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Votes against the group’s line

Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · Lynn BOYLAN

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

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Lynn BOYLAN’s votes against the line, 35

Every vote in the selection where the member’s position differed from their group’s clear line, newest first.

Position: the member’s vote. Clear line: the position of at least two thirds of Group (at least 10 members voting), the group they sat in on that day.
DateVotePositionClear lineGroup
17 Sept 2026Final vote — text as a whole Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-upForAgainstThe Left
16 Sept 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-Norway Agreement on the participation of Norway in GOVSATCOM and in the Union Secure Connectivity ProgrammeAbstainedForThe Left
16 Sept 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-Iceland Agreement on the participation of Iceland in GOVSATCOM and in the Union Secure Connectivity ProgrammeAbstainedForThe Left
15 Sept 2026Final vote — text as a whole Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldAbstainedAgainstThe Left
16 Jun 2026Final vote — text as a whole Countering transnational repression – towards an EU strategy to protect Europe’s sovereignty and democratic valuesForAbstainedThe Left
21 May 2026Final vote — text as a whole Repression and execution of protesters, dissidents, political prisoners and religious minorities in IranForAbstainedThe Left
21 May 2026Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote Periodic roadworthiness tests and technical roadside inspection (Roadworthiness package)ForAbstainedThe Left
20 May 2026Final vote — text as a whole Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAbstainedAgainstThe Left
30 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2027 – Section I – European ParliamentForAbstainedThe Left
30 Apr 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Financial literacy and the rise of finfluencers in the context of the savings and investments unionForAbstainedThe Left
29 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAbstainedThe Left
28 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024ForAgainstThe Left
28 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section IIIAbstainedAgainstThe Left
28 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034AbstainedAgainstThe Left
11 Mar 2026Final vote — text as a whole European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026AgainstForThe Left
10 Feb 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural productsAgainstAbstainedThe Left
20 Jan 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Safeguarding and promoting financial stability amid economic uncertaintiesAbstainedAgainstThe Left
18 Dec 2025Final vote — text as a whole Decarbonisation and modernisation of EU fisheries, and the development and deployment of fishing gearForAgainstThe Left
16 Dec 2025Final vote Providing macro-financial assistance to JordanForAbstainedThe Left
26 Nov 2025Final vote on the provisional agreement Increasing the efficiency of the EU guarantee under the InvestEU Regulation and simplifying reporting requirementsAgainstAbstainedThe Left
22 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Council and CouncilAbstainedForThe Left
21 Oct 2025Final vote on the provisional agreement Statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundationsAbstainedForThe Left
9 Oct 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution The role of simple tax rules and tax fragmentation in European competitivenessAbstainedForThe Left
7 Oct 2025Final vote on the provisional agreement Revision of the Visa Suspension MechanismAbstainedAgainstThe Left
8 Jul 2025Final vote on the provisional agreement Temporary derogation from certain provisions of Regulations (EU) 2017/2226 and (EU) 2016/399AbstainedAgainstThe Left
8 Jul 2025Final vote Bulgaria’s adoption of the euro on 1 January 2026ForAbstainedThe Left
19 Jun 2025Final vote — text as a whole Case of Ahmadreza Djalali in IranAbstainedForThe Left
22 May 2025Final vote Euratom Research and Training Programme for the period 2026-2027 complementing Horizon EuropeAgainstAbstainedThe Left
2 Apr 2025Final vote — text as a whole Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024ForAbstainedThe Left
2 Apr 2025Final vote — text as a whole Protocol on the Implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (2024-2029) (Resolution)AbstainedForThe Left
11 Mar 2025Final vote Verification of credentialsAgainstForThe Left
28 Nov 2024Final vote — text as a whole Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and RussiaAbstainedAgainstThe Left
14 Nov 2024Final vote Faster and Safer Relief of Excess Withholding TaxesAbstainedAgainstThe Left
24 Oct 2024Final vote — text as a whole People’s Republic of China’s misinterpretation of the UN resolution 2758 and its continuous military provocations around TaiwanAbstainedAgainstThe Left
23 Oct 2024Final vote — text as a whole General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAbstainedAgainstThe Left

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Members with at least one vote where their group had a clear line. Order: by rate, for members with at least 100 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
Lynn BOYLAN , The Left · Ireland 8.2 %4295181232

About these figures

What was counted, what was left out, and how.

  • 620 votes considered (final 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 100 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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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 — Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · Lynn BOYLAN”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=124984&scope=final&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 — Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · Lynn BOYLAN}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=124984&scope=final&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=124984&scope=final&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}
}