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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2025 · 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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Votes Final votes293All roll calls2 891
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Barry COWEN’s votes against the line, 162

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
27 Nov 2025Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 9 Escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in SudanForAgainstRenew
27 Nov 2025Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 9 Escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in SudanForAgainstRenew
27 Nov 2025Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 172 Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation AgreementForAgainstRenew
26 Nov 2025Recital J — part 2 Amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1818 as regards the definition of prohibited weaponsForAgainstRenew
26 Nov 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1818 as regards the definition of prohibited weaponsForAgainstRenew
26 Nov 2025Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 32 Protecting EU consumers against the practices of certain e-commerce platforms: the case of child-like sex dolls, weapons and other illegal products and materialForAgainstRenew
26 Nov 2025Amendment 14, adding text after paragraph 31 Protecting EU consumers against the practices of certain e-commerce platforms: the case of child-like sex dolls, weapons and other illegal products and materialForAgainstRenew
26 Nov 2025Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 31 Protecting EU consumers against the practices of certain e-commerce platforms: the case of child-like sex dolls, weapons and other illegal products and materialForAgainstRenew
26 Nov 2025Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 19 Protecting EU consumers against the practices of certain e-commerce platforms: the case of child-like sex dolls, weapons and other illegal products and materialForAgainstRenew
26 Nov 2025Amendment 10 to paragraph 13 Protecting EU consumers against the practices of certain e-commerce platforms: the case of child-like sex dolls, weapons and other illegal products and materialForAgainstRenew
26 Nov 2025Amendment 18 to paragraph 11 Protecting EU consumers against the practices of certain e-commerce platforms: the case of child-like sex dolls, weapons and other illegal products and materialForAgainstRenew
26 Nov 2025Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 1 Protecting EU consumers against the practices of certain e-commerce platforms: the case of child-like sex dolls, weapons and other illegal products and materialForAgainstRenew
26 Nov 2025Amendment 3 to paragraph 1 Protecting EU consumers against the practices of certain e-commerce platforms: the case of child-like sex dolls, weapons and other illegal products and materialForAgainstRenew
26 Nov 2025Amendment 25 to Article 1 Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and tradersForAgainstRenew
13 Nov 2025Final vote Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT)AgainstForRenew
9 Oct 2025Paragraph 32 — part 2 United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructureAbstainedForRenew
9 Oct 2025Paragraph 9 — part 3 United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructureAbstainedForRenew
9 Oct 2025Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 5 Situation in Afghanistan: supporting women and communities affected by the recent earthquakesForAgainstRenew
8 Oct 2025Separate vote on paragraph 29 EU political strategy on Latin AmericaAgainstForRenew
8 Oct 2025Amendment 23 to Article 1 — part 4 Amending certain CAP regulations as regards the conditionality system, types of intervention in the form of direct payment, types of intervention in certain sectors and rural development and annual performance reports, data and interoperability governance, suspensions of payments annual performance clearance and controls and penaltiesForAgainstRenew
11 Sept 2025Amendment 54, adding text after paragraph 26 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionForAgainstRenew
11 Sept 2025Amendment 53, adding text after paragraph 10 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionForAgainstRenew
11 Sept 2025Amendment 52, adding text after paragraph 5 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionForAgainstRenew
11 Sept 2025Amendment 51, adding text after paragraph 4 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionForAgainstRenew
11 Sept 2025Amendment 50, adding text after paragraph 3 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionForAgainstRenew
11 Sept 2025Amendment 49, adding text after paragraph 1 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionForAgainstRenew
11 Sept 2025Amendment 48, adding text after paragraph 1 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionForAgainstRenew
11 Sept 2025Amendment 47, adding text after paragraph 1 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionForAgainstRenew
11 Sept 2025Amendment 45, adding text after paragraph 1 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionForAgainstRenew
11 Sept 2025Amendment 44, adding text after paragraph 1 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionForAgainstRenew
11 Sept 2025Amendment 43, adding text after paragraph 1 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionForAgainstRenew
11 Sept 2025Amendment 42, adding text after paragraph 1 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionForAgainstRenew
11 Sept 2025Amendment 41, adding text after paragraph 1 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionForAgainstRenew
11 Sept 2025Amendment 40, adding text after paragraph 1 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionForAgainstRenew
11 Sept 2025Amendment 39, adding text after paragraph 1 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionForAgainstRenew
11 Sept 2025Amendment 38, adding text after paragraph 1 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionForAgainstRenew
11 Sept 2025Amendment 37, adding text after paragraph 1 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionForAgainstRenew
11 Sept 2025Amendment 36, adding text after paragraph 1 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionForAgainstRenew
11 Sept 2025Amendment 34, adding text after paragraph 1 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionForAgainstRenew
11 Sept 2025Amendment 33, adding text after paragraph 1 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionForAgainstRenew
11 Sept 2025Amendment 31, adding text after paragraph 1 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionForAgainstRenew
11 Sept 2025Amendment 30, adding text after paragraph 1 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionForAgainstRenew
11 Sept 2025Amendment 28, adding text after paragraph 1 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionForAgainstRenew
11 Sept 2025Amendment 27, adding text after paragraph 1 Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solutionForAgainstRenew
9 Sept 2025Amendment 23, adding text after recital AG Public procurementForAgainstRenew
9 Sept 2025Amendment 28, adding text after paragraph 82 Public procurementForAgainstRenew
9 Sept 2025Amendment 19, adding text after paragraph 67 Public procurementForAgainstRenew
9 Sept 2025Amendment 24, adding text after paragraph 63 Public procurementForAgainstRenew
9 Sept 2025Amendment 387 to Article 7, après le paragraph 4 Circularity requirements for vehicle design and management of end-of-life vehiclesForAgainstRenew
9 Jul 2025Amendment 4 to paragraph 24 The human cost of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the urgent need to end Russian aggression: the situation of illegally detained civilians and prisoners of war, and the continued bombing of civiliansAbstainedForRenew
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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 Jul 2025Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 20 The human cost of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the urgent need to end Russian aggression: the situation of illegally detained civilians and prisoners of war, and the continued bombing of civiliansForAgainstRenew
9 Jul 2025Separate vote on paragraph 18 The human cost of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the urgent need to end Russian aggression: the situation of illegally detained civilians and prisoners of war, and the continued bombing of civiliansAbstainedForRenew
9 Jul 2025Amendment 9 to paragraph 8 The human cost of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the urgent need to end Russian aggression: the situation of illegally detained civilians and prisoners of war, and the continued bombing of civiliansForAgainstRenew
9 Jul 2025Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 3 The human cost of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the urgent need to end Russian aggression: the situation of illegally detained civilians and prisoners of war, and the continued bombing of civiliansForAgainstRenew
8 Jul 2025Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 41 Financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
8 Jul 2025Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 34 Financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2024AgainstForRenew
19 Jun 2025Paragraph 6 — part 2 Case of Ahmadreza Djalali in IranAgainstForRenew
18 Jun 2025Final vote on the provisional agreement Macro-financial assistance to EgyptAgainstForRenew
22 May 2025Final vote Modification of customs duties applicable to imports of certain goods originating in or exported from the Russian Federation and the Republic of BelarusAgainstForRenew
22 May 2025Amendment 4, adding text after recital 10 Modification of customs duties applicable to imports of certain goods originating in or exported from the Russian Federation and the Republic of BelarusForAgainstRenew
22 May 2025Amendment 5, adding text after recital 5 Modification of customs duties applicable to imports of certain goods originating in or exported from the Russian Federation and the Republic of BelarusForAgainstRenew
22 May 2025Amendment 6 to Article 2, après le paragraph 2 Modification of customs duties applicable to imports of certain goods originating in or exported from the Russian Federation and the Republic of BelarusForAgainstRenew
8 May 2025Amendment 6, adding text after recital E Old challenges and new commercial practices in the internal marketForAgainstRenew
8 May 2025Amendment 16 to paragraph 29 Old challenges and new commercial practices in the internal marketForAgainstRenew
7 May 2025Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 23 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Council and CouncilAgainstForRenew
7 May 2025Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 22 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Council and CouncilAgainstForRenew
7 May 2025Amendment 27, adding text after paragraph 143 Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Commission, executive agencies and European Development FundsAgainstForRenew
3 Apr 2025Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 39 Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2026 – Section I – European ParliamentAgainstAbstainedRenew
3 Apr 2025Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 39 Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2026 – Section I – European ParliamentForAgainstRenew
3 Apr 2025Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 19 Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2026 – Section I – European ParliamentForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 67, adding text after recital J Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 44, adding text after paragraph 30 Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 41, adding text after paragraph 29 Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 36, adding text after paragraph 12 Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 34, adding text after paragraph 4 Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 33, adding text after paragraph 4 Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AbstainedForRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 61, adding text after citation 3 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 96, adding text after paragraph 145 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 88 to paragraph 69 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 86 to paragraph 68 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 121, adding text after paragraph 57 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AgainstForRenew
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 56 — part 2 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 49 — part 4 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AgainstForRenew
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 49 — part 3 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AgainstForRenew
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 49 — part 2 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AgainstForRenew
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 49 — part 1 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AgainstForRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 133 to paragraph 49 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 85 to paragraph 49 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 77 to paragraph 11 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AbstainedAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 74 to paragraph 10 — part 2 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 74 to paragraph 10 — part 1 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 73, adding text after paragraph 7 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 70, adding text after paragraph 4 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 65 — part 2 of 2 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 65 — part 1 of 2 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 1 to paragraph 76 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 64 to paragraph 76 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 53 to paragraph 76 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 70 — part 2 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AgainstForRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 51, adding text after paragraph 51 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 45 — part 3 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AgainstForRenew
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 45 — part 1 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AgainstForRenew
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 44 — part 2 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AgainstForRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 49 to paragraph 44 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 48, adding text after paragraph 41 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 38, adding text after paragraph 29 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 37, adding text after paragraph 29 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 106, adding text after paragraph 28 — part 1 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AgainstForRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 36, adding text after paragraph 28 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 80, adding text after paragraph 21 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 18, adding text after paragraph 20 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 81, adding text after paragraph 17 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 14 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 13 to paragraph 14 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIForAgainstRenew
2 Apr 2025Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 4 Guidelines for the 2026 budget – Section IIIForAgainstRenew
1 Apr 2025Amendment 33, adding text after recital 28 Macro-financial assistance to EgyptForAgainstRenew
1 Apr 2025Amendment 29, adding text after recital 6 Macro-financial assistance to EgyptForAgainstRenew
1 Apr 2025Amendment 38 to recital 6 Macro-financial assistance to EgyptForAgainstRenew
1 Apr 2025Amendment 36 to Article 4, paragraph 3, subparagraph 1, point a Macro-financial assistance to EgyptForAgainstRenew
1 Apr 2025Amendment 35 to Article 3, after paragraph 2 Macro-financial assistance to EgyptForAgainstRenew
1 Apr 2025Amendment 5 — part 3 Macro-financial assistance to EgyptAgainstForRenew
12 Mar 2025Amendment 4 to paragraph 25 The need for EU support towards a just transition and reconstruction in SyriaForAgainstRenew
12 Mar 2025Amendment 25, adding text after recital J White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstRenew
12 Mar 2025Amendment 24, adding text after recital E White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstRenew
12 Mar 2025Amendment 19 to paragraph 74 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstRenew
12 Mar 2025Amendment 18, adding text after paragraph 69 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstRenew
12 Mar 2025Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 69 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstRenew
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 69 — part 3 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForRenew
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 58 — part 4 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForRenew
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 58 — part 3 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForRenew
12 Mar 2025Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 57 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstRenew
12 Mar 2025Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 56 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstRenew
12 Mar 2025Amendment 11 to paragraph 37 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstRenew
12 Mar 2025Amendment 84, adding text after paragraph 22 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstRenew
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 19 — part 2 White paper on the future of European defenceAbstainedForRenew
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 19 — part 1 White paper on the future of European defenceAbstainedForRenew
12 Mar 2025Amendment 54, adding text after paragraph 15 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstRenew
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 15 — part 3 White paper on the future of European defenceAbstainedForRenew
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 15 — part 2 White paper on the future of European defenceAbstainedForRenew
12 Mar 2025Amendment 53 to paragraph 15 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstRenew
12 Mar 2025Amendment 52, adding text after paragraph 14 — part 2 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstRenew
12 Mar 2025Amendment 52, adding text after paragraph 14 — part 1 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstRenew
12 Mar 2025Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 10 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstRenew
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 7 — part 2 White paper on the future of European defenceAbstainedForRenew
12 Mar 2025Amendment 50, adding text after paragraph 5 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstRenew
12 Mar 2025Amendment 49, adding text after paragraph 5 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstRenew
12 Mar 2025Amendment 47, adding text after paragraph 4 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstRenew
12 Mar 2025Amendment 46 to paragraph 4 — part 1 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstRenew
12 Mar 2025Amendment 43, adding text after paragraph 2 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstRenew
12 Mar 2025Amendment 42, adding text after paragraph 2 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstRenew
12 Mar 2025Amendment 41, adding text after paragraph 2 White paper on the future of European defenceAbstainedAgainstRenew
12 Mar 2025Amendment 26 to paragraph 23 Continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggressionForAgainstRenew
12 Mar 2025Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 4 Continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggressionForAgainstRenew
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 25 — part 2 European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025ForAgainstRenew
12 Mar 2025Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 5 European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025ForAgainstRenew
12 Feb 2025Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 5 Genetically modified maize MON 95275ForAgainstRenew
12 Feb 2025Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 4 Genetically modified maize DP910521ForAgainstRenew
11 Feb 2025Amendment 21, adding text after recital A European Central Bank – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
11 Feb 2025Amendment 19, adding text after recital A European Central Bank – annual report 2024ForAgainstRenew
23 Jan 2025Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 7 Case of Jean-Jacques Wondo in the Democratic Republic of the CongoForAgainstRenew
23 Jan 2025Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 4 Case of Jean-Jacques Wondo in the Democratic Republic of the CongoForAgainstRenew

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
Barry COWEN , Renew · Ireland 6.8 %2 369149121156

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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EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Votes against the group’s line — All roll calls · 1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2025 · Barry COWEN”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=257297&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 · Barry COWEN}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=257297&to=2025-12-31}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2025-01-01&mep=257297&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}
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