Analysis
Votes against the group’s line
All roll calls · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · EPP
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?
By member, 196
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.
| Member | Against the line | Clear-line votes | Opposite | Abstained | Other | With own party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian DOLESCHAL , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line | 1.9 % | 4 635 | 72 | 14 | 2 | 33 |
| Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU , EPP · Romania Their votes against the line | 1.9 % | 3 987 | 51 | 22 | 1 | 7 |
| Jeroen LENAERS , EPP · Netherlands Their votes against the line | 1.8 % | 5 623 | 65 | 35 | 1 | 98 |
| Tom BERENDSEN , EPP · Netherlands · left on 22 Feb 2026 Their votes against the line | 1.7 % | 3 569 | 32 | 28 | 0 | 59 |
| Niclas HERBST , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line | 1.7 % | 5 414 | 54 | 35 | 2 | 40 |
| Markus FERBER , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line | 1.7 % | 5 375 | 73 | 15 | 2 | 34 |
| Stefan BERGER , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line | 1.5 % | 4 705 | 57 | 13 | 1 | 30 |
| Daniel CASPARY , EPP · Germany · left on 28 Feb 2026 Their votes against the line | 1.5 % | 3 252 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 23 |
| Peter LIESE , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line | 1.5 % | 5 228 | 63 | 7 | 7 | 22 |
| Dennis RADTKE , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line | 1.5 % | 4 621 | 57 | 5 | 6 | 26 |
| Gheorghe FALCĂ , EPP · Romania Their votes against the line | 1.4 % | 4 913 | 54 | 13 | 1 | 12 |
| Hildegard BENTELE , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line | 1.4 % | 4 849 | 57 | 10 | 0 | 32 |
| Daniel BUDA , EPP · Romania Their votes against the line | 1.4 % | 5 242 | 54 | 17 | 1 | 14 |
| David MCALLISTER , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line | 1.3 % | 4 747 | 42 | 18 | 3 | 21 |
| Andrea WECHSLER , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line | 1.3 % | 5 447 | 44 | 26 | 0 | 41 |
| Angelika NIEBLER , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line | 1.3 % | 4 957 | 53 | 7 | 2 | 33 |
| Sven SIMON , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line | 1.2 % | 4 598 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| Michael GAHLER , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line | 1.2 % | 5 329 | 52 | 8 | 3 | 29 |
| Mika AALTOLA , EPP · Finland Their votes against the line | 1.2 % | 4 673 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 25 |
| Norbert LINS , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line | 1.2 % | 5 482 | 50 | 13 | 1 | 45 |
| Norbert HERHAMMER , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line | 1.1 % | 614 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Marion WALSMANN , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line | 1.1 % | 5 497 | 51 | 11 | 0 | 44 |
| Sabine VERHEYEN , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line | 1.1 % | 4 685 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 32 |
| Liudas MAŽYLIS , EPP · Lithuania Their votes against the line | 1.1 % | 5 225 | 36 | 18 | 1 | 21 |
| Verena MERTENS , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line | 1.0 % | 4 946 | 26 | 21 | 0 | 26 |
| Stefan KÖHLER , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line | 0.9 % | 5 152 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 35 |
| Lena DÜPONT , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line | 0.9 % | 4 629 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 29 |
| Niels GEUKING , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line | 0.9 % | 5 599 | 24 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| Jüri RATAS , EPP · Estonia Their votes against the line | 0.9 % | 5 552 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 28 |
| Virgil-Daniel POPESCU , EPP · Romania Their votes against the line | 0.9 % | 4 848 | 29 | 13 | 1 | 13 |
| Inese VAIDERE , EPP · Latvia Their votes against the line | 0.9 % | 5 301 | 35 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| Ralf SEEKATZ , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line | 0.9 % | 4 968 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 33 |
| Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ , EPP · Lithuania Their votes against the line | 0.9 % | 4 632 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Axel VOSS , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line | 0.9 % | 4 470 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 32 |
| Oliver SCHENK , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line | 0.8 % | 5 548 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 41 |
| Pekka TOVERI , EPP · Finland Their votes against the line | 0.8 % | 5 000 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 26 |
| Sandra KALNIETE , EPP · Latvia Their votes against the line | 0.7 % | 5 175 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Christine SCHNEIDER , EPP · Germany · left on 25 May 2026 Their votes against the line | 0.7 % | 3 512 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| Alexandra MEHNERT , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line | 0.6 % | 4 941 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 27 |
| Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA , EPP · Romania Their votes against the line | 0.6 % | 4 452 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| Siegfried MUREŞAN , EPP · Romania Their votes against the line | 0.5 % | 5 411 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Manfred WEBER , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line | 0.4 % | 4 516 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Christophe HANSEN , EPP · Luxembourg · left on 30 Nov 2024 Their votes against the line | 5.3 % | 209 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Andrius KUBILIUS , EPP · Lithuania · left on 30 Nov 2024 Their votes against the line | 1.1 % | 279 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Henna VIRKKUNEN , EPP · Finland · left on 30 Nov 2024 Their votes against the line | 0.5 % | 197 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcin KIERWIŃSKI , EPP · Poland · left on 25 Sept 2024 Their votes against the line | 0.9 % | 116 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
About these figures
What was counted, what was left out, and how.
- 5 928 votes considered (all roll-call votes matching the filters; scope).
- 174 of 794 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 25 Sept 2026, 03:36 UTC (data stamp f37e5638cded, code 6d4005c55bde; what the stamp is).
Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Data version
- 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
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Votes against the group’s line — All roll calls · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · EPP”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?group=PPE&scope=all&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 — All roll calls · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · EPP}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?group=PPE&scope=all&to=2026-09-25}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?group=PPE&scope=all&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}
}