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Votes against the group’s line

Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE

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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Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE’s votes against the line, 60

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 on the motion for a resolution Post-electoral repression in Zambia and the killing of Mutotwe KafwayaAbstainedForPatriots
16 Sept 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Genetically modified soybean GMB151 x DAS-44406-6AgainstForPatriots
16 Sept 2026Final vote Nuclear decommissioning assistance programme of the Ignalina nuclear power plant in Lithuania for the period 2028-2034AbstainedForPatriots
16 Sept 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Acceleration of permit-granting for defence readiness projects (Omnibus V)AbstainedForPatriots
16 Sept 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Simplification of intra-EU transfers of defence-related products and simplification of security and defence procurement (Omnibus V)AbstainedForPatriots
15 Sept 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Market stability reserve for the buildings, road transport and additional sectorsForAgainstPatriots
8 Jul 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision Protection of the environment through criminal lawAbstainedAgainstPatriots
17 Jun 2026Final vote Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)ForAgainstPatriots
16 Jun 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Role of trade in strengthening the EU’s economic securityAgainstAbstainedPatriots
16 Jun 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision Measures necessary for the implementation of the Protocol, annexed to the TEU and to the TFEU, on the financial consequences of the expiry of the ECSC Treaty and on the Research Fund for Coal and SteelAbstainedForPatriots
21 May 2026Final vote — text as a whole Situation of women and girls in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s adoption of the Criminal Procedure Code for CourtsForAbstainedPatriots
20 May 2026Final vote — text as a whole EU-Uzbekistan Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (resolution)AgainstAbstainedPatriots
20 May 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-Uzbekistan Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation AgreementAbstainedForPatriots
19 May 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel marketAbstainedForPatriots
30 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Supporting democratic resilience in ArmeniaAbstainedForPatriots
30 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in HaitiAgainstForPatriots
29 Apr 2026Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-USA-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agreement, and EU-Iceland-Norway Ancillary Agreement on the application of the Air Transport AgreementAbstainedForPatriots
28 Apr 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Control, transparency and traceability of performance-based instrumentsForAgainstPatriots
12 Feb 2026Final vote — text as a whole Post-election situation in Uganda and threats against opposition leader Bobi WineAbstainedForPatriots
22 Jan 2026Final vote — text as a whole Choice of performance indicators for audit and budgetary control in the context of financing measures to support the implementation of future European competitivenessForAgainstPatriots
20 Jan 2026Final vote on the motion for a resolution Safeguarding and promoting financial stability amid economic uncertaintiesAgainstAbstainedPatriots
18 Dec 2025Final vote — text as a whole Continuous Belarusian hybrid attacks against LithuaniaAbstainedForPatriots
18 Dec 2025Final vote — text as a whole Mass kidnapping of children in Nigeria, including from St Mary’s Catholic School in PapiriAbstainedForPatriots
17 Dec 2025Final vote European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC)AbstainedForPatriots
16 Dec 2025Final vote — text as a whole Relations between the EU and Saudi ArabiaAbstainedForPatriots
16 Dec 2025Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/003 SE/Northvolt – SwedenAbstainedForPatriots
16 Dec 2025Final vote Providing macro-financial assistance to JordanAgainstForPatriots
16 Dec 2025Final vote Brexit Adjustment ReserveAbstainedForPatriots
27 Nov 2025Final vote — text as a whole EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for UkraineAgainstAbstainedPatriots
27 Nov 2025Final vote — text as a whole Political situation in Myanmar including the humanitarian crisis of the RohingyaAbstainedForPatriots
26 Nov 2025Final vote — text as a whole Amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2429 as regards origin labelling for fruit and vegetables originating in the non-self-governing territory of Western SaharaAbstainedAgainstPatriots
25 Nov 2025Final vote on the provisional agreement European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’)ForAgainstPatriots
22 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Discharge 2023: AgenciesForAbstainedPatriots
7 Oct 2025Final vote Extension of the derogation for heavy-duty vehicles with zero emissionsAbstainedAgainstPatriots
7 Oct 2025Final vote — text as a whole Role of EU policies in shaping the European Sport ModelAbstainedForPatriots
10 Sept 2025Final vote on the draft Council decision EC-India Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation: renewal of the AgreementAbstainedForPatriots
9 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole EU-Kyrgyz Republic Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (Resolution)AgainstAbstainedPatriots
9 Sept 2025Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-Kyrgyz Republic Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation AgreementAbstainedForPatriots
10 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole Future of the EU biotechnology and biomanufacturing sector: leveraging research, boosting innovation and enhancing competitivenessAgainstAbstainedPatriots
9 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole (B10-0318/2025) Amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 to add certain countries to the list of high-risk third countries, and to remove other countries from that listForAgainstPatriots
8 Jul 2025Council draft Final vote VAT: taxable persons, special scheme and special arrangements for declaration and payment, relating to distance sales of imported goodsAbstainedForPatriots
22 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2023AbstainedForPatriots
22 May 2025Final vote Amendments to the Capital Requirements Regulation as regards securities financing transactions under the net stable funding ratioAgainstForPatriots
7 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Court of AuditorsAbstainedForPatriots
7 May 2025Request for urgent procedure Final vote Amending of the ERDF, Cohesion Fund and Just Transition Fund as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges in the context of the mid-term reviewAgainstForPatriots
6 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2023AbstainedForPatriots
3 Apr 2025Final vote — text as a whole Immediate risk of further repression by Lukashenka’s regime in Belarus - threats from the Investigative CommitteeAbstainedForPatriots
1 Apr 2025Final vote Macro-financial assistance to EgyptAgainstForPatriots
1 Apr 2025Final vote Macro-financial assistance to JordanAgainstForPatriots
13 Mar 2025Final vote — text as a whole Severe political, humanitarian and human rights crisis in Sudan, in particular the sexual violence and child rapeAbstainedForPatriots
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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
12 Mar 2025Final vote — text as a whole Continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggressionAgainstAbstainedPatriots
19 Dec 2024Decision to open negotiations with the Council Final vote Amending Directive 2009/38/EC as regards the establishment and functioning of European Works Councils and the effective enforcement of transnational information and consultation rightsForAgainstPatriots
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 RussiaAbstainedAgainstPatriots
27 Nov 2024Final vote on the motion for a resolution Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Germany and Italy relating to floods occurred in 2024AbstainedForPatriots
27 Nov 2024Final vote on the motion for a resolution Draft amending budget No 5/2024: adjustment in payment appropriations, update of revenues and other technical updatesAgainstAbstainedPatriots
22 Oct 2024Final vote — text as a whole Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2024/001 BE/Match-SmatchAbstainedForPatriots
22 Oct 2024Final vote — text as a whole Draft amending budget No 4/2024: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to some decentralised agenciesForAgainstPatriots
8 Oct 2024Final vote Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Greece and France further to natural disasters that occurred in 2023AbstainedForPatriots
19 Sept 2024Final vote — text as a whole Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member StatesAbstainedAgainstPatriots
19 Sept 2024Final vote — text as a whole The severe situation of political prisoners in BelarusAbstainedForPatriots

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
Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE , Patriots · Belgium 12.3 %48715351059

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 · Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=185771&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 · Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=185771&scope=final&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=185771&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}
}