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Bambos Charalambous vs Matt Western

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 Matt Western
Matt Western
Lab Warwick and Leamington

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Matt Western voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,173 shared comparable votes.

1,173 same votes 0 different votes 1,173 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
108 Aye 61 No
Tax 100% aligned 169 shared votes
108 Aye 61 No
87 Aye 52 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 139 shared votes
87 Aye 52 No
59 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 113 shared votes
59 Aye 54 No
46 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 68 shared votes
46 Aye 22 No
36 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 57 shared votes
36 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
108 Aye 61 No
Tax 100% aligned 169 shared votes
108 Aye 61 No
87 Aye 52 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 139 shared votes
87 Aye 52 No
59 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 113 shared votes
59 Aye 54 No
46 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 68 shared votes
46 Aye 22 No
36 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 57 shared votes
36 Aye 21 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
74.3%
2% above average
Rank 323 of 650
1,545
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,598
2,151 eligible divisions
873
56.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
889
55.6% of votes cast
672
43.5% of votes cast
No votes
709
44.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

21
-68.9 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 650
Appearances
92
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650
24
-132.5 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 650
Contributions
108
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 340 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
£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19% above average
Latest expenses
£312,296
38% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
5
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Foreign Affairs
79 of 82 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#2
Migration
147 of 163 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 47 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 189 votes
Housing
45 of 55 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
40 of 47 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
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
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
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