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Votes against the group’s line

Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 26 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 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).
Member	Against the line	Clear-line votes	Opposite	Abstained	Other	With own party
Barbara BONTE , Patriots · Belgium Their votes against the line	12.4 %	477	15	34	10	59
Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE , Patriots · Belgium Their votes against the line	12.3 %	487	15	35	10	59
Geadis GEADI , ECR · Cyprus Their votes against the line	12.3 %	479	20	27	12	0
Anna BRYŁKA changed group , Patriots · Poland Their votes against the line	12.2 %	442	8	36	10	49
Zsuzsanna BORVENDÉG , ESN · Hungary Their votes against the line	12.2 %	566	8	39	22	0
Marianne VIND , S&D · Denmark Their votes against the line	12.2 %	534	38	25	2	55
Giorgos GEORGIOU , The Left · Cyprus Their votes against the line	12.1 %	406	3	42	4	0
Gheorghe PIPEREA , ECR · Romania Their votes against the line	11.8 %	434	23	18	10	12
Daniel ATTARD , S&D · Malta Their votes against the line	11.5 %	538	28	34	0	59
Eszter LAKOS , EPP · Hungary Their votes against the line	11.2 %	392	14	30	0	42
György HÖLVÉNYI , Patriots · Hungary Their votes against the line	11.2 %	303	9	21	4	0
Michael MCNAMARA , Renew · Ireland Their votes against the line	11.1 %	485	17	37	0	10
Henrik DAHL , EPP · Denmark Their votes against the line	11.1 %	559	37	25	0	0
Aldo PATRICIELLO , Patriots · Italy Their votes against the line	11.0 %	218	9	12	3	23
Afroditi LATINOPOULOU , Patriots · Greece Their votes against the line	11.0 %	418	8	34	4	0
Laurent CASTILLO changed group , Patriots · France in EPP for most of the period Their votes against the line	11.0 %	456	12	38	0	0
Estelle CEULEMANS , S&D · Belgium Their votes against the line	10.9 %	567	34	28	0	22
Cristian TERHEŞ , ECR · Romania Their votes against the line	10.9 %	430	21	7	19	0
Per CLAUSEN , The Left · Denmark Their votes against the line	10.9 %	485	14	14	25	0
Thomas BAJADA , S&D · Malta Their votes against the line	10.8 %	544	29	30	0	58
András GYÜRK , Patriots · Hungary Their votes against the line	10.8 %	324	10	17	8	34
Volker SCHNURRBUSCH changed group , ESN · Germany Their votes against the line	10.6 %	445	16	17	14	0
Diana RIBA I GINER , Greens · Spain Their votes against the line	10.5 %	486	21	26	4	0
Christel SCHALDEMOSE , S&D · Denmark Their votes against the line	10.4 %	579	29	29	2	59
Maria GRAPINI , S&D · Romania Their votes against the line	10.3 %	546	29	26	1	0
Dóra DÁVID , EPP · Hungary Their votes against the line	10.1 %	436	15	29	0	44
Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group , S&D · Greece in The Left for most of the period Their votes against the line	10.0 %	420	14	24	4	2
András Tivadar KULJA , EPP · Hungary Their votes against the line	10.0 %	410	14	27	0	40
András LÁSZLÓ , Patriots · Hungary Their votes against the line	9.8 %	407	10	22	8	38
Csaba DÖMÖTÖR , Patriots · Hungary Their votes against the line	9.8 %	428	10	24	8	39
António TÂNGER CORRÊA , Patriots · Portugal Their votes against the line	9.8 %	419	5	30	6	29
Kinga GÁL , Patriots · Hungary Their votes against the line	9.7 %	350	9	17	8	32
Cristina GUARDA , Greens · Italy Their votes against the line	9.7 %	486	23	21	3	39
Younous OMARJEE , The Left · France Their votes against the line	9.7 %	373	20	6	10	5
Enikő GYŐRI , Patriots · Hungary Their votes against the line	9.5 %	389	10	20	7	35
Niels FUGLSANG , S&D · Denmark Their votes against the line	9.5 %	495	26	20	1	44
Petar VOLGIN , ESN · Bulgaria Their votes against the line	9.4 %	543	8	21	22	17
Peter AGIUS , EPP · Malta Their votes against the line	9.4 %	458	8	35	0	36
Manuela RIPA , EPP · Germany Their votes against the line	9.4 %	501	25	22	0	0
Emma WIESNER , Renew · Sweden Their votes against the line	9.3 %	461	30	13	0	37
Miriam LEXMANN , EPP · Slovakia Their votes against the line	9.3 %	506	19	28	0	0
David CASA , EPP · Malta Their votes against the line	9.3 %	550	12	39	0	36
Kathleen FUNCHION , The Left · Ireland Their votes against the line	9.1 %	463	9	20	13	32
Elena KOUNTOURA , The Left · Greece Their votes against the line	9.1 %	386	9	22	4	25
Marie-Agnes STRACK-ZIMMERMANN , Renew · Germany Their votes against the line	9.0 %	488	19	25	0	38
Abir AL-SAHLANI , Renew · Sweden Their votes against the line	9.0 %	479	29	14	0	37
Pál SZEKERES , Patriots · Hungary · left on 13 Sept 2026 Their votes against the line	9.0 %	346	9	17	5	29
Annamária VICSEK , Patriots · Hungary Their votes against the line	9.0 %	402	11	20	5	33
Viktória FERENC , Patriots · Hungary Their votes against the line	9.0 %	391	8	19	8	35
Tamás DEUTSCH , Patriots · Hungary Their votes against the line	8.9 %	270	6	12	6	24

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 26 Sept 2026, 03:32 UTC (data stamp 579b2832c723, code 6d4005c55bde; what the stamp is).

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?scope=final&to=2026-09-26
Data source: European Parliament Open Data
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Data version: data version 579b2832c723 (26 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: 26 September 2026

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EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Votes against the group’s line — Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 26 Sept 2026”. Analysis. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?scope=final&to=2026-09-26 (retrieved 26 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0); data version 579b2832c723 (26 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-2026-09-26,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Votes against the group’s line — Final votes · whole term, 16 Jul 2024 – 26 Sept 2026}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?scope=final&to=2026-09-26}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?scope=final&to=2026-09-26},
  urldate = {2026-09-26},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Analysis. Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0); data version 579b2832c723 (26 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}
}