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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 1,198 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 1,162 different votes 1,198 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
26 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 38 shared votes
10 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 399 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 34 of 649
1,500
2,099 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,089
2,354 eligible divisions
855
57.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
966
46.2 % of votes cast
645
43.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,123
53.8 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

22
-53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 649
Appearances
133
+57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
26
-107.3 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 649
Contributions
139
+5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 190 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
7
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
87 of 89 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
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 40 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
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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Voting source Commons Votes API