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Bambos Charalambous vs Mr Douglas Alexander

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 Mr Douglas Alexander
Mr Douglas Alexander
Lab Lothian East

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Mr Douglas Alexander voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 218 shared comparable votes.

218 same votes 0 different votes 218 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
33 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
33 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 8 No
Benefits 100% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
33 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 8 No
Benefits 100% aligned 13 shared votes
5 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
46.9%
26% below average
Rank 625 of 649
1,517
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
277
590 eligible divisions
861
56.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
121
43.7% of votes cast
656
43.2% of votes cast
No votes
156
56.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

21
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 650
Appearances
51
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
24
-122.9 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 650
Contributions
224
+77.1 vs Commons average
Rank 113 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
£792,708
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19% above average
Latest expenses
£91,911
59% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
5
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
6 of 7 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
#4
Defence
20 of 34 votes
Housing
45 of 55 votes
#5
Tax
63 of 112 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
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
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
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