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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 1,206 shared comparable votes.

1,206 same votes 0 different votes 1,206 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 66 No
Tax 100% aligned 179 shared votes
113 Aye 66 No
88 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 145 shared votes
88 Aye 57 No
56 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 115 shared votes
56 Aye 59 No
46 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 69 shared votes
46 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 27 No
Transport 100% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
113 Aye 66 No
Tax 100% aligned 179 shared votes
113 Aye 66 No
88 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 145 shared votes
88 Aye 57 No
56 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 115 shared votes
56 Aye 59 No
46 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 69 shared votes
46 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 27 No
Transport 100% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 270 of 650
1,545
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,843
2,406 eligible divisions
873
56.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,035
56.2% of votes cast
672
43.5% of votes cast
No votes
808
43.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

21
-69.0 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 650
Appearances
32
-58.0 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 650
24
-132.6 vs Commons average
Rank 604 of 650
Contributions
14
-142.6 vs Commons average
Rank 619 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
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
7
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
75 of 82 votes
#1
Education
91 of 96 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 47 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Housing
45 of 55 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 96 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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