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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
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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 323 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 320 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
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 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 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
73.1%
same as average
Rank 359 of 649
1,517
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
431
590 eligible divisions
861
56.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
45.0% of votes cast
656
43.2% of votes cast
No votes
237
55.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.5% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

20
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 649
Appearances
64
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 649
23
-122.9 vs Commons average
Rank 599 of 649
Contributions
77
-68.9 vs Commons average
Rank 420 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
£238,962
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19% above average
Latest expenses
£238,962
6% above average
7
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
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
#4
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes
Housing
45 of 55 votes
#5
Defence
27 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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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