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Bambos Charalambous vs John Cooper

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 John Cooper
John Cooper
Con Dumfries and Galloway

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and John Cooper voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 317 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 314 different votes 317 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
15 Aye 7 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
46 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
31 Aye 46 No
27 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
7 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
31 Aye 46 No
27 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
7 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

71.6 %
1 % below average
Rank 391 of 649
Participation
72.0 %
1 % below average
Rank 377 of 649
1,507
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
414
575 eligible divisions
858
56.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
173
41.8 % of votes cast
649
43.1 % of votes cast
No votes
241
58.2 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

19
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 650
Appearances
102
+24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 650
22
-116.3 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 650
Contributions
122
-16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 228 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
£154,450
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£154,450
32 % below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 40 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
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: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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