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Votes against the group’s line

Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · Johan VAN OVERTVELDT

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

Showing Johan VAN OVERTVELDT only. Show every member

Johan VAN OVERTVELDT’s votes against the line, 52

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
15 Sept 2026Final vote — text as a whole Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldAbstainedAgainstECR
8 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole Genetically modified maize NK603 × T25AgainstForECR
8 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole Genetically modified soybean MON 87705AgainstForECR
8 Jul 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision Protection of the environment through criminal lawAgainstAbstainedECR
8 Jul 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Lead in certain fishing tackleAgainstForECR
7 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole Draft amending budget No 1/2026: entering the surplus of the financial year 2025AbstainedForECR
7 Jul 2026Request for urgent procedure Final vote Temporary derogation from certain provisions of the ePrivacy Directive to combat online child sexual abuseForAgainstECR
17 Jun 2026Final vote Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)ForAgainstECR
16 Jun 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)ForAbstainedECR
29 Apr 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified soybean MON 94637AgainstForECR
29 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025AbstainedAgainstECR
29 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law reportAbstainedAgainstECR
29 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025AbstainedAgainstECR
29 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Discharge 2024: European Public Prosecutor’s OfficeForAgainstECR
29 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Discharge 2024: EU general budget – CommissionAbstainedAgainstECR
28 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EUForAgainstECR
11 Mar 2026Final vote — text as a whole European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026AbstainedAgainstECR
21 Jan 2026Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025ForAbstainedECR
21 Jan 2026Final vote — text as a whole Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025ForAbstainedECR
20 Jan 2026Final vote — text as a whole Humanitarian aid in a time of polycrisis – reaffirming our principles for a more effective and ambitious response to humanitarian crisesAbstainedAgainstECR
20 Jan 2026Final vote — text as a whole The 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companiesAbstainedForECR
25 Nov 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified maize MON 87427AgainstForECR
25 Nov 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified soybean MON 87708AgainstForECR
25 Nov 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified cotton MON 88913AgainstForECR
25 Nov 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified oilseed rape MON 88302AgainstForECR
25 Nov 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified maize DAS1131AgainstForECR
25 Nov 2025Final vote — text as a whole Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is foundedAbstainedAgainstECR
13 Nov 2025Final vote — text as a whole Gender Equality Strategy 2025AbstainedAgainstECR
13 Nov 2025Final vote Conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdictionAbstainedAgainstECR
22 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Discharge 2023: AgenciesForAgainstECR
9 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2024AbstainedForECR
8 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Genetically modified maize DP51291AgainstForECR
8 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Draft amending budget No 2/2025: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditureAbstainedForECR
8 Oct 2025Final vote Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainAbstainedForECR
10 Jul 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Motion of censure on the CommissionAgainstForECR
18 Jun 2025Final vote — text as a whole The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law reportAbstainedAgainstECR
17 Jun 2025Final vote on the motion for a resolution Strengthening rural areas in the EU through cohesion policyAbstainedForECR
6 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2023ForAbstainedECR
2 Apr 2025Final vote Strengthening the security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to Union citizens and their family members exercising their right of free movementAbstainedAgainstECR
1 Apr 2025Final vote Re-attribution of scientific and technical tasks and improving cooperation among Union agencies in the area of chemicalsAbstainedAgainstECR
1 Apr 2025Final vote Common data platform on chemicals, establishing a monitoring and outlook framework for chemicalsAbstainedAgainstECR
11 Mar 2025Final vote — text as a whole European Social Fund Plus post-2027AgainstAbstainedECR
12 Feb 2025Final vote — text as a whole Genetically modified maize DP910521AgainstForECR
26 Nov 2024Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified maize MON 94804AgainstForECR
26 Nov 2024Final vote — text as a whole Genetically modified maize DP202216AgainstForECR
26 Nov 2024Final vote — text as a whole Genetically modified maize DP23211AgainstForECR
26 Nov 2024Final vote — text as a whole Genetically modified maize DP915635AgainstForECR
26 Nov 2024Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified maize MON 810AgainstForECR
26 Nov 2024Final vote — text as a whole Genetically modified maize MON 89034 × 1507 × MON 88017 × 59122 and eight of its sub-combinationsAgainstForECR
26 Nov 2024Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified cotton COT102AgainstForECR
Show all 52 votes
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
26 Nov 2024Final vote — text as a whole Genetically modified maize MON 89034 × 1507 × NK603AgainstForECR
22 Oct 2024Final vote — text as a whole Draft amending budget No 2/2024: entering the surplus of the financial year 2023AbstainedForECR

By member, 1

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
Johan VAN OVERTVELDT , ECR · Belgium 18.9 %2752521652

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 · Johan VAN OVERTVELDT”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=125106&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 · Johan VAN OVERTVELDT}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=125106&scope=final&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=125106&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}
}