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Patrick Spencer vs Bambos Charalambous

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

Photograph of Patrick Spencer
Patrick Spencer
Con Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
vs
Photograph of Bambos Charalambous
Bambos Charalambous
Lab Southgate and Wood Green

Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and Bambos Charalambous voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 310 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 307 different votes 310 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
5 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
33 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
30 Aye 33 No
5 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
30 Aye 33 No
5 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

70.3%
2% below average
Rank 424 of 649
Participation
71.5%
1% below average
Rank 393 of 649
415
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,517
2,121 eligible divisions
193
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
861
56.8% of votes cast
222
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
656
43.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

10
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 649
Appearances
20
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 649
10
-135.9 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 649
Contributions
23
-122.9 vs Commons average
Rank 599 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£159,842
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,772,904
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£269,373
19% above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
0
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
163 of 188 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#3
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 46 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 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
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Voting source Commons Votes API