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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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Period Term202420252026Last 6 months
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Votes Final votes185All roll calls1 752
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 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
Marta TEMIDO , S&D · Portugal Their votes against the line0.7 %1 6016050
Verena MERTENS , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line0.6 %1 5428208
Villy SØVNDAL , Greens · Denmark Their votes against the line0.6 %1 6974708
Sara MATTHIEU , Greens · Belgium Their votes against the line0.6 %1 7175510
Anja ARNDT , ESN · Germany Their votes against the line0.6 %1 6117210
Virgil-Daniel POPESCU , EPP · Romania Their votes against the line0.6 %1 6267303
Jordan BARDELLA , Patriots · France Their votes against the line0.6 %9775101
Erik MARQUARDT , Greens · Germany Their votes against the line0.6 %1 6502714
Daniel BUDA , EPP · Romania Their votes against the line0.6 %1 6617303
Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ , S&D · Lithuania Their votes against the line0.6 %1 6957212
Anna CAVAZZINI , Greens · Germany Their votes against the line0.6 %1 7163526
Alexandra MEHNERT , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line0.6 %1 5947209
Sandra KALNIETE , EPP · Latvia Their votes against the line0.6 %1 5969000
Sérgio GONÇALVES , S&D · Portugal Their votes against the line0.5 %1 6896212
Anna STÜRGKH , Renew · Austria Their votes against the line0.5 %4081101
Ufuk KÂHYA , Greens · Netherlands Their votes against the line0.5 %6231203
Katrin LANGENSIEPEN , Greens · Germany Their votes against the line0.5 %1 4574212
Pascale PIERA , Patriots · France Their votes against the line0.5 %1 0623203
Lena DÜPONT , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line0.5 %1 2865105
Rasmus NORDQVIST , Greens · Denmark Their votes against the line0.5 %1 7201708
Pierre-Romain THIONNET , Patriots · France Their votes against the line0.5 %1 3232405
Siegfried MUREŞAN , EPP · Romania Their votes against the line0.4 %1 5986100
Marc JONGEN , ESN · Germany Their votes against the line0.4 %1 6624300
Anne-Sophie FRIGOUT , Patriots · France Their votes against the line0.4 %1 3261405
Camilla LAURETI , S&D · Italy Their votes against the line0.4 %1 6005106
Irmhild BOSSDORF , ESN · Germany Their votes against the line0.4 %1 6572310
Ralf SEEKATZ , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line0.4 %1 4075004
Marie DAUCHY , Patriots · France Their votes against the line0.3 %1 1582202
Fabrice LEGGERI , Patriots · France Their votes against the line0.3 %1 1941304
Vlad VASILE-VOICULESCU , Renew · Romania Their votes against the line0.3 %1 5673200
Christine SCHNEIDER , EPP · Germany · left on 25 May 2026 Their votes against the line0.3 %3441001
Christine ANDERSON , ESN · Germany Their votes against the line0.2 %1 3983000
Terry REINTKE , Greens · Germany Their votes against the line0.2 %1 6771200
Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA , EPP · Romania Their votes against the line0.2 %5651000
Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ , S&D · Spain Their votes against the line0.1 %1 6002000
Isilda GOMES , S&D · Portugal Their votes against the line0.1 %1 6342000
Ville NIINISTÖ , Greens · Finland Their votes against the line0.1 %9571000
Niels GEUKING , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line0.1 %1 6730100
Maria OHISALO , Greens · Finland Their votes against the line0.1 %1 7091000
Bas EICKHOUT , Greens · Netherlands · left on 20 Jun 2026 0.0 %7430000
Manfred WEBER , EPP · Germany 0.0 %1 4920000
Elena YONCHEVA changed group , ECR · Bulgaria in No group for most of the period Their votes against the line20.3 %207326424
Tamás DEUTSCH , Patriots · Hungary Their votes against the line14.3 %287535141
Zoltán TARR , EPP · Hungary · left on 8 May 2026 Their votes against the line10.3 %214517021
Anders VISTISEN , Patriots · Denmark · left on 13 Apr 2026 Their votes against the line5 of 44445000

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}
}