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Bambos Charalambous vs Valerie Vaz

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 Valerie Vaz
Valerie Vaz
Lab Walsall and Bloxwich

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,184 shared comparable votes.

1,184 same votes 0 different votes 1,184 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
113 Aye 65 No
Tax 100% aligned 178 shared votes
113 Aye 65 No
87 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 144 shared votes
87 Aye 57 No
55 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 111 shared votes
55 Aye 56 No
42 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 61 shared votes
42 Aye 19 No
30 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
113 Aye 65 No
Tax 100% aligned 178 shared votes
113 Aye 65 No
87 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 144 shared votes
87 Aye 57 No
55 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 111 shared votes
55 Aye 56 No
42 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 61 shared votes
42 Aye 19 No
30 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 54 shared votes
30 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
1,517
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
861
56.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
656
43.2% of votes cast
No votes
797
43.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

18
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Appearances
29
-52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 558 of 649
21
-121.3 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 649
Contributions
14
-128.3 vs Commons average
Rank 615 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
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
5
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Housing
45 of 55 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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