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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2025 · Finland

Which members voted against their group’s clear line, how often compared with the votes where the group had one, and did they vote with their national party when they did?

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Members with at least one vote where their group had a clear line. Order: by rate, for members with at least 300 clear-line votes (the rest follow by name) — not a ranking.

Against the line: votes against the group’s clear line ÷ clear-line votes (votes where the member’s group at the date had a clear line and the member voted); a count below 50. Of the votes against: opposite (for ↔ against), abstained against the line, other (for or against when the line was to abstain), and with own party — with the majority of their national party’s members in the group (at least two voting).
MemberAgainst the lineClear-line votesOppositeAbstainedOtherWith own party
Sebastian TYNKKYNEN , ECR · Finland Their votes against the line23.3 %2 119298111840
Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN , EPP · Finland Their votes against the line15.8 %2 5183712156
Merja KYLLÖNEN , The Left · Finland Their votes against the line10.9 %2 4921529326180
Li ANDERSSON , The Left · Finland Their votes against the line8.5 %2 557989822209
Jussi SARAMO , The Left · Finland Their votes against the line8.5 %2 64810010024212
Eero HEINÄLUOMA , S&D · Finland Their votes against the line4.4 %2 4334561241
Katri KULMUNI , Renew · Finland Their votes against the line3.2 %2 0325511038
Maria GUZENINA , S&D · Finland Their votes against the line3.1 %2 4353342141
Aura SALLA , EPP · Finland Their votes against the line3.1 %2 311492206
Elsi KATAINEN , Renew · Finland Their votes against the line2.1 %2 709489138
Anna-Maja HENRIKSSON , Renew · Finland Their votes against the line1.5 %2 455191700
Mika AALTOLA , EPP · Finland Their votes against the line0.8 %2 42318202
Pekka TOVERI , EPP · Finland Their votes against the line0.5 %2 36712003
Ville NIINISTÖ , Greens · Finland Their votes against the line0.2 %2 3931211
Maria OHISALO , Greens · Finland Their votes against the line0.1 %2 0052101

About these figures

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

  • 2 891 votes considered (all roll-call votes matching the filters; scope).
  • 78 of 371 decisions in the period had no final vote recorded by name (a show of hands or a count without names) and cannot be measured.
  • A vote counts against the group’s line when the group’s clear line — at least two thirds of its votes cast, with at least 10 members voting — was different from the member’s position; a divided group has no line to vote against (method). This is a different rule from group loyalty, which uses the majority line (loyalty).
  • Ordered by rate, only members with at least 300 votes where their group had a clear line are compared; fewer votes make a rate unstable, and below 50 the figure is shown as a count.
  • 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: Voted against the group’s clear line v1, Voted with the group’s majority line v1, Final votes and all roll calls v1, Group at the date of the vote v1.
  • Data as of 29 Sept 2026, 03:29 UTC (data stamp 2b7a29b98b0d, code 6d4005c55bde; what the stamp is).
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data version 2b7a29b98b0d (29 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). “Votes against the group’s line — All roll calls · 1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2025 · Finland”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?country=FI&from=2025-01-01&to=2025-12-31 (retrieved 29 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0); data version 2b7a29b98b0d (29 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-2026-09-29,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Votes against the group’s line — All roll calls · 1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2025 · Finland}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?country=FI&from=2025-01-01&to=2025-12-31}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?country=FI&from=2025-01-01&to=2025-12-31},
  urldate = {2026-09-29},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Analysis. Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0); data version 2b7a29b98b0d (29 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}
}