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Votes against the group’s line

Final votes · 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?

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Period Term202420252026Last 6 months
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Votes Final votes185All roll calls1 755
Order Highest rate firstBy name

By member, 695

Members with at least one vote where their group had a clear line. Order: by rate, for members with at least 100 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
Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK changed group , Patriots · Poland Their votes against the line17.7 %113512319
Hermann TERTSCH , Patriots · Spain Their votes against the line17.6 %102106216
Marc BOTENGA , The Left · Belgium Their votes against the line17.4 %13231640
Hanna GEDIN , The Left · Sweden Their votes against the line17.3 %150831524
Bert-Jan RUISSEN , ECR · Netherlands Their votes against the line17.0 %153101150
Anna Maria CISINT , Patriots · Italy Their votes against the line16.8 %137911321
Alice TEODORESCU MÅWE , EPP · Sweden Their votes against the line16.4 %15219600
Silvia SARDONE , Patriots · Italy Their votes against the line16.3 %129810321
Tomasz BUCZEK changed group , Patriots · Poland Their votes against the line16.1 %137613322
Milan MAZUREK changed group , ESN · Slovakia Their votes against the line16.0 %175320527
Cristian TERHEŞ , ECR · Romania Their votes against the line16.0 %150112110
Christine SINGER , Renew · Germany Their votes against the line16.0 %169216026
Susanna CECCARDI , Patriots · Italy Their votes against the line15.9 %138712321
Ivan DAVID , ESN · Czechia Their votes against the line15.9 %15761450
Milan UHRÍK , ESN · Slovakia Their votes against the line15.9 %176320527
Ana MIRANDA PAZ , Greens · Spain Their votes against the line15.5 %14281220
Jaak MADISON , ECR · Estonia Their votes against the line15.4 %1364980
Per CLAUSEN , The Left · Denmark Their votes against the line15.4 %14954140
Enikő GYŐRI , Patriots · Hungary Their votes against the line14.7 %102410114
Estelle CEULEMANS , S&D · Belgium Their votes against the line14.7 %150148010
Miriam LEXMANN , EPP · Slovakia Their votes against the line14.6 %15871600
Alexandr VONDRA , ECR · Czechia Their votes against the line14.5 %11791717
Gerolf ANNEMANS , Patriots · Belgium Their votes against the line14.5 %138710317
Paolo BORCHIA , Patriots · Italy Their votes against the line14.4 %139512319
Engin EROGLU , Renew · Germany Their votes against the line14.2 %155166021
Kathleen FUNCHION , The Left · Ireland Their votes against the line13.7 %11737613
Sebastian KRUIS , Patriots · Netherlands Their votes against the line13.7 %139142317
Mieke ANDRIESE , Patriots · Netherlands Their votes against the line13.5 %133132318
Ton DIEPEVEEN , Patriots · Netherlands Their votes against the line13.5 %133132317
Maria GRAPINI , S&D · Romania Their votes against the line13.5 %17816710
Branko GRIMS changed group , No group · Slovenia in EPP for most of the period Their votes against the line13.5 %1045907
Christel SCHALDEMOSE , S&D · Denmark Their votes against the line13.5 %171149023
Anna BRYŁKA changed group , Patriots · Poland Their votes against the line13.4 %119410214
Csaba DÖMÖTÖR , Patriots · Hungary Their votes against the line13.3 %128313116
Isabelle LE CALLENNEC , EPP · France Their votes against the line13.3 %166418016
Marieke EHLERS , Patriots · Netherlands Their votes against the line13.2 %136132318
Petar VOLGIN , ESN · Bulgaria Their votes against the line13.2 %174391111
András LÁSZLÓ , Patriots · Hungary Their votes against the line13.2 %129313116
Roberto VANNACCI changed group , ESN · Italy Their votes against the line13.1 %17501670
Henrik DAHL , EPP · Denmark Their votes against the line13.1 %176111200
Barbara BONTE , Patriots · Belgium Their votes against the line12.9 %139510318
Rachel BLOM , Patriots · Netherlands Their votes against the line12.9 %139132318
Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE , Patriots · Belgium Their votes against the line12.9 %139510318
Auke ZIJLSTRA , Patriots · Netherlands Their votes against the line12.9 %132131317
Nadine MORANO , EPP · France Their votes against the line12.8 %164516017
Niels FUGLSANG , S&D · Denmark Their votes against the line12.8 %180149022
Marianne VIND , S&D · Denmark Their votes against the line12.8 %141117018
Juan Carlos GIRAUTA VIDAL , Patriots · Spain Their votes against the line12.6 %10366113
Céline IMART , EPP · France Their votes against the line12.5 %168417017
Viktória FERENC , Patriots · Hungary Their votes against the line12.4 %105210113

About these figures

What was counted, what was left out, and how.

  • 185 votes considered (final 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 100 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 — Final votes · 25 Mar 2026 – 25 Sept 2026”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&scope=final&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 — Final votes · 25 Mar 2026 – 25 Sept 2026}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&scope=final&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-25&scope=final&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}
}