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Bambos Charalambous vs Chris Ward

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 Ward
Chris Ward
Lab Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Chris Ward 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
40 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
40 Aye 35 No
27 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
40 Aye 35 No
27 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

71.6 %
1 % below average
Rank 391 of 649
Participation
73.2 %
1 % above average
Rank 356 of 649
1,507
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
421
575 eligible divisions
858
56.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
219
52.0 % of votes cast
649
43.1 % of votes cast
No votes
202
48.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

22
-56.1 vs Commons average
Rank 577 of 649
Appearances
52
-26.1 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 649
26
-112.6 vs Commons average
Rank 581 of 649
Contributions
230
+91.4 vs Commons average
Rank 100 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
£203,111
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£203,111
10 % below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 40 votes
#5
Transport
27 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
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
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