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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · 26 Mar 2026 – 27 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
26 Mar 2026 – today

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
Maria NOICHL , S&D · Germany Their votes against the line3.2 %1 6433812321
Bruno GONÇALVES , S&D · Portugal Their votes against the line3.2 %1 489301172
Angelika WINZIG , EPP · Austria Their votes against the line3.2 %1 6492825036
Caterina CHINNICI , EPP · Italy Their votes against the line3.2 %753240021
Peter AGIUS , EPP · Malta Their votes against the line3.2 %1 1311818031
Maria GUZENINA , S&D · Finland Their votes against the line3.2 %1 6992428231
Raffaele TOPO , S&D · Italy Their votes against the line3.2 %1 6453413532
Klára DOBREV , S&D · Hungary Their votes against the line3.1 %1 242321633
Giusi PRINCI , EPP · Italy Their votes against the line3.1 %1 660475030
Nora JUNCO GARCÍA changed group , ECR · Spain Their votes against the line3.1 %1 4822021515
Pascal CANFIN , Renew · France Their votes against the line3.1 %1 524388133
Lídia PEREIRA , EPP · Portugal Their votes against the line3.0 %1 5812325027
Vytenis Povilas ANDRIUKAITIS , S&D · Lithuania Their votes against the line3.0 %1 6892219102
Tiemo WÖLKEN , S&D · Germany Their votes against the line3.0 %1 342353214
Nicola ZINGARETTI , S&D · Italy Their votes against the line3.0 %1 414326433
Siegbert Frank DROESE , ESN · Germany Their votes against the line2.9 %1 64263570
Martin HOJSÍK , Renew · Slovakia Their votes against the line2.9 %1 580424042
Hannes HEIDE , S&D · Austria Their votes against the line2.9 %1 6923213441
Delara BURKHARDT , S&D · Germany Their votes against the line2.9 %1 664432327
Monika HOHLMEIER , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line2.9 %1 425241437
Stefano BONACCINI , S&D · Italy Their votes against the line2.9 %1 6033012434
Ingeborg TER LAAK , EPP · Netherlands Their votes against the line2.9 %1 6743810044
Michal WIEZIK , Renew · Slovakia Their votes against the line2.9 %1 606406042
Sabrina REPP , S&D · Germany Their votes against the line2.9 %1 6793611132
Özlem DEMIREL , The Left · Germany Their votes against the line2.9 %1 190171345
Pierfrancesco MARAN , S&D · Italy Their votes against the line2.8 %1 6152020628
Willemien KONING , EPP · Netherlands Their votes against the line2.8 %1 5503311044
Isabel WISELER-LIMA , EPP · Luxembourg Their votes against the line2.8 %1 5892024137
Birgit SIPPEL , S&D · Germany Their votes against the line2.8 %1 415353227
Matteo RICCI , S&D · Italy Their votes against the line2.8 %1 359269331
Jens GEIER , S&D · Germany Their votes against the line2.8 %1 333352027
Katarina BARLEY , S&D · Germany Their votes against the line2.7 %1 284305025
Rudi KENNES , The Left · Belgium Their votes against the line2.7 %1 624202220
Andreas SCHIEDER , S&D · Austria Their votes against the line2.7 %1 632329340
Sergey LAGODINSKY , Greens · Germany Their votes against the line2.7 %1 60092864
Paulo DO NASCIMENTO CABRAL , EPP · Portugal Their votes against the line2.7 %1 6011924032
Lucia YAR , Renew · Slovakia Their votes against the line2.7 %1 695414042
Younous OMARJEE , The Left · France Their votes against the line2.6 %1 36728359
Lucia ANNUNZIATA , S&D · Italy Their votes against the line2.6 %1 5972613329
Herbert DORFMANN , EPP · Italy Their votes against the line2.6 %1 67542200
Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR , S&D · Spain Their votes against the line2.6 %1 6882518124
Martine KEMP , EPP · Luxembourg Their votes against the line2.6 %1 6661527137
Bernard GUETTA , Renew · France Their votes against the line2.6 %1 55230910
Kai TEGETHOFF , Greens · Germany Their votes against the line2.6 %1 135234228
Ľudovít ÓDOR , Renew · Slovakia Their votes against the line2.5 %1 658384042
Günther SIDL , S&D · Austria Their votes against the line2.5 %1 6983010341
Irene MONTERO , The Left · Spain Their votes against the line2.5 %1 5471125331
Matthieu VALET , Patriots · France Their votes against the line2.5 %638511014
Elena KOUNTOURA , The Left · Greece Their votes against the line2.5 %1 117816415
Nikola MINCHEV , Renew · Bulgaria Their votes against the line2.5 %1 6392713118

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 27 Sept 2026, 03:25 UTC (data stamp e994c83b5003, code 6d4005c55bde; what the stamp is).
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data version e994c83b5003 (27 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 – 27 Sept 2026”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-26&scope=all&to=2026-09-27 (retrieved 27 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0); data version e994c83b5003 (27 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-2026-09-27,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Votes against the group’s line — All roll calls · 26 Mar 2026 – 27 Sept 2026}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-26&scope=all&to=2026-09-27}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?from=2026-03-26&scope=all&to=2026-09-27},
  urldate = {2026-09-27},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Analysis. Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0); data version e994c83b5003 (27 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}
}