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Bambos Charalambous vs Jeff Smith

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 Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Jeff Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,103 shared comparable votes.

1,103 same votes 0 different votes 1,103 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
103 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 167 shared votes
103 Aye 64 No
51 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 102 shared votes
51 Aye 51 No
65 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 94 shared votes
65 Aye 29 No
35 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 55 shared votes
35 Aye 20 No
30 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 52 shared votes
30 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
103 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 167 shared votes
103 Aye 64 No
51 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 102 shared votes
51 Aye 51 No
65 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 94 shared votes
65 Aye 29 No
35 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 55 shared votes
35 Aye 20 No
30 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 52 shared votes
30 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

71.8%
1% below average
Rank 387 of 650
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 203 of 650
1,545
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,915
2,406 eligible divisions
873
56.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,040
54.3% of votes cast
672
43.5% of votes cast
No votes
875
45.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

21
-69.6 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 650
Appearances
56
-34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650
24
-133.6 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 650
Contributions
72
-85.6 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,772,904
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19% above average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
75 of 82 votes
#1
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 47 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
Housing
45 of 55 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 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 Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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