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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
Luděk NIEDERMAYER , EPP · Czechia Their votes against the line9.5 %1 6336388432
Jan FARSKÝ , EPP · Czechia Their votes against the line9.4 %1 65096554117
Gerolf ANNEMANS , Patriots · Belgium Their votes against the line9.3 %1 381407019113
Jaume ASENS LLODRÀ , Greens · Spain Their votes against the line9.2 %8454419150
Vicent MARZÀ IBÁÑEZ , Greens · Spain Their votes against the line9.2 %1 7108128480
Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE , Patriots · Belgium Their votes against the line9.1 %1 380357119119
Roberts ZĪLE , ECR · Latvia Their votes against the line9.0 %1 29458481193
Jörgen WARBORN , EPP · Sweden Their votes against the line9.0 %1 485117161130
Antonín STANĚK , Patriots · Czechia Their votes against the line8.9 %1 377269070
Morten LØKKEGAARD , Renew · Denmark Their votes against the line8.9 %1 57587530124
Elio DI RUPO , S&D · Belgium Their votes against the line8.9 %1 51289311493
Marianne VIND , S&D · Denmark Their votes against the line8.8 %1 33595185115
Anja HAZEKAMP , The Left · Netherlands Their votes against the line8.8 %1 6236659180
Danuše NERUDOVÁ , EPP · Czechia Their votes against the line8.8 %1 58086503117
Ciaran MULLOOLY , Renew · Ireland Their votes against the line8.8 %1 1515842156
Jessica POLFJÄRD , EPP · Sweden Their votes against the line8.7 %1 603125141139
Thomas BAJADA , S&D · Malta Their votes against the line8.7 %9204337075
Tomasz BUCZEK changed group , Patriots · Poland Their votes against the line8.7 %1 360386713109
Reinis POZŅAKS , ECR · Latvia Their votes against the line8.7 %1 4886354120
Kinga KOLLÁR , EPP · Hungary Their votes against the line8.7 %1 1674258194
Arba KOKALARI , EPP · Sweden Their votes against the line8.6 %1 668128151140
Barbara BONTE , Patriots · Belgium Their votes against the line8.6 %1 383297119118
Diana RIBA I GINER , Greens · Spain Their votes against the line8.6 %1 2675122360
Lynn BOYLAN , The Left · Ireland Their votes against the line8.6 %1 50268511082
Anna BRYŁKA changed group , Patriots · Poland Their votes against the line8.6 %1 22435551590
Per CLAUSEN , The Left · Denmark Their votes against the line8.5 %1 6188529240
Aurelijus VERYGA , ECR · Lithuania Their votes against the line8.5 %1 3266327230
Daniel ATTARD , S&D · Malta Their votes against the line8.5 %1 2987137284
Massimiliano SALINI , EPP · Italy Their votes against the line8.4 %1 67711623235
Anna Maria CISINT , Patriots · Italy Their votes against the line8.4 %1 368375622105
Tomas TOBÉ , EPP · Sweden Their votes against the line8.4 %1 670124151136
Jorge MARTÍN FRÍAS , Patriots · Spain Their votes against the line8.4 %1 340365719104
Susanna CECCARDI , Patriots · Italy Their votes against the line8.3 %1 378355722104
Mireia BORRÁS PABÓN , Patriots · Spain Their votes against the line8.2 %1 355345819105
Romana TOMC , EPP · Slovenia Their votes against the line8.2 %1 63111220196
Csaba BOGDÁN , EPP · Hungary Their votes against the line8.1 %7782241044
Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK changed group , Patriots · Poland Their votes against the line8.0 %1 06930461085
Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN , Patriots · Spain Their votes against the line8.0 %1 381355719109
Silvia SARDONE , Patriots · Italy Their votes against the line8.0 %1 323295522102
Marko VEŠLIGAJ , S&D · Croatia Their votes against the line8.0 %1 2906137580
Raffaele STANCANELLI , Patriots · Italy Their votes against the line7.9 %8181145965
Ondřej KOLÁŘ , EPP · Czechia Their votes against the line7.9 %1 6125570332
Mélissa CAMARA , Greens · France Their votes against the line7.9 %1 43156948109
Paolo BORCHIA , Patriots · Italy Their votes against the line7.8 %1 378256023102
Leoluca ORLANDO , Greens · Italy Their votes against the line7.8 %1 4955719410
Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA , Patriots · Spain Their votes against the line7.8 %1 317325219101
András Tivadar KULJA , EPP · Hungary Their votes against the line7.8 %1 2824058295
Majbritt BIRKHOLM , Patriots · Denmark Their votes against the line7.8 %1 309276780
Anouk VAN BRUG , Renew · Netherlands Their votes against the line7.8 %1 686116141121
Nikos PAPPAS , The Left · Greece Their votes against the line7.8 %1 0832841150

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}
}