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Bambos Charalambous vs Mr Peter Bedford

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 Peter Bedford
Mr Peter Bedford
Con Mid Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Mr Peter Bedford voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 317 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 314 different votes 317 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
14 Aye 4 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
2 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
40 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
28 Aye 40 No
26 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
5 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
28 Aye 40 No
26 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
5 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

71.6 %
1 % below average
Rank 391 of 649
Participation
73.6 %
1 % above average
Rank 341 of 649
1,507
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
423
575 eligible divisions
858
56.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
187
44.2 % of votes cast
649
43.1 % of votes cast
No votes
236
55.8 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

19
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 650
Appearances
67
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 650
22
-116.3 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 650
Contributions
89
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 354 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
£238,962
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£238,962
6 % above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
3 registered categories
5
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 40 votes
#5
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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