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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 1 Jan 2026 – 29 Sept 2026 · Aodhán Ó RÍORDÁIN

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

Showing Aodhán Ó RÍORDÁIN only. Show every member

Aodhán Ó RÍORDÁIN’s votes against the line, 46

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
15 Sept 2026Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 35 The EU Youth Strategy 2019–2027ForAbstainedS&D
15 Sept 2026Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 24 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldAbstainedAgainstS&D
15 Sept 2026Amendment 31, adding text after paragraph 12 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldForAgainstS&D
9 Jul 2026Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 6 The threat of war crimes, the escalating violations of international humanitarian law and the human rights situation in El-Obeid, SudanForAgainstS&D
9 Jul 2026Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 5 The threat of war crimes, the escalating violations of international humanitarian law and the human rights situation in El-Obeid, SudanForAgainstS&D
9 Jul 2026Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 5 The threat of war crimes, the escalating violations of international humanitarian law and the human rights situation in El-Obeid, SudanForAgainstS&D
8 Jul 2026Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 23 2025 Commission report on UkraineForAgainstS&D
8 Jul 2026Separate vote on paragraph 14 2025 Commission report on UkraineAbstainedForS&D
8 Jul 2026Separate vote on paragraph 13 2025 Commission report on UkraineAbstainedForS&D
7 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole Financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2025ForAgainstS&D
7 Jul 2026Amendment 4 to paragraph 8 Financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2025AgainstForS&D
7 Jul 2026Amendment 3, adding text before paragraph 1 — part 2 Financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2025AbstainedAgainstS&D
21 May 2026Amendment 6 to paragraph 17 The need to reduce work-related fatalitiesAgainstForS&D
21 May 2026Amendment 8 to paragraph 12 Repression and execution of protesters, dissidents, political prisoners and religious minorities in IranForAgainstS&D
20 May 2026Amendment 59 to paragraph 1, after point ab Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyForAgainstS&D
20 May 2026Amendment 52 to paragraph 1, point aa Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyForAbstainedS&D
20 May 2026Amendment 42 to paragraph 1, after point d Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyForAbstainedS&D
30 Apr 2026Amendment 1 to paragraph 20 Banking Union – annual report 2025ForAbstainedS&D
30 Apr 2026Amendment 1 to paragraph 28 — part 2 Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2027 – Section I – European ParliamentForAgainstS&D
29 Apr 2026Separate vote on paragraph 100 The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law reportAgainstForS&D
28 Apr 2026Amendment 53, adding text after paragraph 50 Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section IIIForAgainstS&D
28 Apr 2026Amendment 52, adding text after paragraph 48 Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section IIIForAgainstS&D
28 Apr 2026Amendment 34 to paragraph 71 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034ForAgainstS&D
28 Apr 2026Amendment 89, adding text after paragraph 38 Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034ForAgainstS&D
10 Mar 2026Final vote — text as a whole Public access to documents - report 2022 - 2024AgainstForS&D
10 Mar 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Establishing an EU talent poolAgainstForS&D
24 Feb 2026Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 11 Four years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for UkraineForAgainstS&D
24 Feb 2026Paragraph 6 — part 7 Four years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for UkraineAbstainedForS&D
24 Feb 2026Paragraph 6 — part 3 Four years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for UkraineAbstainedForS&D
12 Feb 2026Recital G — part 1 Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of WomenAgainstForS&D
22 Jan 2026Recital O — part 2 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedForS&D
22 Jan 2026Separate vote on recital K Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedForS&D
22 Jan 2026Separate vote on paragraph 9 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedForS&D
22 Jan 2026Separate vote on paragraph 7 Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in LithuaniaAbstainedForS&D
22 Jan 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Drones and new systems of warfare – the EU’s need to adapt to be fit for today’s security challengesAbstainedForS&D
21 Jan 2026Amendment 6, adding text after recital E Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025ForAgainstS&D
21 Jan 2026Amendment 14, adding text after paragraph 81 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025ForAgainstS&D
21 Jan 2026Paragraph 80 — part 2 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025AgainstForS&D
21 Jan 2026Paragraph 74 — part 2 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025AbstainedForS&D
21 Jan 2026Paragraph 49 — part 2 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025AbstainedForS&D
21 Jan 2026Paragraph 38 — part 2 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025AbstainedForS&D
21 Jan 2026Paragraph 35 — part 2 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025AbstainedForS&D
21 Jan 2026Separate vote on recital AJ Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025AbstainedForS&D
21 Jan 2026Amendment 36, adding text after paragraph 78 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025ForAbstainedS&D
21 Jan 2026Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 20 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025ForAgainstS&D
21 Jan 2026Final vote on motion B10-0060/2026 Request for opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement (EMPA) and Interim Trade Agreement (ITA)ForAgainstS&D

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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
Aodhán Ó RÍORDÁIN , S&D · Ireland 2.3 %2 006251650

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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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 · Aodhán Ó RÍORDÁIN”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-01-01&mep=257238&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 · Aodhán Ó RÍORDÁIN}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-01-01&mep=257238&to=2026-12-31}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-01-01&mep=257238&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}
}