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Bambos Charalambous vs Sir Christopher Chope

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 Sir Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 762 shared comparable votes.

26 same votes 736 different votes 762 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
7 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 6% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 3 No
Housing 6% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 6 No
Energy 5% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
82 Aye 50 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 132 shared votes
44 Aye 88 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 62 shared votes
27 Aye 35 No
33 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
19 Aye 33 No
20 Aye 11 No
Migration 0% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 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 397 of 649
Participation
59.3 %
13 % below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,502
2,101 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,398
2,356 eligible divisions
856
57.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
594
42.5 % of votes cast
646
43.0 % of votes cast
No votes
804
57.5 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

22
-53.7 vs Commons average
Rank 575 of 649
Appearances
33
-42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 649
26
-108.5 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 649
Contributions
32
-102.5 vs Commons average
Rank 558 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
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10 % above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
5
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
304
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
192 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 40 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 321 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: the State Pension triple lock 8 Nov 2022
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Oct 2022
Tax
No
Aye
Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]: Second Reading 12 Oct 2022
Aye
No
Health and Social Care Levy Bill: Third Reading 14 Sep 2021
No
No
Health and Social Care Levy Bill: Second Reading 14 Sep 2021
No
No
Health and Social Care Levy (Ways and Means) 8 Sep 2021
No
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