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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 16 Jul 2024 – 31 Dec 2024 · Barry COWEN

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 Barry COWEN only. Show every member

Barry COWEN’s votes against the line, 40

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
17 Dec 2024Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 19 Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2023ForAgainstRenew
17 Dec 2024Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 13 Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2023ForAgainstRenew
17 Dec 2024Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 12 Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2023ForAgainstRenew
17 Dec 2024Amendment 4 to paragraph 12 Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2023ForAgainstRenew
17 Dec 2024Final vote Specific measures under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) for Member States affected by natural disastersAgainstForRenew
14 Nov 2024Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 2 EU actions against the Russian shadow fleets and ensuring a full enforcement of sanctions against RussiaForAgainstRenew
23 Oct 2024Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 92 — part 2 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsForAgainstRenew
23 Oct 2024Amendment 16 to paragraph 92 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsForAgainstRenew
23 Oct 2024Amendment 67, adding text after paragraph 91 — part 2 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsForAgainstRenew
23 Oct 2024Amendment 64, adding text after paragraph 63 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsForAgainstRenew
23 Oct 2024Amendment 14, adding text after paragraph 50 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsForAgainstRenew
23 Oct 2024Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 50 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsForAgainstRenew
23 Oct 2024Amendment 62, adding text after paragraph 40 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsForAgainstRenew
23 Oct 2024Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 34 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsForAgainstRenew
23 Oct 2024Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 34 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsForAgainstRenew
23 Oct 2024Separate vote on paragraph 15 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAgainstForRenew
23 Oct 2024Amendment 6, adding text before paragraph 1 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsForAgainstRenew
23 Oct 2024Amendment 334 Draft general budget of the European Union for 2025 – all sectionsForAgainstRenew
23 Oct 2024Amendment 317 Draft general budget of the European Union for 2025 – all sectionsForAgainstRenew
23 Oct 2024Amendment 316 Draft general budget of the European Union for 2025 – all sectionsForAgainstRenew
23 Oct 2024Amendment 313 Draft general budget of the European Union for 2025 – all sectionsForAgainstRenew
22 Oct 2024Paragraph 4 — part 2 Draft amending budget No 4/2024: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to some decentralised agenciesAgainstForRenew
22 Oct 2024Separate vote on paragraph 6 Draft amending budget No 2/2024: entering the surplus of the financial year 2023AgainstForRenew
19 Sept 2024Paragraph 19 — part 2 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForRenew
19 Sept 2024Paragraph 9 — part 3 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForRenew
19 Sept 2024Paragraph 9 — part 2 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForRenew
19 Sept 2024Paragraph 9 — part 1 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForRenew
19 Sept 2024Amendment 20, adding text after paragraph 8 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedAgainstRenew
19 Sept 2024Separate vote on paragraph 8 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForRenew
19 Sept 2024Paragraph 2 — part 2 Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedForRenew
19 Sept 2024Amendment 1, adding text after recital D The case of José Daniel Ferrier García in CubaForAgainstRenew
19 Sept 2024Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 6 The case of José Daniel Ferrier García in CubaForAgainstRenew
17 Jul 2024Paragraph 5 — part 7 The need for the EU's continuous support for UkraineAbstainedForRenew
17 Jul 2024Paragraph 5 — part 6 The need for the EU's continuous support for UkraineAbstainedForRenew
17 Jul 2024Paragraph 5 — part 5 The need for the EU's continuous support for UkraineAbstainedForRenew
17 Jul 2024Paragraph 5 — part 4 The need for the EU's continuous support for UkraineAgainstForRenew
17 Jul 2024Paragraph 5 — part 3 The need for the EU's continuous support for UkraineAgainstForRenew
17 Jul 2024Paragraph 5 — part 2 The need for the EU's continuous support for UkraineAbstainedForRenew
17 Jul 2024Paragraph 5 — part 1 The need for the EU's continuous support for UkraineAgainstForRenew
17 Jul 2024Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 3 The need for the EU's continuous support for UkraineForAgainstRenew

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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
Barry COWEN , Renew · Ireland 10.7 %3742911039

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 · Barry COWEN”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2024-01-01&mep=257297&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 · Barry COWEN}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2024-01-01&mep=257297&to=2024-12-31}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2024-01-01&mep=257297&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}
}