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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 892 shared comparable votes.

29 same votes 863 different votes 892 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 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
33 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

87.7%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 649
Participation
71.5%
1% below average
Rank 393 of 649
1,454
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,517
2,121 eligible divisions
714
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
861
56.8% of votes cast
740
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
656
43.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Appearances
19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 649
79
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Contributions
22
-121.5 vs Commons average
Rank 597 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
6
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
52 of 53 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
Housing
45 of 55 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 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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