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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 1 Jan 2026 – 28 Sept 2026

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

By member, 698

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
René AUST , ESN · Germany Their votes against the line0.9 %2 23510540
Marta TEMIDO , S&D · Portugal Their votes against the line0.8 %2 35512170
Ana Catarina MENDES , S&D · Portugal Their votes against the line0.8 %2 38710552
Erik MARQUARDT , Greens · Germany Their votes against the line0.8 %2 406612211
Aleksandar NIKOLIC , Patriots · France Their votes against the line0.8 %1 45039011
Hans NEUHOFF , ESN · Germany Their votes against the line0.8 %1 85312120
Sara MATTHIEU , Greens · Belgium Their votes against the line0.8 %2 4738660
Axel VOSS , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line0.8 %2 003124012
Rasmus NORDQVIST , Greens · Denmark Their votes against the line0.8 %2 475316017
André FRANQUEIRA RODRIGUES , S&D · Portugal Their votes against the line0.8 %1 8367702
Inese VAIDERE , EPP · Latvia Their votes against the line0.8 %2 24212500
Dan BARNA , Renew · Romania Their votes against the line0.8 %2 26413400
Anja ARNDT , ESN · Germany Their votes against the line0.7 %2 00111310
Anna CAVAZZINI , Greens · Germany Their votes against the line0.7 %2 468610213
Oliver SCHENK , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line0.7 %2 405116016
Katrin LANGENSIEPEN , Greens · Germany Their votes against the line0.7 %2 1937627
Daniel BUDA , EPP · Romania Their votes against the line0.7 %2 3939703
Verena MERTENS , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line0.7 %2 103122011
Alexander SELL , ESN · Germany Their votes against the line0.7 %2 28921030
Sandra KALNIETE , EPP · Latvia Their votes against the line0.6 %2 32815000
Virgil-Daniel POPESCU , EPP · Romania Their votes against the line0.6 %2 34110504
Vlad VASILE-VOICULESCU , Renew · Romania Their votes against the line0.6 %2 0438500
Pierre-Romain THIONNET , Patriots · France Their votes against the line0.6 %1 8114708
Siegfried MUREŞAN , EPP · Romania Their votes against the line0.6 %2 33711201
Carla TAVARES , S&D · Portugal Their votes against the line0.5 %2 1485240
Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ , S&D · Lithuania Their votes against the line0.5 %2 2157222
Ufuk KÂHYA , Greens · Netherlands Their votes against the line0.5 %6231203
Ville NIINISTÖ , Greens · Finland Their votes against the line0.5 %1 4975111
Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA , EPP · Romania Their votes against the line0.5 %1 2906000
Lena DÜPONT , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line0.5 %1 9778107
Alexandra MEHNERT , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line0.4 %2 24282010
Sérgio GONÇALVES , S&D · Portugal Their votes against the line0.4 %2 4207212
Christine SCHNEIDER , EPP · Germany · left on 25 May 2026 Their votes against the line0.4 %1 0294004
Ralf SEEKATZ , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line0.4 %2 0998007
Marc JONGEN , ESN · Germany Their votes against the line0.3 %2 0834300
Marie DAUCHY , Patriots · France Their votes against the line0.3 %1 3502202
Irmhild BOSSDORF , ESN · Germany Their votes against the line0.3 %2 3552310
Camilla LAURETI , S&D · Italy Their votes against the line0.3 %2 3585106
Terry REINTKE , Greens · Germany Their votes against the line0.2 %2 4034202
Isilda GOMES , S&D · Portugal Their votes against the line0.2 %2 1534100
Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ , S&D · Spain Their votes against the line0.2 %2 2525000
Niels GEUKING , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line0.2 %2 4023200
Bas EICKHOUT , Greens · Netherlands · left on 20 Jun 2026 Their votes against the line0.2 %1 4913000
Maria OHISALO , Greens · Finland Their votes against the line0.2 %2 4641211
Christine ANDERSON , ESN · Germany Their votes against the line0.1 %2 0953000
Manfred WEBER , EPP · Germany 0.0 %2 0530000
Elena YONCHEVA changed group , ECR · Bulgaria in No group for most of the period Their votes against the line20.3 %207326424
Péter MAGYAR , EPP · Hungary · left on 8 May 2026 Their votes against the line2 of 36362002

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 28 Sept 2026, 03:25 UTC (data stamp 5a7357168c2a, code 6d4005c55bde; what the stamp is).
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data version 5a7357168c2a (28 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 – 28 Sept 2026”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-01-01&to=2026-12-31 (retrieved 28 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0); data version 5a7357168c2a (28 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-2026-09-28,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Votes against the group’s line — All roll calls · 1 Jan 2026 – 28 Sept 2026}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-01-01&to=2026-12-31}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-01-01&to=2026-12-31},
  urldate = {2026-09-28},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Analysis. Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0); data version 5a7357168c2a (28 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}
}