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Bambos Charalambous vs Nick Smith

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 Nick Smith
Nick Smith
Lab Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Nick Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,157 shared comparable votes.

1,156 same votes 1 different votes 1,157 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
105 Aye 65 No
Tax 100% aligned 170 shared votes
105 Aye 65 No
56 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 119 shared votes
56 Aye 63 No
73 Aye 39 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 112 shared votes
73 Aye 39 No
34 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 56 shared votes
34 Aye 22 No
30 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
30 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
105 Aye 65 No
Tax 100% aligned 170 shared votes
105 Aye 65 No
56 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 119 shared votes
56 Aye 63 No
73 Aye 39 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 112 shared votes
73 Aye 39 No
34 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 56 shared votes
34 Aye 22 No
30 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
30 Aye 19 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
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
1,517
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
861
56.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
656
43.2% of votes cast
No votes
763
42.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

18
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Appearances
95
+13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 649
21
-121.3 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 649
Contributions
125
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 244 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
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19% above average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Education
89 of 96 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Housing
45 of 55 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 13 Jul 2021
Aye rebel
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
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
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