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Bambos Charalambous vs Alex Sobel

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 Alex Sobel
Alex Sobel
Lab Leeds Central and Headingley

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Alex Sobel voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,144 shared comparable votes.

1,142 same votes 2 different votes 1,144 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
99 Aye 68 No
Tax 100% aligned 167 shared votes
99 Aye 68 No
84 Aye 56 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 140 shared votes
84 Aye 56 No
49 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 105 shared votes
49 Aye 56 No
40 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 66 shared votes
40 Aye 26 No
31 Aye 19 No
Migration 100% aligned 50 shared votes
31 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 20 No
Benefits 95% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
99 Aye 68 No
Tax 100% aligned 167 shared votes
99 Aye 68 No
84 Aye 56 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 140 shared votes
84 Aye 56 No
49 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 105 shared votes
49 Aye 56 No
40 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 66 shared votes
40 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

71.8%
1% below average
Rank 387 of 650
Participation
71.9%
1% below average
Rank 386 of 650
1,545
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,546
2,151 eligible divisions
873
56.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
835
54.0% of votes cast
672
43.5% of votes cast
No votes
711
46.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

21
-70.0 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 650
Appearances
123
+32.0 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 650
24
-134.5 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 650
Contributions
166
+7.5 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,772,904
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,003,453
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19% above average
Latest expenses
£328,194
45% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
11
3 registered categories
5
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
75 of 82 votes
#1
NHS / Health
47 of 52 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 47 votes
#4
Migration
139 of 163 votes
Housing
45 of 55 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API