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Bambos Charalambous vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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 Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,065 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,013 different votes 1,065 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
86 Aye 52 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 138 shared votes
52 Aye 86 No
18 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 15 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 10 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
94 Aye 59 No
Tax 3% aligned 153 shared votes
54 Aye 99 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 58 shared votes
19 Aye 39 No
23 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
16 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 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
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,517
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
861
56.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
656
43.2% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
22
-121.5 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Contributions
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
16
4 registered categories
5
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
197 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Housing
45 of 55 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 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
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
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
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
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]: Second Reading 12 Oct 2022
Aye
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
Aye
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Regulations (Face Coverings) SI No 1400 14 Dec 2021
Aye
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