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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 1 Jan 2026 – 29 Sept 2026 · David MCALLISTER

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 votes261All roll calls2 521
Order Highest rate firstBy name

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David MCALLISTER’s votes against the line, 23

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
16 Sept 2026Paragraph 18 — part 1 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsAgainstForEPP
16 Sept 2026Paragraph 3 — part 2 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsAbstainedForEPP
16 Sept 2026Paragraph 3 — part 1 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsAbstainedForEPP
15 Sept 2026Amendment 54, adding text after paragraph 107 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldForAgainstEPP
15 Sept 2026Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 104 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldForAgainstEPP
15 Sept 2026Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 104 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldForAgainstEPP
15 Sept 2026Amendment 88, adding text after Recital 3 Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation FundForAgainstEPP
8 Jul 2026Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 2 The impact of the 1974 Turkish invasion on Cypriot women and girls, and the crimes committed by Turkish forces and consequences on gender equalityForAgainstEPP
8 Jul 2026Amendment 21, adding text after paragraph 61 2025 Commission report on UkraineForAgainstEPP
8 Jul 2026Amendment 20 to paragraph 33 2025 Commission report on UkraineForAgainstEPP
21 May 2026Separate vote on recital AH Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapAbstainedForEPP
21 May 2026Separate vote on paragraph 55 Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapAbstainedForEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 1 to paragraph 13 The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law reportAgainstForEPP
28 Apr 2026Amendment 16 to paragraph 3 Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024AgainstForEPP
12 Mar 2026Amendment 26 to paragraph 17 Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024AgainstForEPP
12 Mar 2026Paragraph 12 — part 4 Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024ForAgainstEPP
12 Mar 2026Amendments 15 + 36 (voted as one) to paragraph 12 Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024ForAgainstEPP
11 Mar 2026Paragraph 28 — part 2 European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026AgainstForEPP
12 Feb 2026Amendment 8 to paragraph 1, point aa Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of WomenAgainstAbstainedEPP
12 Feb 2026Amendment 5 to paragraph 1, after point f Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of WomenAgainstAbstainedEPP
12 Feb 2026Amendment 4 to paragraph 1, after point b Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of WomenAgainstAbstainedEPP
20 Jan 2026Amendment 4, adding text after recital Ea Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug traffickingForAgainstEPP
20 Jan 2026Amendment 12 to paragraph 22 Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug traffickingAbstainedForEPP

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
David MCALLISTER , EPP · Germany 1.1 %2 07515534

About these figures

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

  • 2 521 votes considered (all roll-call votes matching the filters; scope).
  • 81 of 342 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=2026-01-01&mep=124806&to=2026-12-31
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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 · 1 Jan 2026 – 29 Sept 2026 · David MCALLISTER”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-01-01&mep=124806&to=2026-12-31 (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 2026 – 29 Sept 2026 · David MCALLISTER}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-01-01&mep=124806&to=2026-12-31}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-01-01&mep=124806&to=2026-12-31},
  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}
}