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Bambos Charalambous vs Michael Shanks

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 Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Michael Shanks voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 323 shared comparable votes.

323 same votes 0 different votes 323 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
44 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
44 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
44 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 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
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
1,517
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
861
56.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
656
43.2% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

20
-63.6 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 650
Appearances
100
+16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
23
-122.7 vs Commons average
Rank 599 of 650
Contributions
408
+262.3 vs Commons average
Rank 34 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
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Housing
45 of 55 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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
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