Official portrait of Bambos Charalambous

Bambos Charalambous

Labour MP for Southgate and Wood Green, since 8 June 2017

Bambos Charalambous is the Labour MP for Southgate and Wood Green, and has been an MP continually since 8 June 2017.

Scorecard

79.8% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
447 Votes cast out of 575 divisions, plus 12 as teller
116 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
6 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
495 Debates spoken in 519 written questions tabled

Ranked 177 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 49 Aye 332–160
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 48 Aye 328–160
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 47 Aye 327–164
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 46 Aye 314–178
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 23 Aye 329–163
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 8 Aye 316–172
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 Aye 330–158
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye 326–160
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill: Third Reading Aye 362–87
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 No 153–300
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 23 No 158–297
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 58 No 92–364
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No 69–300
9 Sep 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Second Reading No vote 330–179
9 Sep 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Reasoned Amendment No vote 116–333
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 64 Aye 335–160
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 53 Aye 401–96
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39 Aye 325–171
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 Aye 404–98
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 19 Aye 336–158
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 18 Aye 402–97
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 Aye 398–93
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 Aye 338–74
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 Aye 331–73
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye 336–77

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Music Publishers Association
Address of donor: 107 Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8TZ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: One ticket and hospitality at the Ivor Novello Awards, value £1,314
Date received: 21 May 2026
Date accepted: 21 May 2026
Donor status: company, registration 00140248
(Registered 18 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

Name of donor: The Football Association Premier League Ltd
Address of donor: Brunel Building, 57 North Wharf Road, London W2 1HQ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Ticket and hospitality to watch the Champions League football match between Chelsea and Pafos on 21 January 2026, value £550
Date received: 21 January 2026
Date accepted: 21 January 2026
Donor status: company, registration 02719699
(Registered 10 February 2026)

On the register since 24 Feb 2026

Name of donor: English National Opera
Address of donor: London Coliseum, St Martins Lane, London, WC2N 4ES
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets and hospitality for 'Cosi Fan Tutte' opera at the Coliseum on Friday 6 February 2026, value £358
Date received: 6 February 2026
Date accepted: 6 February 2026
Donor status: company, registration 00426792
(Registered 12 February 2026)

On the register since 24 Feb 2026

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Results Education
Address of donor: DC - 207 The Clarence Centre, 6 St. Georges Circus, London SE1 6FE
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights to and from Malawi (£1,791.29), accommodation in Malawi (£850.00) and meals (£248.90), value £2,889.29
Destination of visit: Malawi (Lilongwe and Salima)
Dates of visit: 23 May 2026 to 1 June 2026
Purpose of visit: To visit schools in Malawi and meet Parliamentarians and officials involved in delivering primary education and to see the impact that UK Government funded initiatives are having on education in Malawi.
(Registered 29 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

Name of donor: Morphou Municipality
Address of donor: 2 Aglantzias Avenue, 2108 Aglantzia, Nicosia Cyprus
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Accommodation for three nights (£482.96), transport (£200 estimate) and meals (£150 estimate), value £832.96
Destination of visit: Cyprus (Nicosia)
Dates of visit: 10 October 2025 to 13 October 2025
Purpose of visit: To attend the annual Morphou Rally and associated events in Cyprus, to meet with the Mayor and councillors of the Morphou Municipality, other politicians and members from civil society.
(Registered 6 November 2025)

On the register since 18 Nov 2025

8. Miscellaneous

Director and Trustee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch)
Date interest arose: 16 October 2024
(Registered 31 October 2024)

On the register since 13 Nov 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

495 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

1 donation accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £2,889 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
23 May 2026 Mr Bambos Charalambous sitting MP Results Education Other Visit £2,889

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 4 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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