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?
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.
| Member | Against the line | Clear-line votes | Opposite | Abstained | Other | With own party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina MORACE , The Left · Italy Their votes against the line | 5.5 % | 2 293 | 51 | 75 | 1 | 121 |
| Billy KELLEHER , Renew · Ireland Their votes against the line | 5.5 % | 2 425 | 124 | 10 | 0 | 130 |
| Michał SZCZERBA , EPP · Poland Their votes against the line | 5.5 % | 2 344 | 103 | 25 | 1 | 93 |
| Marie-Agnes STRACK-ZIMMERMANN , Renew · Germany Their votes against the line | 5.5 % | 2 291 | 83 | 42 | 0 | 112 |
| Bartosz ARŁUKOWICZ , EPP · Poland Their votes against the line | 5.4 % | 2 359 | 104 | 23 | 1 | 98 |
| Nina CARBERRY , EPP · Ireland Their votes against the line | 5.4 % | 2 216 | 94 | 24 | 2 | 90 |
| Gheorghe CÂRCIU , S&D · Romania Their votes against the line | 5.4 % | 1 184 | 47 | 17 | 0 | 48 |
| Valentina PALMISANO , The Left · Italy Their votes against the line | 5.4 % | 2 313 | 52 | 72 | 1 | 120 |
| Jan-Christoph OETJEN , Renew · Germany Their votes against the line | 5.4 % | 2 296 | 82 | 42 | 0 | 123 |
| Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ , EPP · Czechia Their votes against the line | 5.4 % | 2 138 | 90 | 22 | 3 | 0 |
| Gabriela FIREA , S&D · Romania Their votes against the line | 5.3 % | 1 776 | 37 | 58 | 0 | 62 |
| Giorgos GEORGIOU , The Left · Cyprus Their votes against the line | 5.3 % | 1 667 | 22 | 63 | 4 | 0 |
| Alma EZCURRA ALMANSA , EPP · Spain Their votes against the line | 5.3 % | 843 | 30 | 15 | 0 | 42 |
| Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group , S&D · Greece in The Left for most of the period Their votes against the line | 5.3 % | 1 612 | 54 | 22 | 10 | 31 |
| Stanislav STOYANOV , ESN · Bulgaria Their votes against the line | 5.3 % | 2 298 | 39 | 58 | 25 | 63 |
| Patryk JAKI , ECR · Poland Their votes against the line | 5.3 % | 1 885 | 56 | 40 | 4 | 56 |
| Ewa KOPACZ , EPP · Poland Their votes against the line | 5.3 % | 2 364 | 100 | 24 | 1 | 106 |
| Marc BOTENGA , The Left · Belgium Their votes against the line | 5.3 % | 1 939 | 23 | 71 | 8 | 0 |
| Andreas GLÜCK , Renew · Germany Their votes against the line | 5.3 % | 1 730 | 64 | 27 | 0 | 83 |
| Marta WCISŁO , EPP · Poland Their votes against the line | 5.2 % | 2 195 | 93 | 20 | 2 | 85 |
| Alessandro ZAN , S&D · Italy Their votes against the line | 5.2 % | 2 370 | 93 | 22 | 9 | 49 |
| Vilis KRIŠTOPANS , Patriots · Latvia Their votes against the line | 5.2 % | 1 858 | 29 | 54 | 13 | 0 |
| Karin KARLSBRO , Renew · Sweden Their votes against the line | 5.2 % | 2 366 | 114 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Michał WAWRYKIEWICZ , EPP · Poland Their votes against the line | 5.1 % | 2 305 | 94 | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| Krzysztof BREJZA , EPP · Poland Their votes against the line | 5.0 % | 2 399 | 97 | 23 | 1 | 100 |
| Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ , EPP · Spain Their votes against the line | 5.0 % | 2 321 | 69 | 46 | 2 | 99 |
| Adrian-George AXINIA , ECR · Romania Their votes against the line | 5.0 % | 1 940 | 44 | 39 | 14 | 72 |
| Andrzej BUŁA , EPP · Poland Their votes against the line | 5.0 % | 2 252 | 82 | 30 | 0 | 99 |
| Andrey KOVATCHEV , EPP · Bulgaria Their votes against the line | 5.0 % | 2 278 | 60 | 53 | 0 | 70 |
| Ştefan MUŞOIU , S&D · Romania Their votes against the line | 4.9 % | 1 862 | 49 | 43 | 0 | 64 |
| Sebastian EVERDING , The Left · Germany · left on 12 Sept 2026 Their votes against the line | 4.9 % | 1 976 | 16 | 58 | 23 | 0 |
| Sigrid FRIIS , Renew · Denmark Their votes against the line | 4.9 % | 2 405 | 81 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR , S&D · Spain Their votes against the line | 4.9 % | 2 389 | 80 | 31 | 6 | 64 |
| Klára DOBREV , S&D · Hungary Their votes against the line | 4.9 % | 1 737 | 75 | 2 | 8 | 75 |
| Mirosława NYKIEL , EPP · Poland Their votes against the line | 4.9 % | 1 842 | 76 | 13 | 1 | 74 |
| Csaba MOLNÁR , S&D · Hungary Their votes against the line | 4.9 % | 1 976 | 80 | 4 | 12 | 75 |
| Regina DOHERTY , EPP · Ireland Their votes against the line | 4.9 % | 2 163 | 76 | 27 | 2 | 87 |
| Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI , EPP · Poland Their votes against the line | 4.9 % | 2 371 | 78 | 36 | 1 | 88 |
| Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍA , EPP · Spain Their votes against the line | 4.8 % | 2 273 | 67 | 41 | 2 | 90 |
| Wouter BEKE , EPP · Belgium Their votes against the line | 4.8 % | 2 361 | 91 | 21 | 2 | 77 |
| Volker SCHNURRBUSCH changed group , ESN · Germany Their votes against the line | 4.8 % | 2 299 | 44 | 31 | 36 | 0 |
| Elena NEVADO DEL CAMPO , EPP · Spain Their votes against the line | 4.8 % | 2 183 | 60 | 44 | 1 | 86 |
| Nils UŠAKOVS , S&D · Latvia Their votes against the line | 4.8 % | 2 173 | 91 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA , EPP · Spain Their votes against the line | 4.8 % | 2 392 | 66 | 46 | 2 | 91 |
| Nicolás PASCUAL DE LA PARTE , EPP · Spain Their votes against the line | 4.8 % | 2 102 | 57 | 41 | 2 | 87 |
| Adrián VÁZQUEZ LÁZARA , EPP · Spain Their votes against the line | 4.8 % | 1 894 | 51 | 39 | 0 | 77 |
| Flavio TOSI , EPP · Italy Their votes against the line | 4.7 % | 2 295 | 87 | 22 | 0 | 57 |
| Łukasz KOHUT , EPP · Poland Their votes against the line | 4.7 % | 2 295 | 90 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| Tobiasz BOCHEŃSKI , ECR · Poland Their votes against the line | 4.7 % | 1 750 | 36 | 40 | 7 | 58 |
| Lukas SIEPER changed group , Renew · Germany Their votes against the line | 4.7 % | 1 647 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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).
Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Data version
- 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
- Retrieved
- 30 September 2026
Cite as
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 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.
BibTeX
@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 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}
}