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Bambos Charalambous vs Lucy Powell

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 Lucy Powell
Lucy Powell
Lab Manchester Central

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Lucy Powell voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,006 shared comparable votes.

1,006 same votes 0 different votes 1,006 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
96 Aye 55 No
Tax 100% aligned 151 shared votes
96 Aye 55 No
83 Aye 54 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 137 shared votes
83 Aye 54 No
51 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 110 shared votes
51 Aye 59 No
31 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
35 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 49 shared votes
35 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
96 Aye 55 No
Tax 100% aligned 151 shared votes
96 Aye 55 No
83 Aye 54 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 137 shared votes
83 Aye 54 No
51 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 110 shared votes
51 Aye 59 No
31 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
35 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 49 shared votes
35 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

71.4 %
2 % below average
Rank 407 of 648
Participation
65.8 %
7 % below average
Rank 507 of 648
1,469
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,522
2,312 eligible divisions
843
57.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
860
56.5 % of votes cast
626
42.6 % of votes cast
No votes
662
43.5 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
13 years, 6 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

15
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 648
Appearances
10
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 648
18
-91.3 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 648
Contributions
435
+325.7 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,772,904
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,425,912
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£249,415
10 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
12
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Education
81 of 95 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Transport
68 of 80 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 40 votes
#5
Defence
44 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Aye
Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 27 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
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