Analysis
Votes against the group’s line
All roll calls · 25 Mar 2026 – 25 Sept 2026 · Nils UŠAKOVS
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?
Showing Nils UŠAKOVS only. Show every member
Nils UŠAKOVS’s votes against the line, 76
Every vote in the selection where the member’s position differed from their group’s clear line, newest first.
| Date | Vote | Position | Clear line | Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Sept 2026 | Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 6 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditions | For | Against | S&D |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Separate vote on recital B Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield | Against | For | S&D |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Amendment 116, adding text after recital 36 Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measures | For | Against | S&D |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Amendment 127 to Article 1 Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measures | For | Against | S&D |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Amendment 70 to Article 1, paragraph 1, point 17; Regulation (EU) 2023/956 Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measures | Against | For | S&D |
| 8 Jul 2026 | Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 21 2025 Commission report on Ukraine | For | Against | S&D |
| 8 Jul 2026 | Separate vote on recital F EU–Mexico Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement (Interim report) | Against | For | S&D |
| 7 Jul 2026 | Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 46 Competition policy – annual report 2025 | Against | Abstained | S&D |
| 7 Jul 2026 | Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 3 Competition policy – annual report 2025 | Against | Abstained | S&D |
| 6 Jul 2026 | Monday’s agenda — Request by the ECR Group — Italy and Denmark Final vote Monday’s agenda – Request by the ECR Group – Italy and Denmark | For | Against | S&D |
| 18 Jun 2026 | Recital B — part 2 Russia’s unacceptable provocative actions and drone incursions into Romania, the Baltic states and Finland | For | Against | S&D |
| 18 Jun 2026 | Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 1 Political repression and humanitarian situation in Cuba | Against | For | S&D |
| 18 Jun 2026 | Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 1 Political repression and humanitarian situation in Cuba | Against | For | S&D |
| 18 Jun 2026 | Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 1 Political repression and humanitarian situation in Cuba | Against | For | S&D |
| 18 Jun 2026 | Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 1 Political repression and humanitarian situation in Cuba | Against | Abstained | S&D |
| 18 Jun 2026 | Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 1 Political repression and humanitarian situation in Cuba | Against | For | S&D |
| 18 Jun 2026 | Vote on text inserted after recital C Deteriorating situation of political prisoners in Belarus, in particular the case of Aliaksandra Pulinovich | For | Abstained | S&D |
| 17 Jun 2026 | Amendment 3 to recital T Recommendation on promoting transnational governance on water in the interests of conflict prevention and peace | Against | For | S&D |
| 17 Jun 2026 | Amendment 6, adding text after Recital J 2025 Commission report on North Macedonia | Against | For | S&D |
| 17 Jun 2026 | Amendment 7 to paragraph 2 2025 Commission report on North Macedonia | Against | Abstained | S&D |
| 17 Jun 2026 | Final vote on the provisional agreement Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation) | For | Against | S&D |
| 17 Jun 2026 | Proposal to vote on amendments Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation) | Against | For | S&D |
| 17 Jun 2026 | Proposal to reject the text Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation) | Against | For | S&D |
| 16 Jun 2026 | Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 33 Reinforcing development cooperation to address irregular population movements and their root causes in partner countries | For | Against | S&D |
| 16 Jun 2026 | Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 25 Reinforcing development cooperation to address irregular population movements and their root causes in partner countries | For | Against | S&D |
| 16 Jun 2026 | Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 18 Reinforcing development cooperation to address irregular population movements and their root causes in partner countries | For | Against | S&D |
| 16 Jun 2026 | Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 1 Reinforcing development cooperation to address irregular population movements and their root causes in partner countries | For | Against | S&D |
| 21 May 2026 | Amendments 1 + 2 (voted as one) to recital F The need to reduce work-related fatalities | For | Against | S&D |
| 21 May 2026 | Amendment 4, adding text after recital B The need to reduce work-related fatalities | Against | For | S&D |
| 21 May 2026 | Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 21 The need to reduce work-related fatalities | Against | For | S&D |
| 21 May 2026 | Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 17 The need to reduce work-related fatalities | Against | For | S&D |
| 21 May 2026 | Amendment 6 to paragraph 17 The need to reduce work-related fatalities | Against | For | S&D |
| 21 May 2026 | Amendment 3 to paragraph 7 Situation of women and girls in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s adoption of the Criminal Procedure Code for Courts | Against | For | S&D |
| 21 May 2026 | Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 4 Situation of women and girls in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s adoption of the Criminal Procedure Code for Courts | Against | For | S&D |
| 21 May 2026 | Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 4 — part 1 Situation of women and girls in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s adoption of the Criminal Procedure Code for Courts | For | Against | S&D |
| 21 May 2026 | Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 1 Repression and execution of protesters, dissidents, political prisoners and religious minorities in Iran | Against | For | S&D |
| 20 May 2026 | Amendment 41, adding text after recital P Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly | Against | For | S&D |
| 20 May 2026 | Amendment 9 to recital C Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly | For | Against | S&D |
| 20 May 2026 | Amendment 63 to paragraph 1, after point aj Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly | Against | For | S&D |
| 20 May 2026 | Amendments 27 + 39 (voted as one) to paragraph 1, after point ag Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly | For | Against | S&D |
| 20 May 2026 | Amendment 26 to paragraph 1, point ag Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly | For | Against | S&D |
| 20 May 2026 | Amendments 23 + 37 (voted as one) to paragraph 1, after point ad Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly | For | Against | S&D |
| 20 May 2026 | Amendment 34 to paragraph 1, point ad Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly | Against | For | S&D |
| 20 May 2026 | Amendments 22 + 36 (voted as one) to paragraph 1, point ad Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly | For | Against | S&D |
| 20 May 2026 | Amendment 33 to paragraph 1, point ac Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly | Against | For | S&D |
| 20 May 2026 | Amendment 57 to paragraph 1, after point ab Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly | Against | For | S&D |
| 20 May 2026 | Amendment 55 to paragraph 1, after point ab Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly | Against | For | S&D |
| 20 May 2026 | Amendment 54 to paragraph 1, point ab Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly | Against | For | S&D |
| 20 May 2026 | Amendment 32 to paragraph 1, after point aa Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly | Against | For | S&D |
| 20 May 2026 | Amendment 52 to paragraph 1, point aa Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly | Against | Abstained | S&D |
Show all 76 votes
| Date | Vote | Position | Clear line | Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 May 2026 | Amendment 31 to paragraph 1, point aa Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly | Against | For | S&D |
| 20 May 2026 | Amendment 47 to paragraph 1, after point i Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly | Against | For | S&D |
| 18 May 2026 | Tuesday’s agenda — Request by The Left Group — Israel’s air strikes in Lebanon Final vote Tuesday’s agenda – Request by The Left Group – Israel’s air strikes in Lebanon | Against | For | S&D |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Amendment 1 to paragraph 20 Banking Union – annual report 2025 | For | Abstained | S&D |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Paragraph 15 — part 1 The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report | Against | For | S&D |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Amendment 2, adding text after recital BE Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025 | Against | For | S&D |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Amendment 13 to recital M Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025 | For | Against | S&D |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Amendment 46, adding text after paragraph 105 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025 | For | Against | S&D |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Paragraph 43 — part 1 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025 | Against | For | S&D |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Amendment 20, adding text after paragraph 33 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025 | Against | For | S&D |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Amendment 51, adding text after paragraph 6 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025 | For | Against | S&D |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Amendment 93 to recital 22 Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products | Against | Abstained | S&D |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Amendment 43, adding text after paragraph 1 Discharge 2024: Agencies | For | Against | S&D |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 20 Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Data Protection Supervisor | For | Against | S&D |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Separate vote on paragraph 71 Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European External Action Service | For | Against | S&D |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Final vote — text as a whole Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Court of Auditors | For | Against | S&D |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Paragraph 21 — part 1 Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Parliament | Against | For | S&D |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Amendment 56 to paragraph 202 Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Commission | For | Against | S&D |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Amendment 47 to paragraph 20, point vi Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Commission | For | Against | S&D |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Amendment 28 to paragraph 74 Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024 | For | Against | S&D |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Paragraph 4 — part 1 Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU | Against | For | S&D |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Amendment 60, adding text after recital 9 Adjustment of customs duties and opening of tariff quotas for the import of certain goods originating in the United States of America | Against | Abstained | S&D |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Final vote Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application | Against | For | S&D |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation) | For | Against | S&D |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Thursday's agenda — Request by the Verts/ALE Group — Request for withdrawal from voting time Final vote Thursday's agenda – Request by the Verts/ALE Group – Request for withdrawal from voting time | For | Against | S&D |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Wednesday’s agenda — Request by the PPE Group — Iran Final vote Wednesday’s agenda – Request by the PPE Group – Iran | For | Against | S&D |
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.
| Member | Against the line | Clear-line votes | Opposite | Abstained | Other | With own party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nils UŠAKOVS , S&D · Latvia | 5.2 % | 1 460 | 67 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
About these figures
What was counted, what was left out, and how.
- 1 755 votes considered (all roll-call votes matching the filters; scope).
- 62 of 247 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 25 Sept 2026, 03:36 UTC (data stamp f37e5638cded, code 6d4005c55bde; what the stamp is).
Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Permalink
- https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=197810&to=2026-09-25
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Data version
- data version f37e5638cded (25 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
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Votes against the group’s line — All roll calls · 25 Mar 2026 – 25 Sept 2026 · Nils UŠAKOVS”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=197810&to=2026-09-25 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0); data version f37e5638cded (25 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-2026-09-25,
author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
title = {{Votes against the group’s line — All roll calls · 25 Mar 2026 – 25 Sept 2026 · Nils UŠAKOVS}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=197810&to=2026-09-25}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=197810&to=2026-09-25},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Analysis. Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0); data version f37e5638cded (25 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}
}