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{{Infobox MP
|honorific-prefix =
| name = Bambos Charalambous
| birth_name = Charalambos Charalambous
| image = Official portrait of Bambos Charalambous crop 2.jpg
| caption = Official Parliamentary portrait, June 2017
| honorific-suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MP}}
| office = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] <br> for [[Enfield Southgate (UK Parliament constituency)|Enfield Southgate]]
| parliament =
| term_start = 9 June 2017
| term_end =
| majority = 4,355 (9.0%)
| predecessor = [[David Burrowes]]
| successor =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|12|02|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Haringey]], [[London]], England
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
}}
'''Charalambos Charalambous''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MP}} (born 2 December 1967)<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=61961 |date=19 June 2017 |page=11776}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=zbgBGsgCPTG8nF1qrwrsBg&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=26 February 2018|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}</ref> is a British politician. He was elected as the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] MP for [[Enfield Southgate (UK Parliament constituency)|Enfield Southgate]] in [[United Kingdom general election, 2017|2017]].<ref name="parliament">{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/bambos-charalambous/4610|title=Bambos Charalambous MP|website=UK Parliament|accessdate=2 August 2017}}</ref> He is the second MP with Cypriot ancestry, and the first whose parents both have a Cypriot background.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parikiaki.com/2017/06/one-of-our-own-uk-cypriot-bambos-charalambous-new-mp-for-enfield-southgate/ |title=One of our own UK Cypriot Bambos Charalambous new MP for Enfield Southgate|website=Parikiaki|date=9 June 2017 |accessdate=10 June 2017}}</ref>
==Early life==
Charalambous was born in London and raised in [[Bowes Park]], Enfield and has lived there all his life.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boweslabour.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/vote-bambos-charalambous-as-your-labour.html |title=Vote Bambos Charalambous as your Labour MP this Thursday |publisher=Bowes Labour |date=6 May 2015 |accessdate=9 June 2017}}</ref><ref name="enfield-today1">{{cite web|url=http://www.enfield-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=119265&headline=Shock%20win%20for%20the%20underdog%20in%20Enfield%20Southgate§ionIs=news&searchyear=2017 |title=Shock win for the underdog in Enfield Southgate|publisher=Tindle Newspapers|website=Enfield Gazette & Advertiser |date=9 June 2017 |accessdate=9 June 2017|first=Clare|last=Casey}}</ref><ref name="bambos4enfieldsouthgate1">{{cite web|url=http://www.bambos4enfieldsouthgate.co.uk/about/ |title=About|accessdate=9 June 2017|website=Bambos Charalambous for Enfield Southgate}}</ref> His parents come from [[Kalo Chorio, Limassol|Kalo Chorio]] and [[Fasoula, Limassol|Fasoulla]], both near [[Limassol]], in Cyprus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parikiaki.com/2014/03/labour-select-cypriot-mp-candidate-for-enfield-southgat |title=Labour select Cypriot MP candidate for Enfield Southgate|website=Parikiaki|date=10 March 2014 |accessdate=9 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parikiaki.com/2015/01/could-bambos-charalambous-labour-parliamentary-candidate-for-southgate-be-first-cypriot-mp/ |title=Could Bambos Charalambous Labour Parliamentary candidate for Southgate be first Cypriot MP|website=Parikiaki|date=8 January 2015 |accessdate=10 June 2017}}</ref> He was educated at Tottenhall Infants School, St Michael-at-Bowes Junior School (where he is now a school governor), [[Chace Community School|Chace Boys Comprehensive School]], followed by [[The College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London|Tottenham College]] and then [[Liverpool John Moores University|Liverpool Polytechnic]]<ref>{{Who's Who | surname = Charalambous| othernames = Bambos| id = U289518| volume = 2018 | edition = February 2018 online | accessed = 13 February 2018 }}</ref> where he received a law degree and was elected as vice president of the Students' Union in 1990.<ref name="bambos4enfieldsouthgate1"/>
==Career==
Charalambous is a solicitor, and worked for [[Hackney London Borough Council|Hackney Council]] in their housing litigation team.<ref name="bambos4enfieldsouthgate1"/> In the aftermath of the election, Charalambous resigned from his legal job with Hackney Council.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nlhnews.co.uk/article.cfm?id=119467&headline=New%20boy%20Bambos%20talks%20Cyprus,%20justice%20and%20getting%20lost%20in%20the%20corridors%20of%20power§ionIs=news&searchyear=2017|title=New boy Bambos talks Cyprus, justice and getting lost in the corridors of power|work=North London Press|accessdate=13 July 2017|language=en}}</ref>
He has been a member of [[Enfield London Borough Council|Enfield Council]] since 1994 for the [[Palmers Green]] Ward, and is an Associate Cabinet Member.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://governance.enfield.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=136 |title=Councillor details - Bambos Charalambous |publisher=Enfield Council |accessdate=9 June 2017}}</ref>
==Parliamentary career==
Charalambous was the official Labour Party candidate for [[Epping Forest (UK Parliament constituency)|Epping Forest]] in [[United Kingdom general election, 2005|2005]] and for Enfield Southgate in [[United Kingdom general election, 2010|2010]] and [[United Kingdom general election, 2015|2015]], before being elected in 2017.<ref name="enfield-today1"/> He became the first MP to have both parents born in [[Cyprus]]. He is the second MP of Cypriot parentage, after former Conservative MP [[Chris Kelly (British politician)|Chris Kelly]], who represented [[Dudley South (UK Parliament constituency)|Dudley South]] in the [[List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 2010|2010–15 parliament]] had a Cypriot parent.
In January 2018, he was appointed PPS to the Shadow Business Secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/BambosMP/status/953600216405626880|title=I am delighted to have been promoted by @jeremycorbyn as the PPS to @RLong_Bailey Shadow Secretary of State for BEIS. I have been warmly welcomed by Becky and the rest of the team and I look forward to working with them and the Shadow Frontbench Team @UKLabour @SouthgateLabour|last=MP|first=Bambos Charalambous|date=<!--4:09 AM - -->17 January 2018|website=@BambosMP|language=en|access-date=2018-01-18}}</ref>
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