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Bambos Charalambous vs Zarah Sultana

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 Zarah Sultana
Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South

Voting alignment

Bambos Charalambous and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 89% of the time, based on 819 shared comparable votes.

725 same votes 94 different votes 819 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 17 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 56% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 18 No
Benefits 68% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
29 Aye 8 No
Housing 76% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 10 No
Trade 85% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
33 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 86% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 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
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 649
1,517
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
861
56.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
639
51.6% of votes cast
656
43.2% of votes cast
No votes
599
48.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

20
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 649
Appearances
18
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 603 of 649
23
-122.9 vs Commons average
Rank 599 of 649
Contributions
20
-125.9 vs Commons average
Rank 606 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
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£269,373
19% above average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
6 registered categories
5
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Housing
46 of 54 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 53 votes
Housing
45 of 55 votes
#5
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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