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Bambos Charalambous vs Bob Blackman

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 Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Bob Blackman voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,204 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 1,162 different votes 1,204 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
20 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 16% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
28 Aye 14 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
12 Aye 30 No
16 Aye 7 No
Housing 4% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
29 Aye 26 No
Transport 4% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 11 No
Energy 3% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 62 shared votes
19 Aye 43 No
25 Aye 23 No
Migration 0% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
31 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 46 shared votes
15 Aye 31 No
17 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 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 399 of 649
Participation
87.9 %
15 % above average
Rank 48 of 649
1,500
2,099 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,070
2,354 eligible divisions
855
57.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
972
47.0 % of votes cast
645
43.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,098
53.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

22
-53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 649
Appearances
142
+66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 649
26
-107.3 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 649
Contributions
168
+34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 152 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
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38 % above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
5
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Trade
85 of 89 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 40 votes
#5
Migration
155 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
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