Analysis
Votes against the group’s line
All roll calls · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · Bas EICKHOUT
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?
Showing Bas EICKHOUT only. Show every member
Bas EICKHOUT’s votes against the line, 11
Every vote in the selection where the member’s position differed from their group’s clear line, newest first.
| Date | Vote | Position | Clear line | Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Mar 2026 | Amendment 61 to paragraph 53 Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing | For | Against | Greens |
| 21 Jan 2026 | Amendment 25, adding text after paragraph 27 Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025 | Against | For | Greens |
| 21 Jan 2026 | Amendment 68 to paragraph 69 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025 | Against | For | Greens |
| 9 Jul 2025 | Amendment 20 to recital L 2023 and 2024 reports on North Macedonia | For | Abstained | Greens |
| 3 Apr 2025 | Amendment 23 to paragraph 6 Energy-intensive industries | For | Against | Greens |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Amendment 36, adding text after paragraph 12 Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 | Against | For | Greens |
| 2 Apr 2025 | Amendment 55, adding text after paragraph 76 Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024 | Against | For | Greens |
| 26 Nov 2024 | Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 2 Genetically modified maize DP202216 | Against | Abstained | Greens |
| 26 Nov 2024 | Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 2 Genetically modified maize DP23211 | Against | Abstained | Greens |
| 26 Nov 2024 | Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 2 Genetically modified maize DP915635 | Against | Abstained | Greens |
| 19 Sept 2024 | Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 8 — part 1 The devastating floods in central and eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate change | Against | For | Greens |
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.
| Member | Against the line | Clear-line votes | Opposite | Abstained | Other | With own party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bas EICKHOUT , Greens · Netherlands · left on 20 Jun 2026 | 0.2 % | 4 659 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
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).
Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Data version
- 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
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Votes against the group’s line — All roll calls · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 25 Sept 2026 · Bas EICKHOUT”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=96725&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.
BibTeX
@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 · Bas EICKHOUT}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=96725&scope=all&to=2026-09-25}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?mep=96725&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}
}