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Gareth Bacon vs Bambos Charalambous

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington
vs
Photograph of Bambos Charalambous
Bambos Charalambous
Lab Southgate and Wood Green

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Bambos Charalambous voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 882 shared comparable votes.

29 same votes 853 different votes 882 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 16 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 26 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 15 No
Energy 5% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 12 No
Transport 3% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
50 Aye 85 No
Tax 1% aligned 135 shared votes
83 Aye 52 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
31 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
30 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 24 No
Migration 0% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 18 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 50 of 649
Participation
71.5 %
1 % below average
Rank 397 of 649
1,438
1,638 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,502
2,101 eligible divisions
705
49.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
856
57.0 % of votes cast
733
51.0 % of votes cast
No votes
646
43.0 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

47
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 649
Appearances
22
-53.7 vs Commons average
Rank 575 of 649
60
-74.5 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 649
Contributions
26
-108.5 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,772,904
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£269,373
19 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Trade
50 of 51 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
Migration
146 of 154 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 40 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
Aye
Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]: Second Reading 12 Oct 2022
Aye
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