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Bambos Charalambous vs Steve Witherden

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 Steve Witherden
Steve Witherden
Lab Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Steve Witherden voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 396 shared comparable votes.

394 same votes 2 different votes 396 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
42 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
42 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
30 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 6 No
Benefits 89% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
42 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
42 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
30 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

71.8%
1% below average
Rank 387 of 650
Participation
80.0%
8% above average
Rank 195 of 650
1,545
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
496
620 eligible divisions
873
56.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
253
51.0% of votes cast
672
43.5% of votes cast
No votes
243
49.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

21
-72.0 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 650
Appearances
59
-34.0 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 650
24
-138.0 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 650
Contributions
76
-86.0 vs Commons average
Rank 455 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,772,904
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19% above average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
75 of 82 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 47 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Housing
45 of 55 votes
#5
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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