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Bambos Charalambous vs Andrew Western

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 Andrew Western
Andrew Western
Lab Stretford and Urmston

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Andrew Western voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 440 shared comparable votes.

440 same votes 0 different votes 440 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
43 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
43 Aye 35 No
27 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
43 Aye 35 No
27 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 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
73.2%
1% above average
Rank 357 of 649
1,517
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
712
973 eligible divisions
861
56.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
348
48.9% of votes cast
656
43.2% of votes cast
No votes
364
51.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
3 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2022

Debates

19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 649
Appearances
45
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 649
22
-121.5 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Contributions
298
+154.5 vs Commons average
Rank 58 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
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19% above average
Latest expenses
£255,721
13% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
1 registered category
5
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
39 of 44 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
#4
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
Housing
45 of 55 votes
#5
Education
50 of 58 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
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