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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 1,128 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 1,091 different votes 1,128 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
28 Aye 22 No
Migration 4% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
11 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 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
27 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 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 399 of 649
Participation
81.6 %
9 % above average
Rank 171 of 649
1,500
2,099 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,920
2,354 eligible divisions
855
57.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
879
45.8 % of votes cast
645
43.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,041
54.2 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
34 years, 3 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

22
-53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 649
Appearances
91
+15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
26
-107.3 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 649
Contributions
171
+37.7 vs Commons average
Rank 145 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
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
11
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 66 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
#4
Migration
152 of 169 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 40 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 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
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
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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