Analysis
Votes against the group’s line
All roll calls · 25 Mar 2026 – 25 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, 695
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carla TAVARES , S&D · Portugal Their votes against the line | 0.7 % | 1 454 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Marta TEMIDO , S&D · Portugal Their votes against the line | 0.7 % | 1 604 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Villy SØVNDAL , Greens · Denmark Their votes against the line | 0.6 % | 1 697 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| Verena MERTENS , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line | 0.6 % | 1 545 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Anja ARNDT , ESN · Germany Their votes against the line | 0.6 % | 1 614 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Virgil-Daniel POPESCU , EPP · Romania Their votes against the line | 0.6 % | 1 628 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Jordan BARDELLA , Patriots · France Their votes against the line | 0.6 % | 980 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Erik MARQUARDT , Greens · Germany Their votes against the line | 0.6 % | 1 653 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| Daniel BUDA , EPP · Romania Their votes against the line | 0.6 % | 1 664 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ , S&D · Lithuania Their votes against the line | 0.6 % | 1 698 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Anna CAVAZZINI , Greens · Germany Their votes against the line | 0.6 % | 1 719 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| Alexandra MEHNERT , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line | 0.6 % | 1 597 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Sandra KALNIETE , EPP · Latvia Their votes against the line | 0.6 % | 1 599 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sérgio GONÇALVES , S&D · Portugal Their votes against the line | 0.5 % | 1 689 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Anna STÜRGKH , Renew · Austria Their votes against the line | 0.5 % | 411 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ufuk KÂHYA , Greens · Netherlands Their votes against the line | 0.5 % | 623 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Katrin LANGENSIEPEN , Greens · Germany Their votes against the line | 0.5 % | 1 460 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Pascale PIERA , Patriots · France Their votes against the line | 0.5 % | 1 065 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Lena DÜPONT , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line | 0.5 % | 1 289 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Rasmus NORDQVIST , Greens · Denmark Their votes against the line | 0.5 % | 1 723 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| Pierre-Romain THIONNET , Patriots · France Their votes against the line | 0.5 % | 1 323 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Siegfried MUREŞAN , EPP · Romania Their votes against the line | 0.4 % | 1 601 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marc JONGEN , ESN · Germany Their votes against the line | 0.4 % | 1 665 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Vlad VASILE-VOICULESCU , Renew · Romania Their votes against the line | 0.4 % | 1 570 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Anne-Sophie FRIGOUT , Patriots · France Their votes against the line | 0.4 % | 1 329 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Camilla LAURETI , S&D · Italy Their votes against the line | 0.4 % | 1 603 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Irmhild BOSSDORF , ESN · Germany Their votes against the line | 0.4 % | 1 660 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Ralf SEEKATZ , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line | 0.4 % | 1 410 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Marie DAUCHY , Patriots · France Their votes against the line | 0.3 % | 1 160 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Fabrice LEGGERI , Patriots · France Their votes against the line | 0.3 % | 1 195 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Christine SCHNEIDER , EPP · Germany · left on 25 May 2026 Their votes against the line | 0.3 % | 347 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Christine ANDERSON , ESN · Germany Their votes against the line | 0.2 % | 1 401 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry REINTKE , Greens · Germany Their votes against the line | 0.2 % | 1 680 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA , EPP · Romania Their votes against the line | 0.2 % | 568 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ , S&D · Spain Their votes against the line | 0.1 % | 1 603 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isilda GOMES , S&D · Portugal Their votes against the line | 0.1 % | 1 637 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ville NIINISTÖ , Greens · Finland Their votes against the line | 0.1 % | 960 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Niels GEUKING , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line | 0.1 % | 1 676 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Maria OHISALO , Greens · Finland Their votes against the line | 0.1 % | 1 712 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bas EICKHOUT , Greens · Netherlands · left on 20 Jun 2026 | 0.0 % | 746 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manfred WEBER , EPP · Germany | 0.0 % | 1 492 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elena YONCHEVA changed group , ECR · Bulgaria in No group for most of the period Their votes against the line | 20.3 % | 207 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 24 |
| Tamás DEUTSCH , Patriots · Hungary Their votes against the line | 14.1 % | 290 | 5 | 35 | 1 | 41 |
| Zoltán TARR , EPP · Hungary · left on 8 May 2026 Their votes against the line | 10.3 % | 214 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 21 |
| Anders VISTISEN , Patriots · Denmark · left on 13 Apr 2026 Their votes against the line | 5 of 47 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 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.
- 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”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&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}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&to=2026-09-25}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&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}
}