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Cohesion

Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · political groups · per part-session · abstentions counted

How united do the groups vote — over time, and on the votes of each committee or topic?

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Period Term202420252026Last 6 months
Custom dates
Votes Final votes620All roll calls5 928
Blocs GroupsDelegations
Periods Part-sessionsQuartersMonthsWhole period
Positions For, against, abstainedFor and against only ⓘ

Cohesion over time

Agreement Index per part-session, from 0 (evenly split) to 1 (all voted the same). A vote counts for a bloc when at least 10 of its members and a third of its seats voted; a gap is a period with fewer than 20 votes counted.

Cohesion of the groups per part-session, 17 Jul 2024 – 18 Jul 2024 to 14 Sept 2026 – 17 Sept 2026: Agreement Index from 0 (evenly split) to 1 (all voted the same).

17 Jul 2024 – 18 Jul 2024 → 14 Sept 2026 – 17 Sept 2026; each panel highlights one series, the others faint behind it.

Dashed: a period with fewer than 20 votes counted (no value) between two that have one.

Data as a table
Agreement Index per period (0 = evenly split, 1 = all voted the same), with the votes counted in it. — : fewer than 20 votes counted in the period (a vote counts for a bloc when at least 10 of its members and a third of its seats voted).
PeriodThe LeftGreensS&DRenewEPPECRPatriotsESN
17 Jul 2024 – 18 Jul 2024—1 vote—1 vote—1 vote—1 vote—1 vote—1 vote—1 vote—1 vote
16 Sept 2024 – 19 Sept 2024—8 votes—8 votes—8 votes—7 votes—8 votes—8 votes—8 votes—8 votes
7 Oct 2024 – 10 Oct 2024—4 votes—4 votes—4 votes—4 votes—4 votes—4 votes—4 votes—4 votes
21 Oct 2024 – 24 Oct 2024—9 votes—9 votes—9 votes—9 votes—9 votes—9 votes—9 votes—9 votes
13 Nov 2024 – 14 Nov 2024—5 votes—5 votes—5 votes—5 votes—5 votes—5 votes—5 votes—5 votes
25 Nov 2024 – 28 Nov 20240.8521 votes0.9421 votes0.9421 votes0.6821 votes0.7221 votes0.6821 votes0.7821 votes0.9121 votes
17 Dec 2024 – 19 Dec 2024—18 votes—18 votes—18 votes—18 votes—18 votes—18 votes—18 votes—18 votes
20 Jan 2025 – 23 Jan 2025—6 votes—6 votes—6 votes—6 votes—6 votes—6 votes—6 votes—6 votes
10 Feb 2025 – 13 Feb 2025—10 votes—10 votes—10 votes—10 votes—10 votes—10 votes—10 votes—10 votes
10 Mar 2025 – 13 Mar 2025—14 votes—14 votes—14 votes—14 votes—14 votes—14 votes—14 votes—14 votes
31 Mar 2025 – 3 Apr 20250.7821 votes0.8521 votes0.9221 votes0.9921 votes0.9321 votes0.7721 votes0.7921 votes0.8921 votes
5 May 2025 – 8 May 20250.8036 votes0.9536 votes0.9436 votes0.9336 votes0.9136 votes0.6936 votes0.6936 votes0.9036 votes
21 May 2025 – 22 May 2025—6 votes—6 votes—6 votes—6 votes—6 votes—6 votes—6 votes—6 votes
16 Jun 2025 – 19 Jun 20250.7821 votes0.9821 votes0.9621 votes0.9521 votes0.9521 votes0.7021 votes0.6721 votes0.8221 votes
7 Jul 2025 – 10 Jul 20250.7929 votes0.9629 votes0.9529 votes0.9429 votes0.9429 votes0.8129 votes0.7129 votes0.8429 votes
8 Sept 2025 – 11 Sept 20250.7329 votes0.9329 votes0.9329 votes0.9229 votes0.9429 votes0.8429 votes0.7329 votes0.8529 votes
6 Oct 2025 – 9 Oct 20250.8324 votes0.9324 votes0.9524 votes0.8724 votes0.9024 votes0.7324 votes0.7424 votes0.8824 votes
20 Oct 2025 – 23 Oct 2025—19 votes—19 votes—19 votes—19 votes—19 votes—19 votes—19 votes—19 votes
13 Nov 2025—16 votes—16 votes—16 votes—16 votes—16 votes—16 votes—16 votes—16 votes
24 Nov 2025 – 27 Nov 20250.8034 votes0.9734 votes0.9634 votes0.7934 votes0.8434 votes0.7834 votes0.7034 votes0.8434 votes
15 Dec 2025 – 18 Dec 20250.8328 votes0.9328 votes0.9228 votes0.8228 votes0.9128 votes0.8228 votes0.7428 votes0.8428 votes
20 Jan 2026 – 22 Jan 20260.7421 votes0.9022 votes0.9322 votes0.9422 votes0.9422 votes0.7522 votes0.7222 votes0.8822 votes
9 Feb 2026 – 12 Feb 20260.7926 votes0.8726 votes0.9426 votes0.7726 votes0.8226 votes0.8126 votes0.7226 votes0.8826 votes
24 Feb 2026—1 vote—1 vote—1 vote—1 vote—1 vote—1 vote—1 vote—1 vote
9 Mar 2026 – 12 Mar 20260.6827 votes0.9527 votes0.9627 votes0.9227 votes0.9627 votes0.6627 votes0.6727 votes0.8327 votes
25 Mar 2026 – 26 Mar 2026—13 votes—13 votes—13 votes—13 votes—13 votes—13 votes—13 votes—13 votes
27 Apr 2026 – 30 Apr 20260.7842 votes0.9342 votes0.9742 votes0.9242 votes0.9242 votes0.7542 votes0.7442 votes0.8142 votes
18 May 2026 – 21 May 20260.7325 votes0.9225 votes0.9625 votes0.9625 votes0.9625 votes0.8125 votes0.6825 votes0.8025 votes
15 Jun 2026 – 18 Jun 20260.7432 votes0.9232 votes0.9432 votes0.8833 votes0.9333 votes0.7633 votes0.7332 votes0.8532 votes
6 Jul 2026 – 9 Jul 20260.7334 votes0.9334 votes0.9134 votes0.8734 votes0.8934 votes0.6834 votes0.6834 votes0.8934 votes
14 Sept 2026 – 17 Sept 20260.7638 votes0.8938 votes0.9538 votes0.8638 votes0.9038 votes0.8138 votes0.6638 votes0.8538 votes
Whole period0.770.930.940.890.910.760.720.85
Votes considered618619619619620620619619

Over the whole selection

Each group’s Agreement Index over every vote in the selection where enough of its members voted.

Cohesion: the Agreement Index (0–1) over the votes counted — votes where at least 10 members and a third of the seats voted; — : fewer than 20 such votes. Seats: members now. Order as the backend lists the blocs, not a ranking.
GroupCohesionVotes countedSeats
The Left 0.7761844
Greens 0.9361953
S&D 0.94619135
Renew 0.8961978
EPP 0.91620184
ECR 0.7662084
Patriots 0.7261985
ESN 0.8561927

The tables by committee and by topic are computed over a whole period: choose Whole period.

About these figures

What was counted, what was left out, and how.

  • 620 votes considered (final votes matching the filters; scope).
  • 174 of 794 decisions in the period had no final vote recorded by name (a show of hands or a count without names) and cannot be measured.
  • 7 times a bloc had too few members voting on a vote (fewer than 10, or under a third of its seats) and was left out of that vote (turnout rule).
  • Cohesion is the Agreement Index: 1 when every voting member took the same position, 0 when the bloc split evenly three ways (method). A bloc counts on a vote only when at least 10 of its members and a third of its seats voted; the non-attached have no group cohesion.
  • Months are offered for all roll calls only, and a month needs at least 20 votes.
  • Each member is counted in the group they belonged to on the day of the vote (group at the date).
  • Roll calls are not a random sample: final votes on laws are recorded by name, most other roll calls because a group asked for it. A group’s line is inferred from its members’ votes; the Parliament publishes no whip.
  • Methods: Cohesion (Agreement Index) v1, Final votes and all roll calls v1, Group at the date of the vote v1.
  • Data as of 25 Sept 2026, 03:36 UTC (data stamp f37e5638cded, code 6d4005c55bde; what the stamp is).
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data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1 · methods
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EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Cohesion — Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · political groups · per part-session · abstentions counted”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/cohesion?bucket=session&to=2026-09-25 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0); data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1.
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@misc{epw-analysis-2026-09-25,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Cohesion — Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · political groups · per part-session · abstentions counted}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/cohesion?bucket=session&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/cohesion?bucket=session&to=2026-09-25},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Analysis. Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0); data version f37e5638cded (25 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1}
}