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Bambos Charalambous vs Cat Smith

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 Cat Smith
Cat Smith
Lab Lancaster and Wyre

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Cat Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,158 shared comparable votes.

1,156 same votes 2 different votes 1,158 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
99 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 159 shared votes
99 Aye 60 No
85 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 142 shared votes
85 Aye 57 No
48 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 112 shared votes
48 Aye 64 No
42 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 63 shared votes
42 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 27 No
Transport 100% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 21 No
Benefits 96% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
99 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 159 shared votes
99 Aye 60 No
85 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 142 shared votes
85 Aye 57 No
48 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 112 shared votes
48 Aye 64 No
42 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 63 shared votes
42 Aye 21 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

71.8%
1% below average
Rank 387 of 650
Participation
72.0%
same as average
Rank 382 of 650
1,545
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,733
2,406 eligible divisions
873
56.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
54.0% of votes cast
672
43.5% of votes cast
No votes
797
46.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

21
-70.0 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 650
Appearances
27
-64.0 vs Commons average
Rank 586 of 650
24
-134.5 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 650
Contributions
32
-126.5 vs Commons average
Rank 586 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
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19% above average
Latest expenses
£260,697
15% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
5
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
75 of 82 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 47 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
Housing
45 of 55 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API