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Bambos Charalambous vs Sir Julian 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 Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,075 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 1,015 different votes 1,075 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
18 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
73 Aye 51 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 124 shared votes
51 Aye 73 No
27 Aye 13 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
11 Aye 29 No
11 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
57 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 115 shared votes
60 Aye 55 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 14 No
Trade 0% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,517
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
861
56.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
656
43.2% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
22
-121.5 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Contributions
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 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
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Housing
45 of 55 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 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
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
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
Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 11 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API