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Bambos Charalambous vs Seema Malhotra

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 Seema Malhotra
Seema Malhotra
Lab Feltham and Heston

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,042 shared comparable votes.

1,042 same votes 0 different votes 1,042 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
98 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 151 shared votes
98 Aye 53 No
87 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 145 shared votes
87 Aye 58 No
43 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 91 shared votes
43 Aye 48 No
27 Aye 17 No
Migration 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 20 No
Benefits 100% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
98 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 151 shared votes
98 Aye 53 No
87 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 145 shared votes
87 Aye 58 No
43 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 91 shared votes
43 Aye 48 No
27 Aye 17 No
Migration 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 20 No
Benefits 100% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 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
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 459 of 649
1,517
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
861
56.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
56.0% of votes cast
656
43.2% of votes cast
No votes
712
44.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
14 years, 8 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

18
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Appearances
58
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 649
21
-121.3 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 649
Contributions
330
+187.7 vs Commons average
Rank 50 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
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19% above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Housing
45 of 55 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

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
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 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
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