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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 1,013 shared comparable votes.

1,013 same votes 0 different votes 1,013 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
22 Aye 20 No
Benefits 100% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
29 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 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
22 Aye 20 No
Benefits 100% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
29 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

71.4 %
2 % below average
Rank 407 of 648
Participation
68.4 %
5 % below average
Rank 469 of 648
1,469
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,582
2,312 eligible divisions
843
57.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
893
56.4 % of votes cast
626
42.6 % of votes cast
No votes
689
43.6 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.8 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
14 years, 5 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

15
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 648
Appearances
51
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 648
18
-91.3 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 648
Contributions
231
+121.7 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 648

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
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Migration
141 of 169 votes
Transport
68 of 80 votes
#4
Defence
49 of 59 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 40 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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API