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Bambos Charalambous vs Mr Paul Foster

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 Paul Foster
Mr Paul Foster
Lab South Ribble

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Mr Paul Foster voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 365 shared comparable votes.

365 same votes 0 different votes 365 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 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
44 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
44 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 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 399 of 649
Participation
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 187 of 649
1,500
2,099 eligible divisions
Total votes
459
568 eligible divisions
855
57.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
234
51.0 % of votes cast
645
43.0 % of votes cast
No votes
225
49.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
7
1.5 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

22
-53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 649
Appearances
32
-43.1 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 649
26
-107.3 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 649
Contributions
53
-80.3 vs Commons average
Rank 481 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
£194,848
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£194,848
14 % below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
12
5 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
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 40 votes
#5
Transport
28 of 29 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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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