (CGP)
Address of donor: 1 Horse Guards Avenue, Westminster, London SW1A 2HU
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: The services of a Senior Policy Advisor for 1 day per week from 7th July 2026 to 31st December 2026;, value £7,500
Date received: 3 July 2026 to 31 December 2026
Date accepted: 3 July 2026
Donor status: company, registration 10894509
(Registered 3 July 2026)

On the register since 14 Jul 2026

Name of donor: The Coalition for Global Prosperity (CGP)
Address of donor: 1 Horse Guards Avenue, Westminister, London SW1A 2HU
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: The services of a Senior Policy Adviser - estimated, value £3,600
Date received: 20 April 2026 to 6 July 2026
Date accepted: 20 April 2026
Donor status: company, registration 10894509
(Registered 21 April 2026)

On the register since 29 Apr 2026

£6,000

Name of donor: James Stewart
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £6,000
Date received: 26 January 2026
Date accepted: 26 January 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 26 January 2026)

On the register since 3 Feb 2026

Name of donor: James Stewart
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,500
Date received: 14 July 2025
Date accepted: 14 July 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 18 July 2025)

On the register since 5 Aug 2025

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: LTA Operations Limited
Address of donor: The National Tennis Centre, 100Priory Lane, Roehampton, London SW15 5JQ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Ticket for the HSBC Championships at The Queen's Club, value £399.47
Date received: 10 June 2025 to 10 June 2025
Date accepted: 10 June 2025
Donor status: company, registration 07475460
(Registered 1 July 2025)

On the register since 15 Jul 2025

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: United Against Malnutrition & Hunger
Address of donor: 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9JQ
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£580), accommodation (£575), in country expenses (£140), value £1,295
Destination of visit: Italy (Rome)
Dates of visit: 26 May 2026 to 28 May 2026
Purpose of visit: Travelled as Co-Chair of the APPG on Nutrition for Development to attend Rome Nutrition Week and meet with leaders, institutions, and civil society partners working to tackle malnutrition and hunger
(Registered 16 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

Name of donor: United Against Malnutrition and Hunger
Address of donor: 8 St Thomas Street, London SE1 9RS
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£1,790), accommodation (£810), travel medication (£76), food, visa, transport and in-country expenses (£365), value £3,041
Destination of visit: Tanzania
Dates of visit: 21 June 2025 to 27 June 2025
Purpose of visit: To attend the Agriculture, Nutrition and Health (ANH) Academy Week Conference in Dar es Salaam, to see the impact of UK overseas development in treating and preventing malnutrition in Tanzania and Zanzibar, and to understand the work of national and regional government, scientists, health workers, humanitarian organisations, charities, civil society, local businesses, and local communities in tackling malnutrition.
(Registered 1 July 2025)

On the register since 15 Jul 2025

8. Miscellaneous

A Trustee of Friends of Wamphray Church Steering Group. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 26 March 2026
(Registered 29 January 2026; updated 27 March 2026)

On the register since 14 Apr 2026

Director and Trustee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch). This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 16 October 2024
(Registered 5 November 2024)

On the register since 24 Nov 2025

Membership of the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Parliament Association. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 28 January 2020
(Registered 11 December 2023)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

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Debates

754 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

5 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £24,618 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
20 Apr 2026 The Rt Hon David Mundell MP sitting MP The Coalition for Global Prosperity (CGP) Company Non Cash Staff costs £3,600
26 Jan 2026 The Rt Hon David Mundell MP sitting MP James Stewart Individual Cash £6,000
14 Jul 2025 The Rt Hon David Mundell MP sitting MP James Stewart Individual Cash £3,500
21 Jun 2025 The Rt Hon David Mundell MP sitting MP United Against Malnutrition and Hunger Other Visit £3,041
8 Nov 2024 The Rt Hon David Mundell MP sitting MP Mauritius Labour Party Other Visit £8,477

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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