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Bambos Charalambous vs Alberto Costa

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Bambos Charalambous
Bambos Charalambous
Lab Southgate and Wood Green
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Alberto Costa voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,131 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 1,070 different votes 1,131 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
17 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
82 Aye 55 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 137 shared votes
56 Aye 81 No
20 Aye 13 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
28 Aye 24 No
Transport 6% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 12 No
Energy 3% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 57 shared votes
18 Aye 39 No
33 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
21 Aye 33 No
17 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

71.5%
1% below average
Rank 393 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,517
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
861
56.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
656
43.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
22
-121.5 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Contributions
23
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,772,904
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
5
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

Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Housing
45 of 55 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022 (SI, 2022, No. 554) 22 Jun 2022
Aye
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
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