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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 16 Jul 2024 – 31 Dec 2024 · Nicolas BAY

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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Votes Final votes66All roll calls516
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Nicolas BAY’s votes against the line, 88

Every vote in the selection where the member’s position differed from their group’s clear line, newest first.

Position: the member’s vote. Clear line: the position of at least two thirds of Group (at least 10 members voting), the group they sat in on that day.
DateVotePositionClear lineGroup
19 Dec 2024Paragraph 1, point u — part 1 Recommendation to the Council on the EU priorities for the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of WomenAgainstAbstainedECR
19 Dec 2024Paragraph 1, point r — part 1 Recommendation to the Council on the EU priorities for the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of WomenAgainstForECR
19 Dec 2024Amendment 3 to paragraph 1, after point q Recommendation to the Council on the EU priorities for the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of WomenAgainstForECR
19 Dec 2024Paragraph 1, point q — part 1 Recommendation to the Council on the EU priorities for the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of WomenForAgainstECR
19 Dec 2024Separate vote on paragraph 6 Continued repression of civil society and independent media in Azerbaijan and the cases of Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu, Anar Mammadli, Kamran Mammadli, Rufat Safarov and Meydan TVForAgainstECR
19 Dec 2024Amendment 1 to paragraph 6 Continued repression of civil society and independent media in Azerbaijan and the cases of Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu, Anar Mammadli, Kamran Mammadli, Rufat Safarov and Meydan TVAgainstForECR
19 Dec 2024Final vote on the motion for a resolution Human rights situation in Kyrgyzstan, in particular the case of Temirlan SultanbekovAbstainedForECR
18 Dec 2024Amendment 8 to recital B Setting up a Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of officeAbstainedAgainstECR
18 Dec 2024Amendment 11 to paragraph 1, point o Setting up a Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of officeAbstainedForECR
18 Dec 2024Amendments 9 + 14 (voted as one) to paragraph 4, after point 2, point 3 and after point 3 Amendment of Annex VI – Powers and responsibilities of the standing committeesAbstainedAgainstECR
18 Dec 2024Amendment 4 to paragraph 4, point 2, paragraph 4 Amendment of Annex VI – Powers and responsibilities of the standing committeesAbstainedAgainstECR
18 Dec 2024Amendment 7 to paragraph 4, point 1 Amendment of Annex VI – Powers and responsibilities of the standing committeesForAgainstECR
18 Dec 2024Amendment 6 to paragraph 1 Amendment of Annex VI – Powers and responsibilities of the standing committeesForAgainstECR
17 Dec 2024Final vote — text as a whole Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2023AgainstForECR
17 Dec 2024Amendment 3 to paragraph 27 Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2023AgainstForECR
17 Dec 2024Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 13 Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2023ForAgainstECR
17 Dec 2024Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2024/002 BE/Limburg machinery and paper – BelgiumAbstainedForECR
28 Nov 2024Amendment 16 to paragraph 5 — part 2 Recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environmentsAbstainedForECR
28 Nov 2024Amendment 2, adding text after recital T Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and RussiaAbstainedAgainstECR
28 Nov 2024Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 19 Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and RussiaAbstainedAgainstECR
28 Nov 2024Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 19 Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and RussiaForAgainstECR
28 Nov 2024Amendment 12 to paragraph 14 Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and RussiaAbstainedForECR
28 Nov 2024Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 5 Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and RussiaForAgainstECR
28 Nov 2024Paragraph 5 — part 2 Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and RussiaAgainstForECR
28 Nov 2024Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 2 Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and RussiaAbstainedAgainstECR
28 Nov 2024Final vote — text as a whole Georgia's worsening democratic crisis following the recent parliamentary elections and alleged electoral fraudAbstainedForECR
28 Nov 2024Amendment 7 to paragraph 21 Georgia's worsening democratic crisis following the recent parliamentary elections and alleged electoral fraudAbstainedForECR
28 Nov 2024Final vote — text as a whole The shrinking space for civil society in Cambodia, in particular the case of the labour rights organisation CENTRALAbstainedForECR
28 Nov 2024Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 1 Georgia's worsening democratic crisis following the recent parliamentary elections and alleged electoral fraudForAbstainedECR
28 Nov 2024Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 1 Georgia's worsening democratic crisis following the recent parliamentary elections and alleged electoral fraudAbstainedAgainstECR
14 Nov 2024Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 15 EU actions against the Russian shadow fleets and ensuring a full enforcement of sanctions against RussiaForAbstainedECR
14 Nov 2024Paragraph 15 — part 2 EU actions against the Russian shadow fleets and ensuring a full enforcement of sanctions against RussiaAgainstForECR
14 Nov 2024Amendment 14, adding text after paragraph 56 UN Climate Change Conference 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29)ForAbstainedECR
14 Nov 2024Amendment 12 to paragraph 41 UN Climate Change Conference 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29)ForAbstainedECR
14 Nov 2024Final vote on the draft Council decision Amendment of the EIB’s StatuteAgainstForECR
14 Nov 2024Amendment 10 to Article 1, paragraph 1, before point 1 Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 Deforestation Regulation: provisions relating to the date of applicationAgainstForECR
24 Oct 2024Final vote — text as a whole Situation in Azerbaijan, violation of human rights and international law and relations with ArmeniaForAbstainedECR
24 Oct 2024Paragraph 10 — part 2 Situation in Azerbaijan, violation of human rights and international law and relations with ArmeniaForAgainstECR
24 Oct 2024Amendment 2 to paragraph 10 Situation in Azerbaijan, violation of human rights and international law and relations with ArmeniaForAgainstECR
24 Oct 2024Amendment 1 to paragraph 10 Situation in Azerbaijan, violation of human rights and international law and relations with ArmeniaForAgainstECR
22 Oct 2024Final vote — text as a whole 2022 discharge: EU general budget – European Council and CouncilAgainstAbstainedECR
22 Oct 2024Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2024/001 BE/Match-SmatchAbstainedForECR
22 Oct 2024Final vote — text as a whole Draft amending budget No 4/2024: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to some decentralised agenciesAgainstForECR
22 Oct 2024Final vote — text as a whole Draft amending budget No 2/2024: entering the surplus of the financial year 2023AgainstForECR
9 Oct 2024Final vote — text as a whole The democratic backsliding and threats to political pluralism in GeorgiaAbstainedForECR
9 Oct 2024Paragraph 22 — part 2 The democratic backsliding and threats to political pluralism in GeorgiaAbstainedForECR
9 Oct 2024Paragraph 22 — part 1 The democratic backsliding and threats to political pluralism in GeorgiaAbstainedForECR
9 Oct 2024Separate vote on paragraph 9 The democratic backsliding and threats to political pluralism in GeorgiaAbstainedForECR
9 Oct 2024Paragraph 2 — part 2 The democratic backsliding and threats to political pluralism in GeorgiaAbstainedForECR
9 Oct 2024Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 1 The democratic backsliding and threats to political pluralism in GeorgiaForAgainstECR
Show all 88 votes
Position: the member’s vote. Clear line: the position of at least two thirds of Group (at least 10 members voting), the group they sat in on that day.
DateVotePositionClear lineGroup
9 Oct 2024Paragraph 1 — part 1 The democratic backsliding and threats to political pluralism in GeorgiaAbstainedForECR
9 Oct 2024Amendment 2 to paragraph 1 The democratic backsliding and threats to political pluralism in GeorgiaAbstainedAgainstECR
9 Oct 2024Final vote — text as a whole Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian interference ahead of the upcoming presidential elections and a constitutional referendum on EU integrationAbstainedForECR
9 Oct 2024Paragraph 9 — part 2 Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian interference ahead of the upcoming presidential elections and a constitutional referendum on EU integrationAgainstForECR
9 Oct 2024Separate vote on paragraph 8 Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian interference ahead of the upcoming presidential elections and a constitutional referendum on EU integrationAgainstForECR
9 Oct 2024Amendment 1 to paragraph 7 Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian interference ahead of the upcoming presidential elections and a constitutional referendum on EU integrationAbstainedForECR
9 Oct 2024Separate vote on paragraph 5 Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian interference ahead of the upcoming presidential elections and a constitutional referendum on EU integrationAbstainedForECR
19 Sept 2024Amendment 6 to recital J The devastating floods in central and eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate changeAbstainedForECR
19 Sept 2024Separate vote on recital C The devastating floods in central and eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate changeAbstainedAgainstECR
19 Sept 2024Amendment 25 to citation 2 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForECR
19 Sept 2024Amendment 11, adding text before paragraph 1 Situation in VenezuelaAbstainedAgainstECR
19 Sept 2024Amendment 10, adding text after recital H Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedAgainstECR
19 Sept 2024Amendment 1 to recital H — part 1 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedAgainstECR
19 Sept 2024Paragraph 19 — part 3 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAgainstForECR
19 Sept 2024Amendment 2 to paragraph 14 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAgainstForECR
19 Sept 2024Separate vote on paragraph 12 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForECR
19 Sept 2024Amendment 8 to paragraph 12 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesForAgainstECR
19 Sept 2024Separate vote on paragraph 11 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAgainstForECR
19 Sept 2024Amendment 22, adding text after paragraph 10 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesForAgainstECR
19 Sept 2024Amendment 20, adding text after paragraph 8 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedAgainstECR
19 Sept 2024Amendment 19, adding text after paragraph 7 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedAgainstECR
19 Sept 2024Separate vote on paragraph 7 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForECR
19 Sept 2024Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 3 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedAgainstECR
19 Sept 2024Amendment 14, adding text after paragraph 3 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesForAgainstECR
19 Sept 2024Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 2 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedAgainstECR
19 Sept 2024Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 2 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedAgainstECR
19 Sept 2024Paragraph 2 — part 2 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAgainstForECR
19 Sept 2024Paragraph 2 — part 1 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForECR
19 Sept 2024Separate vote on paragraph 6 The case of José Daniel Ferrier García in CubaAgainstForECR
17 Jul 2024Paragraph 5 — part 5 The need for the EU's continuous support for UkraineAbstainedForECR
17 Jul 2024Paragraph 5 — part 3 The need for the EU's continuous support for UkraineAbstainedForECR
17 Jul 2024Paragraph 5 — part 2 The need for the EU's continuous support for UkraineAgainstForECR
17 Jul 2024Paragraph 4 — part 3 The need for the EU's continuous support for UkraineAbstainedForECR
17 Jul 2024Paragraph 4 — part 2 The need for the EU's continuous support for UkraineAbstainedForECR
17 Jul 2024Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 3 The need for the EU's continuous support for UkraineForAgainstECR
17 Jul 2024Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 3 The need for the EU's continuous support for UkraineForAgainstECR
17 Jul 2024Paragraph 3 — part 1 The need for the EU's continuous support for UkraineAgainstForECR
17 Jul 2024Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 1 The need for the EU's continuous support for UkraineAbstainedAgainstECR

By member, 1

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
Nicolas BAY , ECR · France 27.8 %3173645785

About these figures

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

  • 516 votes considered (all roll-call votes matching the filters; scope).
  • 15 of 81 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 · 16 Jul 2024 – 31 Dec 2024 · Nicolas BAY”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2024-01-01&mep=124760&to=2024-12-31 (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 · 16 Jul 2024 – 31 Dec 2024 · Nicolas BAY}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2024-01-01&mep=124760&to=2024-12-31}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2024-01-01&mep=124760&to=2024-12-31},
  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}
}