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Bambos Charalambous vs Colum Eastwood

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 Colum Eastwood
Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 94% of the time, based on 546 shared comparable votes.

515 same votes 31 different votes 546 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
33 Aye 40 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 73 shared votes
33 Aye 40 No
28 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 14 No
Migration 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 13 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 14 No
Benefits 74% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 4 No
Education 82% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 84% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
49 Aye 23 No
Tax 92% aligned 72 shared votes
45 Aye 27 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
53.4%
19% below average
Rank 612 of 649
1,517
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
885
1,658 eligible divisions
861
56.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
487
55.0% of votes cast
656
43.2% of votes cast
No votes
398
45.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

20
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 649
Appearances
22
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 649
23
-122.9 vs Commons average
Rank 599 of 649
Contributions
33
-112.9 vs Commons average
Rank 569 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
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19% above average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
5
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 154 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
Housing
45 of 55 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 15 Sept 2025
Work / Employment
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
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