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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 414 shared comparable votes.

414 same votes 0 different votes 414 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
24 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
24 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
24 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
24 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

71.4 %
2 % below average
Rank 406 of 647
Participation
73.9 %
1 % above average
Rank 346 of 647
1,476
2,068 eligible divisions
Total votes
680
920 eligible divisions
844
57.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
335
49.3 % of votes cast
632
42.8 % of votes cast
No votes
345
50.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
3 years, 5 months
Since 15 Dec 2022

Debates

17
-46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 647
Appearances
49
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 647
20
-93.8 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 647
Contributions
304
+190.2 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 647

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
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
4
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
13 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Defence
30 of 31 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 40 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
39 of 44 votes
Housing
44 of 54 votes
#5
Benefits
31 of 35 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Aye
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Aye
Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 27 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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