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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?

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Period Term202420252026Last 6 months
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Votes Final votes620All roll calls5 928
Order Highest rate firstBy name

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.

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
Christophe GOMART , EPP · France Their votes against the line27.7 %5 2531 20024791 112
Branko GRIMS changed group , No group · Slovenia in EPP for most of the period Their votes against the line27.5 %4 75294734318598
Isabelle LE CALLENNEC , EPP · France Their votes against the line24.8 %5 0376935516841
Nadine MORANO , EPP · France Their votes against the line24.8 %5 0019822479983
Jessika VAN LEEUWEN changed group , ECR · Netherlands in EPP for most of the period Their votes against the line23.6 %5 349746484311 038
Sander SMIT changed group , ECR · Netherlands in EPP for most of the period Their votes against the line22.8 %4 910663427291 038
François-Xavier BELLAMY , EPP · France Their votes against the line22.7 %5 08390923610990
Céline IMART , EPP · France Their votes against the line21.3 %5 14186022861 011
Laurent CASTILLO changed group , Patriots · France in EPP for most of the period Their votes against the line21.1 %4 40873519250
Miriam LEXMANN , EPP · Slovakia Their votes against the line20.8 %5 095663389100
Alice TEODORESCU MÅWE , EPP · Sweden Their votes against the line18.2 %4 84072814680
Péter MAGYAR , EPP · Hungary · left on 8 May 2026 Their votes against the line17.8 %78661790122
Milan ZVER , EPP · Slovenia Their votes against the line17.3 %5 06770715910608
Manuela RIPA , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line15.5 %4 985583174150
Zala ČERNILEC TOMAŠIČ , EPP · Slovenia Their votes against the line15.0 %5 2756571305680
Tomislav SOKOL , EPP · Croatia Their votes against the line14.1 %5 1385881288180
Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN , EPP · Finland Their votes against the line14.1 %4 722610441024
Zoltán TARR , EPP · Hungary · left on 8 May 2026 Their votes against the line13.9 %1 7981261231229
Gabriella GERZSENYI , EPP · Hungary Their votes against the line12.7 %2 6251641682323
Henrik DAHL , EPP · Denmark Their votes against the line12.3 %5 501560109100
Kinga KOLLÁR , EPP · Hungary Their votes against the line11.4 %3 2861811932355
Romana TOMC , EPP · Slovenia Their votes against the line11.3 %5 469527866516
András Tivadar KULJA , EPP · Hungary Their votes against the line11.2 %3 4701842003369
Eszter LAKOS , EPP · Hungary Their votes against the line10.6 %3 4851831842358
Dóra DÁVID , EPP · Hungary Their votes against the line10.6 %3 8251972043394
Radan KANEV , EPP · Bulgaria Their votes against the line9.9 %4 107168230100
Ilia LAZAROV , EPP · Bulgaria Their votes against the line9.8 %4 15426913090
Jan FARSKÝ , EPP · Czechia Their votes against the line9.5 %5 4872812327396
Danuše NERUDOVÁ , EPP · Czechia Their votes against the line9.2 %5 3852562335396
Ondřej KOLÁŘ , EPP · Czechia Their votes against the line9.0 %5 4101583245130
Maria WALSH , EPP · Ireland Their votes against the line8.8 %4 516311852264
Luděk NIEDERMAYER , EPP · Czechia Their votes against the line8.7 %5 4141503147130
Niels Flemming HANSEN , EPP · Denmark Their votes against the line8.3 %5 5203559830
Loránt VINCZE , EPP · Romania Their votes against the line8.1 %4 935299994103
Csaba BOGDÁN , EPP · Hungary Their votes against the line8.1 %7782241044
Hanna GRONKIEWICZ-WALTZ , EPP · Poland Their votes against the line8.1 %4 409256981161
Massimiliano SALINI , EPP · Italy Their votes against the line7.8 %5 5603191124117
Loucas FOURLAS , EPP · Cyprus Their votes against the line7.7 %3 7081711133226
Pascal ARIMONT , EPP · Belgium Their votes against the line7.5 %5 28420618750
Krzysztof HETMAN , EPP · Poland Their votes against the line7.5 %5 1322771034246
Matej TONIN , EPP · Slovenia Their votes against the line7.4 %5 5633406760
Adam JARUBAS , EPP · Poland Their votes against the line7.2 %4 222213930246
Jörgen WARBORN , EPP · Sweden Their votes against the line7.2 %5 398319711382
Dariusz JOŃSKI , EPP · Poland Their votes against the line7.1 %5 512321692290
Arba KOKALARI , EPP · Sweden Their votes against the line7.1 %4 884286601339
Tomas TOBÉ , EPP · Sweden Their votes against the line7.1 %5 602326701384
Jessica POLFJÄRD , EPP · Sweden Their votes against the line7.1 %5 540323681390
Bartosz ARŁUKOWICZ , EPP · Poland Their votes against the line7.0 %5 391303751281
Nina CARBERRY , EPP · Ireland Their votes against the line6.9 %5 275276834292
Kamila GASIUK-PIHOWICZ , EPP · Poland Their votes against the line6.9 %5 516311671268

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).
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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?group=PPE&scope=all&to=2026-09-25
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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
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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.
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@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}
}