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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 1,176 shared comparable votes.

1,175 same votes 1 different votes 1,176 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
57 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 122 shared votes
57 Aye 65 No
74 Aye 39 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 113 shared votes
74 Aye 39 No
35 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No
34 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 56 shared votes
34 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
105 Aye 65 No
Tax 100% aligned 170 shared votes
105 Aye 65 No
57 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 122 shared votes
57 Aye 65 No
74 Aye 39 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 113 shared votes
74 Aye 39 No
35 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No
34 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 56 shared votes
34 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

71.8%
1% below average
Rank 387 of 650
Participation
74.8%
2% above average
Rank 316 of 650
1,545
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,799
2,406 eligible divisions
873
56.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.9% of votes cast
672
43.5% of votes cast
No votes
775
43.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

21
-68.6 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 650
Appearances
96
+6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 650
24
-132.0 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 650
Contributions
125
-31.0 vs Commons average
Rank 293 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
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19% above average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11% above average
7
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
75 of 82 votes
#1
Education
89 of 96 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 47 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
Housing
45 of 55 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 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
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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