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Bambos Charalambous vs Kerry McCarthy

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 Kerry McCarthy
Kerry McCarthy
Lab Bristol East

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,236 shared comparable votes.

1,234 same votes 2 different votes 1,236 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
112 Aye 65 No
Tax 100% aligned 177 shared votes
112 Aye 65 No
86 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 144 shared votes
86 Aye 58 No
57 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 107 shared votes
57 Aye 50 No
43 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 62 shared votes
43 Aye 19 No
28 Aye 27 No
Transport 100% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
112 Aye 65 No
Tax 100% aligned 177 shared votes
112 Aye 65 No
86 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 144 shared votes
86 Aye 58 No
57 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 107 shared votes
57 Aye 50 No
43 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 62 shared votes
43 Aye 19 No
28 Aye 27 No
Transport 100% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 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
79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 221 of 649
1,507
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,867
2,361 eligible divisions
858
56.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,049
56.2 % of votes cast
649
43.1 % of votes cast
No votes
818
43.8 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

19
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 650
Appearances
75
-2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 650
22
-116.3 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 650
Contributions
102
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 306 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
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£309,387
37 % above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
5
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
66 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 40 votes
#5
Education
84 of 96 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No rebel
Aye
Nick Boles's motion D (Common market 2.0) 27 Mar 2019
No rebel
Where they voted the same
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
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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