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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 16 Jul 2024 – 31 Dec 2024 · Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE

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
Order Highest rate firstBy name

Showing Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE only. Show every member

Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE’s votes against the line, 48

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 2024Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote Amending Directive 2009/38/EC as regards the establishment and functioning of European Works Councils and the effective enforcement of transnational information and consultation rightsForAgainstPatriots
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 officeAbstainedAgainstPatriots
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 officeForAgainstPatriots
18 Dec 2024Amendment 10 to paragraph 1, point h Setting up a Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of officeForAgainstPatriots
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 RussiaAbstainedAgainstPatriots
28 Nov 2024Paragraph 12 — part 2 Georgia's worsening democratic crisis following the recent parliamentary elections and alleged electoral fraudAbstainedForPatriots
27 Nov 2024Final vote on the motion for a resolution Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Germany and Italy relating to floods occurred in 2024AbstainedForPatriots
27 Nov 2024Final vote on the motion for a resolution Draft amending budget No 5/2024: adjustment in payment appropriations, update of revenues and other technical updatesAgainstAbstainedPatriots
14 Nov 2024Amendment 12 to Article 1, paragraph 1, after point 1 Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 Article 30, paragraph 4 Deforestation Regulation: provisions relating to the date of applicationAbstainedForPatriots
24 Oct 2024Paragraph 6 — part 1 People’s Republic of China’s misinterpretation of the UN resolution 2758 and its continuous military provocations around TaiwanAbstainedForPatriots
23 Oct 2024Amendment 1 — part 2 Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member StatesForAgainstPatriots
23 Oct 2024Amendment 39, adding text after paragraph 79 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAbstainedForPatriots
23 Oct 2024Amendment 38, adding text after paragraph 79 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAbstainedForPatriots
23 Oct 2024Amendment 31, adding text after paragraph 63 — part 1 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAgainstForPatriots
23 Oct 2024Paragraph 54 — part 2 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAgainstForPatriots
23 Oct 2024Amendment 23, adding text after paragraph 43 — part 1 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAgainstForPatriots
23 Oct 2024Amendment 22, adding text after paragraph 35 — part 1 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAgainstForPatriots
23 Oct 2024Separate vote on paragraph 31 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAgainstForPatriots
23 Oct 2024Amendment 21, adding text after paragraph 27 — part 1 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAgainstForPatriots
23 Oct 2024Amendment 726 Draft general budget of the European Union for 2025 – all sectionsAgainstForPatriots
23 Oct 2024Amendment 314 Draft general budget of the European Union for 2025 – all sectionsAgainstForPatriots
23 Oct 2024Amendment 725 Draft general budget of the European Union for 2025 – all sectionsAgainstForPatriots
22 Oct 2024Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2024/001 BE/Match-SmatchAbstainedForPatriots
22 Oct 2024Final vote — text as a whole Draft amending budget No 4/2024: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to some decentralised agenciesForAgainstPatriots
10 Oct 2024Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 3 The cases of unjustly imprisoned Uyghurs in China, notably Ilham Tohti and Gulshan AbbasForAgainstPatriots
8 Oct 2024Final vote Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Greece and France further to natural disasters that occurred in 2023AbstainedForPatriots
19 Sept 2024Paragraph 21 — part 2 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 changeAbstainedAgainstPatriots
19 Sept 2024Separate vote on paragraph 10 Situation in VenezuelaAbstainedForPatriots
19 Sept 2024Final vote — text as a whole Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedAgainstPatriots
19 Sept 2024Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 23 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedAgainstPatriots
19 Sept 2024Paragraph 19 — part 3 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedAgainstPatriots
19 Sept 2024Separate vote on paragraph 12 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAgainstAbstainedPatriots
19 Sept 2024Amendment 8 to paragraph 12 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesForAbstainedPatriots
19 Sept 2024Separate vote on paragraph 11 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedAgainstPatriots
19 Sept 2024Paragraph 9 — part 1 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedAgainstPatriots
19 Sept 2024Amendment 7 to paragraph 9 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesForAgainstPatriots
19 Sept 2024Amendment 19, adding text after paragraph 7 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForPatriots
19 Sept 2024Amendment 18, adding text after paragraph 7 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedAgainstPatriots
19 Sept 2024Amendment 6 to paragraph 6 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedAgainstPatriots
19 Sept 2024Paragraph 2 — part 3 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedAgainstPatriots
19 Sept 2024Paragraph 2 — part 2 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForPatriots
19 Sept 2024Paragraph 2 — part 1 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForPatriots
19 Sept 2024Separate vote on paragraph 1 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForPatriots
19 Sept 2024Amendment 4 to paragraph 1 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesForAgainstPatriots
19 Sept 2024Final vote — text as a whole The severe situation of political prisoners in BelarusAbstainedForPatriots
18 Jul 2024Request by The Left Group — Motion for adjournment of the vote Final vote Request by The Left Group – Motion for adjournment of the vote on the election of the President of the CommissionForAgainstPatriots
17 Jul 2024Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 8 The need for the EU's continuous support for UkraineAgainstAbstainedPatriots
17 Jul 2024Paragraph 5 — part 3 The need for the EU's continuous support for UkraineAgainstAbstainedPatriots

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
Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE , Patriots · Belgium 12.4 %3861825548

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 · Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2024-01-01&mep=185771&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 · Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2024-01-01&mep=185771&to=2024-12-31}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2024-01-01&mep=185771&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}
}