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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 26 Mar 2026 – 26 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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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.

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
Rasmus ANDRESEN , Greens · Germany Their votes against the line2.5 %1 5621710126
Hilde VAUTMANS , Renew · Belgium Their votes against the line2.5 %1 69333900
Elisabeth GROSSMANN , S&D · Austria Their votes against the line2.5 %1 6942712336
Alessandra MORETTI , S&D · Italy Their votes against the line2.5 %1 6562910236
Matjaž NEMEC , S&D · Slovenia Their votes against the line2.5 %1 37423830
Sérgio HUMBERTO , EPP · Portugal Their votes against the line2.5 %1 6591427032
Christian EHLER , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line2.4 %1 42930324
Pina PICIERNO changed group , Renew · Italy in S&D for most of the period Their votes against the line2.4 %1 43027620
Giuseppe MILAZZO , ECR · Italy Their votes against the line2.4 %6136909
Markus BUCHHEIT , ESN · Germany Their votes against the line2.4 %1 514221140
Matthias ECKE , S&D · Germany Their votes against the line2.4 %1 598354027
Sophia KIRCHER , EPP · Austria Their votes against the line2.4 %1 3561914024
Fulvio MARTUSCIELLO , EPP · Italy Their votes against the line2.4 %61911405
Vasile DÎNCU , S&D · Romania Their votes against the line2.4 %1 655308214
Hana JALLOUL MURO , S&D · Spain Their votes against the line2.4 %1 5792313223
Pernando BARRENA ARZA , The Left · Spain Their votes against the line2.4 %1 332111740
Isabel SERRA SÁNCHEZ , The Left · Spain Their votes against the line2.4 %1 463923331
Anna STROLENBERG , Greens · Netherlands Their votes against the line2.4 %1 714317333
Markus FERBER , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line2.4 %1 646336012
Vivien COSTANZO , S&D · Germany Their votes against the line2.4 %1 692382031
Stephen Nikola BARTULICA , ECR · Croatia Their votes against the line2.3 %1 410912120
Jeroen LENAERS , EPP · Netherlands Their votes against the line2.3 %1 6732811038
Jana TOOM , Renew · Estonia Their votes against the line2.3 %1 54526910
Udo BULLMANN , S&D · Germany Their votes against the line2.3 %1 635316128
Mika AALTOLA , EPP · Finland Their votes against the line2.3 %1 209261119
Andreas SCHWAB , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line2.3 %1 38228316
Petr BYSTRON , ESN · Germany Their votes against the line2.3 %1 60126740
Sebastião BUGALHO , EPP · Portugal Their votes against the line2.3 %1 5631521023
Jens GIESEKE , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line2.3 %1 664271017
René REPASI , S&D · Germany Their votes against the line2.3 %1 664362030
Michele PICARO , ECR · Italy Their votes against the line2.3 %1 4521317322
Pietro FIOCCHI , ECR · Italy Their votes against the line2.3 %1 2381017116
César LUENA , S&D · Spain Their votes against the line2.3 %1 6822512126
Carlo CICCIOLI , ECR · Italy Their votes against the line2.2 %1 3081117119
Alice KUHNKE , Greens · Sweden Their votes against the line2.2 %1 7151615735
Annalisa CORRADO , S&D · Italy Their votes against the line2.2 %1 092128421
Lara MAGONI , ECR · Italy Their votes against the line2.2 %1 4591318122
Christian DOLESCHAL , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line2.2 %1 24520529
Pär HOLMGREN , Greens · Sweden Their votes against the line2.2 %1 7191416736
Leire PAJÍN , S&D · Spain Their votes against the line2.1 %1 5492012123
Paulo CUNHA , EPP · Portugal Their votes against the line2.1 %1 6521322024
Stefano CAVEDAGNA , ECR · Italy Their votes against the line2.1 %1 417820221
Reinier VAN LANSCHOT , Greens · Netherlands Their votes against the line2.1 %1 710267333
Mary KHAN , ESN · Germany Their votes against the line2.1 %1 426101460
Nela RIEHL , Greens · Germany Their votes against the line2.1 %1 714278131
Nicola PROCACCINI , ECR · Italy Their votes against the line2.1 %1 349919021
José CEPEDA , S&D · Spain Their votes against the line2.1 %1 4951711326
Giovanni CROSETTO , ECR · Italy Their votes against the line2.0 %1 420917321
Tobias CREMER , S&D · Germany Their votes against the line2.0 %1 623284126
Sergio BERLATO , ECR · Italy Their votes against the line2.0 %1 489819322

About these figures

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

  • 1 752 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 26 Sept 2026, 03:32 UTC (data stamp 579b2832c723, code 6d4005c55bde; what the stamp is).
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data version 579b2832c723 (26 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 · 26 Mar 2026 – 26 Sept 2026”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-26&scope=all&to=2026-09-26 (retrieved 26 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0); data version 579b2832c723 (26 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-2026-09-26,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Votes against the group’s line — All roll calls · 26 Mar 2026 – 26 Sept 2026}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-26&scope=all&to=2026-09-26}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-26&scope=all&to=2026-09-26},
  urldate = {2026-09-26},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Analysis. Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0); data version 579b2832c723 (26 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}
}