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Bambos Charalambous vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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 Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,209 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 1,173 different votes 1,209 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
13 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 14 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
29 Aye 16 No
Transport 4% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 12 No
Energy 3% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
61 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 116 shared votes
56 Aye 60 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 60 shared votes
19 Aye 41 No
28 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 39 shared votes
11 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 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
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
1,517
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
861
56.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
656
43.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 649
Appearances
148
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
22
-121.5 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Contributions
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 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
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19% above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44% below 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
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Housing
45 of 55 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 7 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
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