Analysis

Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 1 Jan 2026 – 30 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 Term 2024 2025 2026 Last 6 months

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Votes Final votes261 All roll calls2 521

Order Highest rate first By name

Group Country Lead committee Topic (model-assigned) Contested votes only (largest side under 80 %)

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).
Member	Against the line	Clear-line votes	Opposite	Abstained	Other	With own party
François KALFON , S&D · France Their votes against the line	8.0 %	2 088	123	41	3	134
András Tivadar KULJA , EPP · Hungary Their votes against the line	8.0 %	1 363	49	58	2	103
Anna BRYŁKA changed group , Patriots · Poland Their votes against the line	7.9 %	1 808	40	83	20	126
Cristina GUARDA , Greens · Italy Their votes against the line	7.9 %	2 289	96	25	60	156
Petar VOLGIN , ESN · Bulgaria Their votes against the line	7.9 %	2 340	94	58	33	66
Claire FITA , S&D · France Their votes against the line	7.9 %	2 128	144	21	3	155
Marie TOUSSAINT , Greens · France Their votes against the line	7.9 %	2 237	81	29	66	150
Anja HAZEKAMP , The Left · Netherlands Their votes against the line	7.9 %	2 085	78	66	20	0
Bart GROOTHUIS , Renew · Netherlands Their votes against the line	7.8 %	1 596	114	10	1	116
Jessica POLFJÄRD , EPP · Sweden Their votes against the line	7.8 %	2 340	162	20	1	181
Barbara BONTE , Patriots · Belgium Their votes against the line	7.8 %	1 970	38	90	26	152
Loucas FOURLAS , EPP · Cyprus Their votes against the line	7.8 %	1 574	76	47	0	95
Massimiliano SALINI , EPP · Italy Their votes against the line	7.8 %	2 381	139	44	3	43
Dóra DÁVID , EPP · Hungary Their votes against the line	7.8 %	1 575	56	65	2	120
Majbritt BIRKHOLM , Patriots · Denmark Their votes against the line	7.8 %	1 309	27	67	8	0
Eszter LAKOS , EPP · Hungary Their votes against the line	7.8 %	1 340	46	57	1	99
Christophe CLERGEAU , S&D · France Their votes against the line	7.7 %	2 181	144	20	3	161
Arba KOKALARI , EPP · Sweden Their votes against the line	7.6 %	2 275	152	20	1	167
Anouk VAN BRUG , Renew · Netherlands Their votes against the line	7.6 %	2 420	167	16	1	172
Tomas TOBÉ , EPP · Sweden Their votes against the line	7.6 %	2 408	160	21	1	178
Nora MEBAREK , S&D · France Their votes against the line	7.5 %	2 123	137	20	3	150
Matej TONIN , EPP · Slovenia Their votes against the line	7.5 %	2 397	139	36	5	0
Murielle LAURENT , S&D · France Their votes against the line	7.5 %	2 365	149	25	3	165
Eric SARGIACOMO , S&D · France Their votes against the line	7.5 %	2 352	147	26	3	168
Aurore LALUCQ , S&D · France Their votes against the line	7.4 %	1 896	125	14	2	130
Mārtiņš STAĶIS , Greens · Latvia Their votes against the line	7.4 %	2 452	66	107	9	0
Cecilia STRADA , S&D · Italy Their votes against the line	7.4 %	2 413	143	24	11	46
Jean-Marc GERMAIN , S&D · France Their votes against the line	7.4 %	2 252	137	26	3	129
Kathleen FUNCHION , The Left · Ireland Their votes against the line	7.3 %	1 917	73	53	14	128
Adnan DIBRANI , S&D · Sweden Their votes against the line	7.3 %	2 455	99	73	6	169
Raphaël GLUCKSMANN , S&D · France Their votes against the line	7.2 %	2 208	137	20	3	153
Costas MAVRIDES , S&D · Cyprus Their votes against the line	7.2 %	1 742	93	28	5	0
Ondřej KOLÁŘ , EPP · Czechia Their votes against the line	7.2 %	2 345	68	98	3	45
Malik AZMANI , Renew · Netherlands Their votes against the line	7.2 %	2 406	154	18	1	166
Thomas PELLERIN-CARLIN , S&D · France Their votes against the line	7.1 %	2 396	147	20	4	150
Aurelijus VERYGA , ECR · Lithuania Their votes against the line	7.1 %	2 010	75	32	36	0
Benedetta SCUDERI , Greens · Italy Their votes against the line	7.1 %	2 449	90	23	61	156
Merja KYLLÖNEN , The Left · Finland Their votes against the line	7.1 %	2 185	81	43	31	105
Evin INCIR , S&D · Sweden Their votes against the line	7.1 %	2 453	101	67	6	161
David CORMAND , Greens · France Their votes against the line	7.1 %	2 380	80	26	62	144
Ignazio Roberto MARINO , Greens · Italy Their votes against the line	7.1 %	1 601	61	16	36	0
João COTRIM DE FIGUEIREDO , Renew · Portugal Their votes against the line	7.1 %	2 182	80	74	0	117
Jeannette BALJEU , Renew · Netherlands Their votes against the line	7.0 %	1 854	116	13	1	126
Maria WALSH , EPP · Ireland Their votes against the line	7.0 %	1 706	98	20	1	82
Heléne FRITZON , S&D · Sweden Their votes against the line	7.0 %	2 172	90	58	3	147
Abir AL-SAHLANI , Renew · Sweden Their votes against the line	6.9 %	1 770	105	17	0	88
Johan DANIELSSON , S&D · Sweden Their votes against the line	6.9 %	2 458	93	71	5	167
Emma WIESNER , Renew · Sweden Their votes against the line	6.8 %	1 706	101	15	0	88
Davor Ivo STIER , EPP · Croatia Their votes against the line	6.8 %	1 947	89	42	1	81
Adam JARUBAS , EPP · Poland Their votes against the line	6.7 %	1 720	69	47	0	90

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 30 Sept 2026, 03:27 UTC (data stamp 772c7b2d0380, code 6d4005c55bde; what the stamp is).

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-01-01&to=2026-12-31
Data source: European Parliament Open Data
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Data version: data version 772c7b2d0380 (30 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
Retrieved: 30 September 2026

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EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Votes against the group’s line — All roll calls · 1 Jan 2026 – 30 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 30 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0); data version 772c7b2d0380 (30 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-2026-09-30,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Votes against the group’s line — All roll calls · 1 Jan 2026 – 30 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 = {2026-09-30},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Analysis. Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0); data version 772c7b2d0380 (30 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}
}