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Bambos Charalambous vs Helen Whately

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 Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Helen Whately voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,131 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,077 different votes 1,131 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
18 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
28 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 44 shared votes
14 Aye 30 No
42 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 98 shared votes
56 Aye 42 No
80 Aye 55 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 135 shared votes
52 Aye 83 No
41 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 3% aligned 60 shared votes
21 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 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
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,517
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
861
56.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
656
43.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
22
-121.5 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Contributions
65
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 459 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
5
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Housing
45 of 55 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 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
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
No
Public Order Bill: Amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 5 7 Mar 2023
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
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