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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 25 Mar 2026 – 25 Sept 2026 · Liesbet SOMMEN

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 votes185All roll calls1 755
Order Highest rate firstBy name

Showing Liesbet SOMMEN only. Show every member

Liesbet SOMMEN’s votes against the line, 67

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
17 Sept 2026Final vote — text as a whole The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersAbstainedForEPP
17 Sept 2026Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 14 — part 2 The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersAgainstForEPP
17 Sept 2026Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 14 — part 1 The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersAgainstForEPP
17 Sept 2026Amendment 48 to paragraph 8 The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersForAgainstEPP
17 Sept 2026Amendment 75, adding text after paragraph 5 The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersAgainstForEPP
17 Sept 2026Amendment 74, adding text after paragraph 5 The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersAgainstForEPP
17 Sept 2026Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 5 The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersAgainstForEPP
17 Sept 2026Amendment 45, adding text after paragraph 1 The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersForAgainstEPP
17 Sept 2026Amendment 5 to paragraph 4 Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-upForAgainstEPP
16 Sept 2026Paragraph 48 — part 3 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsForAgainstEPP
16 Sept 2026Paragraph 43 — part 2 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsForAgainstEPP
16 Sept 2026Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 19 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsAgainstAbstainedEPP
16 Sept 2026Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 6 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsAgainstAbstainedEPP
9 Jul 2026Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 3 The abduction, forced conversion and child marriage of Maria Shahbaz and the protection of girls in PakistanAbstainedForEPP
8 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole Trajectory to decrease the contribution of high indirect land-use change-risk biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels to renewable energy targetsAgainstForEPP
7 Jul 2026Amendment 4 to paragraph 33 A coherent tax framework for the EU’s financial sectorAbstainedAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 63 2025 Commission report on KosovoAgainstForEPP
17 Jun 2026Final vote General arrangements for excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related productsAgainstForEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 4 to Article 1, paragraph 1, after point 1; Directive (EU) 2020/262 General arrangements for excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related productsForAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Final vote Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)AgainstForEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 93 to recital 18 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)ForAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 92 to recital 15 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)ForAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 91, adding text after Recital 4 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)ForAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 90, adding text after Recital 3 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)ForAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 89 to recital 3 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)ForAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendments 67 + 70 (voted as one) to Article 20 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)AgainstForEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendments 60 + 61 (voted as one) to Article 16 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)AgainstForEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 96 to Article 12, after paragraph 4 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)ForAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 95 to Article 12, paragraph 4 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)ForAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 94 to Article 12, after paragraph 3 Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)ForAgainstEPP
21 May 2026Separate vote on paragraph 64 Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapForAgainstEPP
20 May 2026Amendments 27 + 39 (voted as one) to paragraph 1, after point ag Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAgainstForEPP
20 May 2026Amendments 25 + 38 (voted as one) to paragraph 1, after point af Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAgainstForEPP
30 Apr 2026Paragraph 17 — part 2 Banking Union – annual report 2025ForAgainstEPP
30 Apr 2026Paragraph 4 — part 3 Banking Union – annual report 2025ForAgainstEPP
30 Apr 2026Paragraph 4 — part 2 Banking Union – annual report 2025ForAgainstEPP
30 Apr 2026Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 27 — part 2 Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2027 – Section I – European ParliamentForAgainstEPP
30 Apr 2026Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 27 — part 1 Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2027 – Section I – European ParliamentForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Separate vote on paragraph 117 The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law reportForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 1 to paragraph 13 The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law reportAgainstForEPP
29 Apr 2026Recital BB — part 2 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Recital AP — part 2 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Recital AJ — part 2 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Citation 44 — part 2 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Separate vote on citation 28 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Paragraph 101 — part 2 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Paragraph 70 — part 2 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Paragraph 64 — part 2 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Paragraph 56 — part 2 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Paragraph 48 — part 2 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAgainstEPP
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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
29 Apr 2026Amendments 114 + 100 (voted as one), adding text after recital 22 Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical productsForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 117 to Article 2, paragraph 1, point 2, point a, point i Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical productsForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 116 to Article 2, before paragraph 1 Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical productsForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 63 Discharge 2024: European Public Prosecutor’s OfficeAgainstAbstainedEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 22 to paragraph 138 Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European ParliamentForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 15 to paragraph 44 Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European ParliamentForAgainstEPP
28 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024AgainstForEPP
28 Apr 2026Amendments 1 + 25 (voted as one), adding text after citation 21 Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024ForAgainstEPP
28 Apr 2026Amendment 21 to paragraph 71 — part 2 Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024ForAgainstEPP
28 Apr 2026Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 32 Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024ForAgainstEPP
28 Apr 2026Amendment 5 to paragraph 25 Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024ForAgainstEPP
28 Apr 2026Amendment 4, adding text after Recital AL Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EUForAgainstEPP
28 Apr 2026Amendment 6 to paragraph 21 Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EUForAgainstEPP
28 Apr 2026Paragraph 19 — part 2 Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EUForAgainstEPP
28 Apr 2026Amendment 5 to paragraph 16 Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EUForAgainstEPP
28 Apr 2026Amendment 53, adding text after paragraph 50 Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section IIIAbstainedAgainstEPP
26 Mar 2026Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation)AbstainedForEPP

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.

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
Liesbet SOMMEN , EPP · Belgium 4.2 %1 600595354

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).
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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
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EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Votes against the group’s line — All roll calls · 25 Mar 2026 – 25 Sept 2026 · Liesbet SOMMEN”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=256889&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.
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@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 · Liesbet SOMMEN}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=256889&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&mep=256889&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}
}