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Bambos Charalambous vs Sir Edward Leigh

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 Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,004 shared comparable votes.

31 same votes 973 different votes 1,004 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 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 10 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
45 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 102 shared votes
58 Aye 44 No
21 Aye 15 No
Migration 3% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
110 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 163 shared votes
53 Aye 110 No
35 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
18 Aye 35 No
23 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
10 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 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
75.1 %
2 % above average
Rank 314 of 649
1,500
2,099 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,768
2,354 eligible divisions
855
57.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
833
47.1 % of votes cast
645
43.0 % of votes cast
No votes
935
52.9 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
43 years, 1 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

22
-53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 649
Appearances
167
+91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 649
26
-107.3 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 649
Contributions
186
+52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 129 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
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
5
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
188 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 40 votes
#5
Migration
134 of 169 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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 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
Where they voted the same
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 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
Aye
Motion No. 4 - Health Protection (Coronavirus, restrictions) (Self-isolation) 30 Nov 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Coronavirus, wearing of face coverings) (England) regulations 2021 30 Nov 2021
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Conference, November and Christmas) 23 Jun 2021
Aye
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