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Votes against the group’s line

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

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 Term 2024 2025 2026 Last 6 months

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Votes Final votes620 All roll calls5 928

Order Highest rate first By name

Group Country Lead committee Topic (model-assigned) Contested votes only (largest side under 80 %)

By member, 712

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).
Member	Against the line	Clear-line votes	Opposite	Abstained	Other	With own party
Ľubica KARVAŠOVÁ , Renew · Slovakia Their votes against the line	2.1 %	3 766	48	30	0	65
Lucia YAR , Renew · Slovakia Their votes against the line	2.1 %	5 705	76	42	0	109
Damian BOESELAGER , Greens · Germany Their votes against the line	2.1 %	5 516	51	48	15	72
Helmut BRANDSTÄTTER , Renew · Austria Their votes against the line	2.1 %	4 840	65	34	1	60
Anna STROLENBERG , Greens · Netherlands Their votes against the line	2.1 %	5 775	69	36	14	93
Cristina MAESTRE , S&D · Spain Their votes against the line	2.0 %	5 324	78	26	5	65
Anna STÜRGKH , Renew · Austria Their votes against the line	2.0 %	4 300	62	25	1	60
Christian EHLER , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line	2.0 %	4 699	88	5	3	24
Jens GIESEKE , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line	2.0 %	5 494	83	27	2	30
Jonás FERNÁNDEZ , S&D · Spain Their votes against the line	2.0 %	5 375	76	27	6	78
Alessandra MORETTI , S&D · Italy Their votes against the line	2.0 %	5 488	76	26	9	85
Ľudovít ÓDOR , Renew · Slovakia Their votes against the line	2.0 %	5 403	74	35	0	102
Marcos ROS SEMPERE , S&D · Spain Their votes against the line	2.0 %	5 275	65	35	5	90
Nikola MINCHEV , Renew · Bulgaria Their votes against the line	2.0 %	5 401	64	42	1	35
Manon AUBRY , The Left · France Their votes against the line	2.0 %	5 263	57	39	8	70
Petr BYSTRON , ESN · Germany Their votes against the line	2.0 %	4 873	62	25	9	0
Sven MIKSER , S&D · Estonia Their votes against the line	2.0 %	5 719	39	68	5	72
Idoia MENDIA , S&D · Spain Their votes against the line	2.0 %	5 635	65	38	7	88
Marie-Sophie CHRIST , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line	1.9 %	1 546	15	13	2	11
Raquel GARCÍA HERMIDA-VAN DER WALLE , Renew · Netherlands Their votes against the line	1.9 %	5 745	92	19	0	96
Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ , S&D · Spain Their votes against the line	1.9 %	5 301	63	34	5	83
Leila CHAIBI , The Left · France Their votes against the line	1.9 %	5 257	52	43	6	85
Elena SANCHO MURILLO , S&D · Spain Their votes against the line	1.9 %	5 781	66	40	4	92
Christian DOLESCHAL , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line	1.9 %	4 635	72	14	2	33
Reinier VAN LANSCHOT , Greens · Netherlands Their votes against the line	1.9 %	5 638	56	38	13	93
Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY , Renew · Netherlands Their votes against the line	1.9 %	5 682	84	23	0	95
Vivien COSTANZO , S&D · Germany Their votes against the line	1.9 %	5 697	86	17	4	67
Jens GEIER , S&D · Germany Their votes against the line	1.9 %	4 955	77	11	5	63
Damien CARÊME , The Left · France Their votes against the line	1.9 %	4 587	41	38	7	75
Vladimir PREBILIČ , Greens · Slovenia Their votes against the line	1.9 %	4 982	28	29	36	0
Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU , EPP · Romania Their votes against the line	1.9 %	3 987	51	22	1	7
Arash SAEIDI , The Left · France Their votes against the line	1.9 %	4 153	45	27	5	63
Thomas WAITZ , Greens · Austria Their votes against the line	1.8 %	5 522	21	77	4	77
Estrella GALÁN , The Left · Spain Their votes against the line	1.8 %	4 667	29	51	6	0
Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS , Renew · Lithuania Their votes against the line	1.8 %	5 719	79	25	1	0
Nicolae ȘTEFĂNUȚĂ , Greens · Romania Their votes against the line	1.8 %	3 602	42	6	18	0
Lena SCHILLING , Greens · Austria Their votes against the line	1.8 %	5 570	22	76	4	77
Emma FOURREAU , The Left · France Their votes against the line	1.8 %	4 926	45	40	5	82
Kai TEGETHOFF , Greens · Germany Their votes against the line	1.8 %	5 207	52	29	13	91
Charles GOERENS , Renew · Luxembourg Their votes against the line	1.8 %	5 377	64	32	1	0
Anthony SMITH , The Left · France Their votes against the line	1.8 %	4 995	46	39	5	77
Jeroen LENAERS , EPP · Netherlands Their votes against the line	1.8 %	5 623	65	35	1	98
Giuseppe MILAZZO , ECR · Italy Their votes against the line	1.8 %	2 394	20	21	2	21
Rima HASSAN , The Left · France Their votes against the line	1.8 %	4 160	37	34	3	56
Rosa SERRANO SIERRA , S&D · Spain Their votes against the line	1.8 %	5 759	60	39	3	91
Katarina BARLEY , S&D · Germany Their votes against the line	1.8 %	4 183	52	19	3	42
Vlad VASILE-VOICULESCU , Renew · Romania Their votes against the line	1.8 %	4 807	54	31	0	6
Michał KOBOSKO , Renew · Poland Their votes against the line	1.7 %	5 277	55	34	3	0
Udo BULLMANN , S&D · Germany Their votes against the line	1.7 %	4 939	53	26	6	45
Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES , S&D · Spain Their votes against the line	1.7 %	5 062	61	13	13	24

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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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?scope=all&to=2026-09-25
Data source: European Parliament Open Data
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

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