Bambos Charalambous, MP for Southgate and Wood Green
Bambos Charalambous has been an MP since 2017. Currently: Administration Committee; Procedure Committee.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs) (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) | 2021 to 2023 | |
| Shadow Minister (Home Office) (Home Office) | 2020 to 2021 | |
| Opposition Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2018 to 2020 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Administration Committee | 2025 to now | Now |
| Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill | 2025 | |
| Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill [HL] | 2024 | |
| Procedure Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| Justice Committee | 2024 | |
| Tobacco and Vapes Bill | 2024 | |
| School Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) Bill | 2024 | |
| Nationality and Borders Bill | 2021 |
Show the other 5
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill | 2021 | |
| Procedure Committee | 2020 to 2023 | |
| Finance Committee (Commons) | 2019 | |
| Procedure Committee | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Justice Committee | 2017 to 2019 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Bambos Charalambous has 7 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Greece between 21 July 2026 and 27 July 2026 | 20 Aug 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Malawi between 23 May 2026 and 01 June 2026 | 29 Jun 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Music Publishers Association - £1,314.00 | 18 Jun 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | English National Opera - £358.00 | 12 Feb 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | The Football Association Premier League Ltd - £550.00 | 10 Feb 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Cyprus between 10 October 2025 and 13 October 2025 | 6 Nov 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Director and Trustee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch) | 31 Oct 2024 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Bambos Charalambous asked 50 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
50 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Bambos Charalambous represents Southgate and Wood Green. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Bambos Charalambous won with 51% of the votes, and Eric Sukumaran (Conservative) came second with 18%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bambos Charalambous | Labour | 23,337 | 51.1% |
| Eric Sukumaran | Conservative | 8,037 | 17.6% |
| Charith Gunawardena | Green Party | 5,607 | 12.3% |
| Lauren Fulbright | Liberal Democrat | 3,925 | 8.6% |
| Lucy O'Sullivan | Reform UK | 3,147 | 6.9% |
| Geoff Moseley | Workers Party of Britain | 833 | 1.8% |
| Karl Vidol | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 785 | 1.7% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Bambos Charalambous took part in 184 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Bambos Charalambous voted the same way as their party in 184 of the 184 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this