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Bambos Charalambous vs Simon Lightwood

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 Simon Lightwood
Simon Lightwood
Lab Wakefield and Rothwell

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 497 shared comparable votes.

496 same votes 1 different votes 497 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
51 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
51 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
24 Aye 6 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
51 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
24 Aye 6 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 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
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
1,517
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
861
56.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
656
43.2% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
4 years, 2 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

19
-63.2 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 649
Appearances
86
+3.8 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
22
-121.3 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Contributions
215
+71.7 vs Commons average
Rank 118 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
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Housing
45 of 55 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
draft Agricultural Holdings (Fee) Regulations 2022 7 Dec 2022
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
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
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
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