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Bambos Charalambous vs Chris McDonald

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 Chris McDonald
Chris McDonald
Lab Stockton North

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Chris McDonald voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 368 shared comparable votes.

368 same votes 0 different votes 368 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 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
46 Aye 31 No
16 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
46 Aye 31 No
16 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 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
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 254 of 649
1,517
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
457
590 eligible divisions
861
56.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
223
48.8% of votes cast
656
43.2% of votes cast
No votes
234
51.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.6% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

20
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 649
Appearances
93
+9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 203 of 649
23
-122.9 vs Commons average
Rank 599 of 649
Contributions
406
+260.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 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
£217,932
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19% above average
Latest expenses
£217,932
4% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
5
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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Defence
31 of 34 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Housing
45 of 55 votes
#5
Migration
11 of 13 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: 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
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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