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Bambos Charalambous vs Blair McDougall

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 Blair McDougall
Blair McDougall
Lab East Renfrewshire

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Blair McDougall voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

338 same votes 0 different votes 338 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
46 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
46 Aye 30 No
12 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
46 Aye 30 No
12 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 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
72.4%
same as average
Rank 372 of 649
1,517
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
590 eligible divisions
861
56.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
50.8% of votes cast
656
43.2% of votes cast
No votes
210
49.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.3% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

20
-63.6 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 650
Appearances
52
-31.6 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650
23
-122.7 vs Commons average
Rank 599 of 650
Contributions
307
+161.3 vs Commons average
Rank 58 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
£186,207
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19% above average
Latest expenses
£186,207
18% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
1 registered category
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Housing
45 of 55 votes
#5
Transport
24 of 29 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
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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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