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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 16 Jul 2024 – 31 Dec 2024 · Lynn BOYLAN

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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Period Term202420252026Last 6 months
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Votes Final votes66All roll calls516
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Lynn BOYLAN’s votes against the line, 54

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
18 Dec 2024Amendment 12 to recital E Setting up a Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of officeForAgainstThe Left
18 Dec 2024Amendment 16 to paragraph 4, point 4, point 3 Amendment of Annex VI – Powers and responsibilities of the standing committeesForAgainstThe Left
18 Dec 2024Amendment 15 to paragraph 4, point 4, point 2 Amendment of Annex VI – Powers and responsibilities of the standing committeesForAgainstThe Left
28 Nov 2024Amendment 18 to paragraph 7 Recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environmentsForAgainstThe Left
28 Nov 2024Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 4 Recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environmentsForAgainstThe Left
28 Nov 2024Amendment 15 to paragraph 4 Recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environmentsForAgainstThe Left
28 Nov 2024Final vote — text as a whole Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and RussiaAbstainedAgainstThe Left
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 RussiaAbstainedAgainstThe Left
28 Nov 2024Paragraph 4 — part 2 Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and RussiaAbstainedAgainstThe Left
28 Nov 2024Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 4 Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and RussiaAbstainedAgainstThe Left
28 Nov 2024Amendment 7 to paragraph 21 Georgia's worsening democratic crisis following the recent parliamentary elections and alleged electoral fraudAbstainedAgainstThe Left
28 Nov 2024Paragraph 12 — part 2 Georgia's worsening democratic crisis following the recent parliamentary elections and alleged electoral fraudAbstainedAgainstThe Left
28 Nov 2024Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 1 Georgia's worsening democratic crisis following the recent parliamentary elections and alleged electoral fraudAbstainedAgainstThe Left
14 Nov 2024Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 15 EU actions against the Russian shadow fleets and ensuring a full enforcement of sanctions against RussiaForAgainstThe Left
14 Nov 2024Final vote Faster and Safer Relief of Excess Withholding TaxesAbstainedAgainstThe Left
24 Oct 2024Final vote — text as a whole People’s Republic of China’s misinterpretation of the UN resolution 2758 and its continuous military provocations around TaiwanAbstainedAgainstThe Left
24 Oct 2024Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 17 People’s Republic of China’s misinterpretation of the UN resolution 2758 and its continuous military provocations around TaiwanAbstainedAgainstThe Left
23 Oct 2024Amendment 1 — part 2 Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member StatesAbstainedForThe Left
23 Oct 2024Final vote — text as a whole General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAbstainedAgainstThe Left
23 Oct 2024Amendment 39, adding text after paragraph 79 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsForAgainstThe Left
23 Oct 2024Separate vote on paragraph 62 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAbstainedAgainstThe Left
23 Oct 2024Amendment 27, adding text after paragraph 57 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAbstainedAgainstThe Left
23 Oct 2024Amendment 26, adding text after paragraph 56 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAbstainedAgainstThe Left
23 Oct 2024Amendment 43, adding text after paragraph 51 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsForAgainstThe Left
23 Oct 2024Amendment 22, adding text after paragraph 35 — part 2 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsForAgainstThe Left
23 Oct 2024Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 34 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAbstainedForThe Left
23 Oct 2024Amendment 61, adding text after paragraph 15 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAbstainedForThe Left
23 Oct 2024Amendment 60, adding text after paragraph 15 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAgainstForThe Left
23 Oct 2024Amendment 59, adding text after paragraph 15 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAgainstForThe Left
23 Oct 2024Amendment 58, adding text after paragraph 15 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAgainstForThe Left
23 Oct 2024Amendment 57, adding text after paragraph 15 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAgainstForThe Left
23 Oct 2024Amendment 56, adding text after paragraph 15 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAgainstForThe Left
23 Oct 2024Amendment 55, adding text after paragraph 15 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAgainstForThe Left
23 Oct 2024Amendment 42, adding text after paragraph 15 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAbstainedAgainstThe Left
23 Oct 2024Separate vote on paragraph 15 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAgainstForThe Left
23 Oct 2024Amendment 54, adding text after paragraph 5 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAbstainedForThe Left
23 Oct 2024Amendment 3, adding text before paragraph 1 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAbstainedForThe Left
23 Oct 2024Amendment 733 Draft general budget of the European Union for 2025 – all sectionsAbstainedAgainstThe Left
22 Oct 2024Paragraph 16 — part 2 2022 discharge: EU general budget – European Council and CouncilAgainstForThe Left
22 Oct 2024Separate vote on paragraph 14 2022 discharge: EU general budget – European Council and CouncilAbstainedForThe Left
22 Oct 2024Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 5 Draft amending budget No 4/2024: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to some decentralised agenciesAbstainedAgainstThe Left
22 Oct 2024Paragraph 4 — part 2 Draft amending budget No 4/2024: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to some decentralised agenciesAgainstForThe Left
22 Oct 2024Separate vote on paragraph 6 Draft amending budget No 2/2024: entering the surplus of the financial year 2023AgainstForThe Left
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 integrationAbstainedForThe Left
19 Sept 2024Amendment 25 to citation 2 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedAgainstThe Left
19 Sept 2024Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 23 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedAgainstThe Left
19 Sept 2024Amendment 20, adding text after paragraph 8 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForThe Left
19 Sept 2024Separate vote on paragraph 8 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedAgainstThe Left
19 Sept 2024Amendment 19, adding text after paragraph 7 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForThe Left
19 Sept 2024Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 3 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForThe Left
Show all 54 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
19 Sept 2024Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 2 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForThe Left
19 Sept 2024Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 2 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForThe Left
19 Sept 2024Paragraph 2 — part 3 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedAgainstThe Left
17 Jul 2024Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 8 The need for the EU's continuous support for UkraineAbstainedForThe Left

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
Lynn BOYLAN , The Left · Ireland 12.1 %4462034053

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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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2024-01-01&mep=124984&to=2024-12-31
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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 · Lynn BOYLAN”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2024-01-01&mep=124984&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 · Lynn BOYLAN}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2024-01-01&mep=124984&to=2024-12-31}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2024-01-01&mep=124984&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}
}