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Bambos Charalambous vs Melanie Ward

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 Melanie Ward
Melanie Ward
Lab Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Melanie Ward voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 362 shared comparable votes.

362 same votes 0 different votes 362 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
50 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
50 Aye 32 No
21 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
50 Aye 32 No
21 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 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
76.1%
3% above average
Rank 284 of 649
1,517
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
449
590 eligible divisions
861
56.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
49.0% of votes cast
656
43.2% of votes cast
No votes
229
51.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

20
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 649
Appearances
68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 649
23
-122.9 vs Commons average
Rank 599 of 649
Contributions
93
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 362 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
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19% above average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
5
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Housing
45 of 55 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 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 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 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
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