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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 1,079 shared comparable votes.

1,079 same votes 0 different votes 1,079 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
50 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 98 shared votes
50 Aye 48 No
64 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 93 shared votes
64 Aye 29 No
27 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 49 shared votes
27 Aye 22 No
26 Aye 22 No
Benefits 100% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
103 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 167 shared votes
103 Aye 64 No
50 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 98 shared votes
50 Aye 48 No
64 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 93 shared votes
64 Aye 29 No
27 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 49 shared votes
27 Aye 22 No
26 Aye 22 No
Benefits 100% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 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
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
1,517
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
861
56.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
656
43.2% of votes cast
No votes
863
45.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

18
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Appearances
55
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
21
-121.3 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 649
Contributions
71
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 431 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
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19% above average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
6
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
62 of 69 votes
#1
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Housing
45 of 55 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 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 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
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