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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · Niclas HERBST

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 Niclas HERBST only. Show every member

Niclas HERBST’s votes against the line, 91

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 2026Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 14 — part 2 The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersAbstainedForEPP
17 Sept 2026Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 14 — part 1 The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersAbstainedForEPP
17 Sept 2026Paragraph 10 — part 1 The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersAgainstForEPP
17 Sept 2026Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 5 The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external bordersAgainstForEPP
16 Sept 2026Paragraph 18 — part 1 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsAgainstForEPP
16 Sept 2026Paragraph 3 — part 2 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsAgainstForEPP
16 Sept 2026Paragraph 3 — part 1 Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditionsAgainstForEPP
16 Sept 2026Final vote on the provisional agreement Defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for the defence industry (Omnibus V)AgainstForEPP
15 Sept 2026Paragraph 101 — part 1 Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy ShieldAgainstForEPP
9 Jul 2026Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 3 The abduction, forced conversion and child marriage of Maria Shahbaz and the protection of girls in PakistanAgainstForEPP
9 Jul 2026Final vote — text as a whole The threat of war crimes, the escalating violations of international humanitarian law and the human rights situation in El-Obeid, SudanAbstainedForEPP
9 Jul 2026Paragraph 5 — part 5 The threat of war crimes, the escalating violations of international humanitarian law and the human rights situation in El-Obeid, SudanAgainstForEPP
7 Jul 2026Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 25 Financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2025AbstainedForEPP
7 Jul 2026Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 25 Financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2025AgainstForEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 63 2025 Commission report on KosovoAbstainedForEPP
17 Jun 2026Amendment 3 to paragraph 73 2025 Commission report on North MacedoniaForAgainstEPP
21 May 2026Separate vote on recital AH Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapAbstainedForEPP
21 May 2026Recital R — part 1 Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapAgainstForEPP
21 May 2026Separate vote on paragraph 55 Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapAbstainedForEPP
29 Apr 2026Separate vote on paragraph 54 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025AgainstForEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 65, adding text after paragraph 40 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025AbstainedAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 39, adding text after paragraph 3 Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025ForAgainstEPP
29 Apr 2026Final vote European Chemicals Agency and amending regulationsAbstainedForEPP
29 Apr 2026Final vote — text as a whole Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Court of Justice of the European UnionAgainstForEPP
29 Apr 2026Amendment 40 to paragraph 160, after point vii Discharge 2024: EU general budget – CommissionAgainstForEPP
28 Apr 2026Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 25 — part 2 Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024AbstainedForEPP
12 Mar 2026Paragraph 12 — part 4 Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024ForAgainstEPP
11 Mar 2026Separate vote on paragraph 53 Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectorsAgainstForEPP
10 Mar 2026Paragraph 45 — part 3 Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housingAgainstForEPP
10 Mar 2026Paragraph 29 — part 3 Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housingAgainstForEPP
10 Mar 2026Paragraph 22 — part 2 Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housingAgainstForEPP
12 Feb 2026Paragraph 1, point s — part 2 Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of WomenAbstainedForEPP
27 Nov 2025Paragraph 60 — part 2 EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024AbstainedForEPP
27 Nov 2025Paragraph 23 — part 2 EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024AbstainedForEPP
27 Nov 2025Paragraph 17 — part 3 EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024AbstainedForEPP
25 Nov 2025Final vote — text as a whole 2024 budget: assessing the implementation of the gender mainstreaming methodology in the EU budgetAgainstForEPP
25 Nov 2025Separate vote on paragraph 24 Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is foundedAgainstForEPP
25 Nov 2025Decision to maintain the action Final vote Decision to maintain the action before the Court of Justice for the annulment of the decision of the Commission on the withdrawal of the Standard essential patents proposalForAgainstEPP
13 Nov 2025Amendments 178 + 384 (voted as one) to Article 4 Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsForAgainstEPP
13 Nov 2025Amendments 392 + 395 + 396 (voted as one) Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsForAgainstEPP
23 Oct 2025Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 24 Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola SummitAbstainedForEPP
22 Oct 2025Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 6 Discharge 2023: AgenciesForAgainstEPP
8 Oct 2025Final vote Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainAgainstForEPP
8 Oct 2025Amendment 141 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainForAgainstEPP
8 Oct 2025Amendment 139 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainForAgainstEPP
8 Oct 2025Separate vote on Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainAgainstForEPP
8 Oct 2025Amendment 137 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainForAgainstEPP
8 Oct 2025Amendment 125 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainForAgainstEPP
8 Oct 2025Amendment 124 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainForAgainstEPP
8 Oct 2025Amendment 133 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainForAgainstEPP
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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
8 Oct 2025Amendment 132 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainForAgainstEPP
8 Oct 2025Separate vote on Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainAgainstForEPP
10 Sept 2025Final vote — text as a whole Role of cohesion policy investment in resolving the current housing crisisAgainstForEPP
9 Sept 2025Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 6 Public procurementForAgainstEPP
9 Jul 2025Amendment 6 to paragraph 76 2023 and 2024 reports on North MacedoniaAbstainedForEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 293 to Article 26, paragraph 2 — part 1 Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceabilityAbstainedAgainstEPP
19 Jun 2025Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 7 Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in MaliAbstainedForEPP
18 Jun 2025Separate vote on paragraph 8 2023 and 2024 reports on MoldovaAgainstForEPP
18 Jun 2025Paragraph 99 — part 2 The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law reportForAgainstEPP
17 Jun 2025Amendment 186 to Article 3, after paragraph 2 Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast)AgainstForEPP
22 May 2025Amendment 42 to paragraph 33 Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2023AgainstForEPP
22 May 2025Amendment 38 to paragraph 21 Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2023AbstainedForEPP
8 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole Old challenges and new commercial practices in the internal marketAgainstForEPP
3 Apr 2025Amendment 7 to recital A Energy-intensive industriesAbstainedAgainstEPP
3 Apr 2025Amendment 15, adding text after recital 4 Amending Directives (EU) 2022/2464 and (EU) 2024/1760 as regards the dates from which Member States are to apply certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsAbstainedAgainstEPP
3 Apr 2025Separate vote on paragraph 6 Prosecution of journalists in Cameroon, notably the cases of Amadou Vamoulké, Kingsley Fomunyuy Njoka, Mancho Bibixy, Thomas Awah Junior, Tsi ConradAbstainedForEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 55 to paragraph 41 Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024ForAgainstEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 149 to paragraph 151 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024AgainstForEPP
2 Apr 2025Amendment 131 to paragraph 33 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024ForAgainstEPP
2 Apr 2025Paragraph 30 — part 2 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AgainstAbstainedEPP
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 70 — part 2 White paper on the future of European defenceAgainstForEPP
12 Mar 2025Amendment 62 to paragraph 58 White paper on the future of European defenceForAgainstEPP
12 Mar 2025Paragraph 7 — part 2 White paper on the future of European defenceAbstainedForEPP
12 Mar 2025Final vote — text as a whole European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025AbstainedForEPP
13 Feb 2025Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 4 Continuing detention and risk of the death penalty for individuals in Nigeria charged with blasphemy, notably the case of Yahaya Sharif-AminuAgainstForEPP
23 Jan 2025Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 4 Systematic repression of human rights in Iran, notably the cases of Pakhshan Azizi and Wrisha Moradi, and the taking of EU citizens as hostagesForAgainstEPP
23 Jan 2025Amendment 4 to paragraph 3 Systematic repression of human rights in Iran, notably the cases of Pakhshan Azizi and Wrisha Moradi, and the taking of EU citizens as hostagesForAgainstEPP
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 rightsAbstainedAgainstEPP
28 Nov 2024Amendment 18 to paragraph 7 Recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environmentsForAgainstEPP
23 Oct 2024Separate vote on paragraph 88 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAgainstForEPP
23 Oct 2024Amendment 38, adding text after paragraph 79 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAbstainedAgainstEPP
23 Oct 2024Amendment 37, adding text after paragraph 75 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAbstainedAgainstEPP
23 Oct 2024Amendment 46, adding text after paragraph 64 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAbstainedForEPP
23 Oct 2024Amendment 45, adding text after paragraph 63 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAbstainedForEPP
23 Oct 2024Amendment 27, adding text after paragraph 57 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAbstainedForEPP
23 Oct 2024Amendment 26, adding text after paragraph 56 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAbstainedForEPP
23 Oct 2024Amendment 25, adding text after paragraph 45 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAbstainedAgainstEPP
23 Oct 2024Paragraph 45 — part 1 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsAbstainedForEPP
9 Oct 2024Separate vote on paragraph 8 Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian interference ahead of the upcoming presidential elections and a constitutional referendum on EU integrationAbstainedForEPP
9 Oct 2024Amendment 1 to paragraph 7 Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian interference ahead of the upcoming presidential elections and a constitutional referendum on EU integrationForAbstainedEPP
19 Sept 2024Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 6 The severe situation of political prisoners in BelarusAbstainedForEPP

By member, 1

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
Niclas HERBST , EPP · Germany 1.7 %5 4145435240

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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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 · Niclas HERBST”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=197412&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 · Niclas HERBST}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=197412&scope=all&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=197412&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}
}