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Votes against the group’s line

All roll calls · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · Christophe BAY

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
Custom dates
Votes Final votes620All roll calls5 928
Order Highest rate firstBy name

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Christophe BAY’s votes against the line, 44

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
8 Jul 2026Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 71 2025 Commission report on UkraineAgainstForPatriots
8 Jul 2026Amendment 38 to paragraph 56 EU–Mexico Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement (Interim report)ForAgainstPatriots
8 Jul 2026Amendment 30 to paragraph 45 EU–Mexico Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement (Interim report)AbstainedAgainstPatriots
8 Jul 2026Amendment 27 to paragraph 40 EU–Mexico Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement (Interim report)AbstainedAgainstPatriots
7 Jul 2026Amendment 4 to paragraph 33 A coherent tax framework for the EU’s financial sectorAbstainedAgainstPatriots
21 May 2026Separate vote on paragraph 83 Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gapAgainstForPatriots
20 May 2026Amendment 29, adding text after recital F Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General AssemblyAbstainedAgainstPatriots
30 Apr 2026Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 4 Ensuring accountability and justice in response to Russia’s continued attacks against the civilian population in UkraineAgainstForPatriots
26 Mar 2026Amendment 48, adding text after recital 1 Adjustment of customs duties and opening of tariff quotas for the import of certain goods originating in the United States of AmericaForAgainstPatriots
11 Mar 2026Amendment 1 to paragraph 1, after point f Recommendation on enhanced EU-Canada cooperation in the current geopolitical context, including the threats to Canada’s economic stability and sovereigntyAbstainedAgainstPatriots
11 Mar 2026Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 22 European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026AbstainedAgainstPatriots
11 Mar 2026Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 15 European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026AbstainedAgainstPatriots
10 Mar 2026Paragraph 48 — part 4 Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housingForAgainstPatriots
10 Mar 2026Amendment 46 to paragraph 41 Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housingAbstainedAgainstPatriots
10 Mar 2026Amendment 64, adding text after paragraph 3 Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housingForAgainstPatriots
12 Feb 2026Paragraph 8 — part 1 Situation in Northeast Syria, the violence against civilians and the need to maintain a sustainable ceasefireForAgainstPatriots
12 Feb 2026Recital G — part 3 Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of WomenAbstainedAgainstPatriots
12 Feb 2026Recital G — part 2 Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of WomenAbstainedAgainstPatriots
12 Feb 2026Paragraph 1, point ab — part 2 Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of WomenForAgainstPatriots
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 WomenForAgainstPatriots
12 Feb 2026Paragraph 1, point q — part 2 Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of WomenAbstainedAgainstPatriots
12 Feb 2026Paragraph 1, point n — part 2 Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of WomenForAgainstPatriots
12 Feb 2026Paragraph 1, point n — part 1 Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of WomenForAgainstPatriots
12 Feb 2026Paragraph 1, point k — part 2 Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of WomenForAgainstPatriots
12 Feb 2026Paragraph 1, point h — part 2 Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of WomenForAgainstPatriots
21 Jan 2026Amendment 4 to paragraph 21 Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025AgainstForPatriots
21 Jan 2026Amendment 84, adding text after paragraph 92 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025AbstainedForPatriots
20 Jan 2026Amendment 164 Framework for strengthening the availability and security of supply of critical medicinal products as well as the availability of, and accessibility of, medicinal products of common interestForAgainstPatriots
13 Nov 2025Amendments 397 + 302 (voted as one) to Article 4 Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirementsAgainstForPatriots
8 Oct 2025Amendment 137 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainForAgainstPatriots
8 Oct 2025Amendment 148 to Article 1 Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chainForAgainstPatriots
10 Sept 2025Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-Switzerland Cooperation Agreement: European Satellite Navigation ProgrammesAbstainedForPatriots
9 Jul 2025Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 39 Product safety and regulatory compliance in e-commerce and non-EU importsAgainstForPatriots
8 Jul 2025Amendment 1 to recital D Security of energy supply in the EUAgainstForPatriots
8 Jul 2025Final vote — text as a whole Financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2024ForAgainstPatriots
8 Jul 2025Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 28 Financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2024ForAgainstPatriots
8 Jul 2025Amendment 4 to paragraph 32 EU-Greenland and Denmark Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement: Implementing Protocol 2025-2030 (Resolution)AbstainedAgainstPatriots
8 Jul 2025Final vote on the draft Council decision EU-Greenland and Denmark Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement: Implementing Protocol 2025-2030AbstainedForPatriots
17 Jun 2025Separate vote on paragraph 43 Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in SevilleAbstainedAgainstPatriots
17 Jun 2025Separate vote on paragraph 39 Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in SevilleAgainstForPatriots
22 May 2025Final vote — text as a whole Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2023AbstainedForPatriots
2 Apr 2025Amendment 18 to paragraph 28 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024AbstainedAgainstPatriots
23 Oct 2024Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 34 General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sectionsForAgainstPatriots
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 integrationAgainstForPatriots

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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 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 BAY , Patriots · France 1.1 %4 0452618022

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 · Christophe BAY”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=261797&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 · Christophe BAY}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=261797&scope=all&to=2026-09-25}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=261797&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}
}