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Bambos Charalambous vs Bill Esterson

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 Bill Esterson
Bill Esterson
Lab Sefton Central

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Bill Esterson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,152 shared comparable votes.

1,152 same votes 0 different votes 1,152 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
104 Aye 62 No
Tax 100% aligned 166 shared votes
104 Aye 62 No
83 Aye 47 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 130 shared votes
83 Aye 47 No
51 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 108 shared votes
51 Aye 57 No
41 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 55 shared votes
41 Aye 14 No
28 Aye 22 No
Transport 100% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
104 Aye 62 No
Tax 100% aligned 166 shared votes
104 Aye 62 No
83 Aye 47 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 130 shared votes
83 Aye 47 No
51 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 108 shared votes
51 Aye 57 No
41 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 55 shared votes
41 Aye 14 No
28 Aye 22 No
Transport 100% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 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
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
1,517
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
861
56.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
656
43.2% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% 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
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

18
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Appearances
55
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 649
21
-121.3 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 649
Contributions
78
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 403 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
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19% above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
5
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Housing
45 of 55 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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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