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Bambos Charalambous vs Hilary Benn

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 Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,233 shared comparable votes.

1,233 same votes 0 different votes 1,233 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
100 Aye 62 No
Tax 100% aligned 162 shared votes
100 Aye 62 No
87 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 145 shared votes
87 Aye 58 No
61 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 121 shared votes
61 Aye 60 No
43 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 62 shared votes
43 Aye 19 No
30 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
100 Aye 62 No
Tax 100% aligned 162 shared votes
100 Aye 62 No
87 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 145 shared votes
87 Aye 58 No
61 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 121 shared votes
61 Aye 60 No
43 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 62 shared votes
43 Aye 19 No
30 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,517
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
861
56.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
656
43.2% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% 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
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

20
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
23
-122.9 vs Commons average
Rank 599 of 649
Contributions
462
+316.1 vs Commons average
Rank 25 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
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Housing
45 of 55 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
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
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
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