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Bambos Charalambous vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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 Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,137 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 1,100 different votes 1,137 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
26 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
14 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
28 Aye 23 No
Migration 4% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 11 No
Energy 3% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
87 Aye 56 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 143 shared votes
52 Aye 91 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 56 shared votes
18 Aye 38 No
29 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
29 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
11 Aye 29 No
15 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 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
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,517
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
861
56.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
656
43.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 649
Appearances
96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
22
-121.5 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Contributions
167
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 170 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
5
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
208 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Housing
45 of 55 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
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
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
Aye
Health Regulations (Face Coverings) SI No 1400 14 Dec 2021
Aye
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