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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 353 shared comparable votes.

353 same votes 0 different votes 353 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
16 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 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
16 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 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 395 of 649
Participation
75.7 %
3 % above average
Rank 296 of 649
1,505
2,104 eligible divisions
Total votes
434
573 eligible divisions
856
56.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
216
49.8 % of votes cast
649
43.1 % of votes cast
No votes
218
50.2 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
12
2.8 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

22
-55.0 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 649
Appearances
75
-2.0 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 649
26
-110.7 vs Commons average
Rank 581 of 649
Contributions
97
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 326 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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 40 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
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
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