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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 Term202420252026Last 6 months
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Votes Final votes620All roll calls5 928
Order Highest rate firstBy name

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).
MemberAgainst the lineClear-line votesOppositeAbstainedOtherWith own party
Ernő SCHALLER-BAROSS , Patriots · Hungary Their votes against the line8.7 %335814728
Pernando BARRENA ARZA , The Left · Spain Their votes against the line8.6 %370101660
Leoluca ORLANDO , Greens · Italy Their votes against the line8.4 %500202020
Ignazio Roberto MARINO , Greens · Italy Their votes against the line8.4 %477181840
Moritz KÖRNER , Renew · Germany Their votes against the line8.3 %5532125044
Milan ZVER , EPP · Slovenia Their votes against the line8.3 %5311925030
Benedetta SCUDERI , Greens · Italy Their votes against the line8.2 %5591924339
Lynn BOYLAN , The Left · Ireland Their votes against the line8.2 %4295181232
Jan-Christoph OETJEN , Renew · Germany Their votes against the line8.1 %5592025044
Svenja HAHN , Renew · Germany Their votes against the line8.0 %5231923041
Anouk VAN BRUG , Renew · Netherlands Their votes against the line7.9 %4162112029
Konstantinos ARVANITIS , The Left · Greece Their votes against the line7.7 %392520525
Malik AZMANI , Renew · Netherlands Their votes against the line7.6 %5632122042
Andreas GLÜCK , Renew · Germany Their votes against the line7.5 %4261418032
Carola RACKETE , The Left · Germany · left on 15 Sept 2025 Their votes against the line7.5 %1601650
Adnan DIBRANI , S&D · Sweden Their votes against the line7.2 %5982419041
Roberts ZĪLE , ECR · Latvia Their votes against the line7.2 %3774121122
Niels Flemming HANSEN , EPP · Denmark Their votes against the line7.1 %563301000
Irene MONTERO , The Left · Spain Their votes against the line7.1 %453722315
Heléne FRITZON , S&D · Sweden Their votes against the line7.0 %5692317039
Johan DANIELSSON , S&D · Sweden Their votes against the line7.0 %6122419042
Rihards KOLS , ECR · Latvia Their votes against the line7.0 %4725141422
Bart GROOTHUIS , Renew · Netherlands Their votes against the line7.0 %4581715030
Dario TAMBURRANO , The Left · Italy Their votes against the line7.0 %4731415429
Jeannette BALJEU , Renew · Netherlands Their votes against the line6.9 %5191917036
Sofie ERIKSSON , S&D · Sweden Their votes against the line6.8 %5862218040
Asger CHRISTENSEN , Renew · Denmark Their votes against the line6.8 %5281917032
Zala ČERNILEC TOMAŠIČ , EPP · Slovenia Their votes against the line6.8 %5291719032
Özlem DEMIREL , The Left · Germany Their votes against the line6.8 %42961588
Şerban Dimitrie STURDZA , ECR · Romania Their votes against the line6.8 %459817616
Marit MAIJ , S&D · Netherlands Their votes against the line6.7 %6101921137
Chloé RIDEL , S&D · France Their votes against the line6.7 %3891312122
Nora MEBAREK , S&D · France Their votes against the line6.6 %5421619130
Isabel SERRA SÁNCHEZ , The Left · Spain Their votes against the line6.6 %272314115
Thijs REUTEN , S&D · Netherlands Their votes against the line6.5 %5972018136
Karin KARLSBRO , Renew · Sweden Their votes against the line6.5 %55536000
Siegbert Frank DROESE , ESN · Germany Their votes against the line6.4 %5591015110
Emma RAFOWICZ , S&D · France Their votes against the line6.4 %4041411124
David CORMAND , Greens · France Their votes against the line6.4 %5761618328
Waldemar BUDA , ECR · Poland Their votes against the line6.4 %4051110513
Gaetano PEDULLA' , The Left · Italy Their votes against the line6.4 %4691215330
Evin INCIR , S&D · Sweden Their votes against the line6.4 %6112217039
Morten LØKKEGAARD , Renew · Denmark Their votes against the line6.4 %5331717032
Pasquale TRIDICO , The Left · Italy Their votes against the line6.3 %4571314228
Ilia LAZAROV , EPP · Bulgaria Their votes against the line6.3 %473131700
Marina KALJURAND , S&D · Estonia Their votes against the line6.3 %5701124118
Maciej WĄSIK , ECR · Poland Their votes against the line6.3 %491817614
Ciaran MULLOOLY , Renew · Ireland Their votes against the line6.3 %4281116010
Gheorghe CÂRCIU , S&D · Romania Their votes against the line6.3 %366194022
Vytenis Povilas ANDRIUKAITIS , S&D · Lithuania Their votes against the line6.3 %60743310

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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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/analysis/dissent?scope=final&to=2026-09-26
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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
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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.
BibTeX 
@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}
}