Member
Luke Ming FLANAGAN
The Left · Ireland
Record
The member’s figures against the median of their group and of the chamber. Each vote counts the member in the group they belonged to that day.
Roll-call participation ⓘ
77.5 %
4 596 of 5 928 roll calls while in office
The Left median: 88.5 % (−10.9 pts)
Chamber median: 90.2 %
With majority line ⓘ
93.9 %
4 302 of 4 583 votes where their group had a line
The Left median: 92.8 % (+1.1 pts)
70 opposite (for ↔ against), 83 abstained against the line, 5 voted for or against when the line was to abstain
Data as a table
| Figure | Participation |
|---|---|
| Luke Ming FLANAGAN | 77.5 % |
| The Left median | 88.5 % |
| Lowest in the group | 44.2 % |
| Highest in the group | 99.3 % |
| Members | 47 |
Data as a table
| Figure | With majority line |
|---|---|
| Luke Ming FLANAGAN | 93.9 % |
| The Left median | 92.8 % |
| Lowest in the group | 81.9 % |
| Highest in the group | 96.9 % |
| Members | 47 |
- Whole term, 5 928 roll-call votes. The dots are the other members of The Left; no ranks.
- “No vote recorded” is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.
- A group’s line is inferred from its members’ votes — Parliament publishes no whip.
Every roll-call vote of the term with the member’s position, newest first.
| Date | Decision and vote | Result | Position | Majority line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 77 to paragraph 58 | 187 for, 447 against, 19 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 34, adding text after paragraph 57 | 203 for, 445 against, 5 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 65, adding text after paragraph 56 | 184 for, 448 against, 17 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 33, adding text after paragraph 56 | 203 for, 439 against, 11 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 64 to paragraph 56 | 185 for, 442 against, 20 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 76 to paragraph 56 | 224 for, 410 against, 19 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 54, adding text after paragraph 50 | 73 for, 475 against, 103 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 53, adding text after paragraph 50 | 142 for, 471 against, 30 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 52, adding text after paragraph 48 | 149 for, 465 against, 33 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 63 to paragraph 46 | 122 for, 504 against, 14 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 51, adding text after paragraph 43 | 118 for, 531 against, 9 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 5 to paragraph 40 | 370 for, 266 against, 9 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 4 to paragraph 40 | 356 for, 278 against, 19 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 27, adding text after paragraph 37 | 208 for, 443 against, 6 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 25, adding text after paragraph 34 | 182 for, 432 against, 31 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 3 to paragraph 34 | 406 for, 223 against, 22 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 41, adding text after paragraph 30 | 183 for, 419 against, 44 abstained | Position: Abstained ≠ group | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 23, adding text after paragraph 30 | 186 for, 443 against, 15 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 74 to paragraph 30 | 194 for, 429 against, 27 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 22, adding text after paragraph 29 | 188 for, 456 against, 12 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 27 | 187 for, 451 against, 12 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 71 to paragraph 27 | 214 for, 411 against, 20 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 44, adding text after paragraph 26 | 228 for, 404 against, 17 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 26 | 214 for, 434 against, 7 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 1 to paragraph 26 | 375 for, 263 against, 12 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 70 to paragraph 26 | 223 for, 405 against, 17 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 61 to paragraph 26 | 167 for, 455 against, 29 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 14, adding text after paragraph 24 | 208 for, 433 against, 8 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 24 | 142 for, 441 against, 65 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 57 to paragraph 16 | 119 for, 473 against, 66 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 67, adding text after paragraph 10 | 218 for, 432 against, 2 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 47, adding text after paragraph 10 | 105 for, 525 against, 23 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 10 | 226 for, 412 against, 12 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 7 | 147 for, 460 against, 38 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 55 to paragraph 7 | 71 for, 540 against, 48 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 60, adding text after paragraph 4 | 178 for, 430 against, 38 abstained | Position: Abstained ≠ group | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 4 | 185 for, 439 against, 32 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 46, adding text after paragraph 1 | 116 for, 527 against, 9 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 45, adding text after paragraph 1 | 99 for, 547 against, 11 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III Amendment 58 to paragraph 1 | 206 for, 438 against, 10 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 Final vote — text as a whole | Interim report adopted 370 for, 201 against, 84 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 Amendment 2, adding text after Recital P | 115 for, 427 against, 116 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 Amendment 1, adding text after Recital O | 89 for, 421 against, 151 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 Amendment 49 to recital C | 144 for, 442 against, 67 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 Amendment 48 to recital A | 210 for, 437 against, 5 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 Separate vote on paragraph 126 | 366 for, 233 against, 57 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 Separate vote on paragraph 125 | 387 for, 218 against, 42 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 Separate vote on paragraph 124 | 359 for, 256 against, 37 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 Separate vote on paragraph 123 | 373 for, 248 against, 25 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: For |
| 28 Apr 2026 | Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 Separate vote on paragraph 122 | 369 for, 262 against, 23 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: For |
Roll-call participation
One cell per sitting while in office, shaded by the share of that day’s roll calls the member voted in. The official attendance register is kept separately by Parliament.
"No vote recorded" is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.
Data as a table
Voting neighbours
Members who voted the same way most often in the roll calls they both took part in, within and outside the member’s group (group at the date of each vote), over all roll calls of the term.
Work
Seats in committees, delegations and intergroups, and the dossiers the member leads, shadows or negotiates.
Seats
| Body | Role | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Committee on Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentAGRI Committee | Member | 19 Jul 2024 | now |
| Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer ProtectionIMCO Committee | Substitute | 19 Jul 2024 | now |
| Committee on FisheriesPECH Committee | Substitute | 19 Jul 2024 | now |
| Delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership AssemblyD-UK Joint parliamentary committee | Member | 19 Sept 2024 | now |
| Delegation for relations with MercosurDMER Delegation | Vice-chair | 3 Oct 2024 | now |
| Intergroup on DisabilityIG10-10 Intergroup / working group | Member | 11 Mar 2025 | now |
| Delegation for relations with MercosurDMER Delegation | Member | 19 Sept 2024 | 2 Oct 2024 |
Dossiers
Topics they work on (model-assigned)
- Agriculture, food & fisheries 16
- Economy & single market 16
- Foreign affairs 12
- EU budget & funds 8
- Climate & environment 8
- Trade & customs 5
- Defence & security 4
- Jobs, social affairs & equality 4
- Digital, AI & data 3
- Health 3
- EU institutions & Parliament 2
- Justice, rule of law & rights 2
- Migration & asylum 1
- Transport & tourism 1
Counts: dossiers they spoke on, led or amended, and their questions and motions.
In the chamber
Speeches and statements in plenary debates, newest first; the verbatim report is on Parliament’s site.
27 contributions recorded; 8 on behalf of their group; 36 minutes of speaking time.
| Date | Debate | Kind | Verbatim |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Sept 2026 | Stop gold-plating, relieve SMEs: Member States must implement EU legislation without adding extra bureaucracy (topical debate) on behalf of The Left | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 9 Jul 2026 | Evaluation of the common fisheries policy and follow-up (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 9 Jul 2026 | Evaluation of the common fisheries policy and follow-up (debate) on behalf of The Left | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 7 Jul 2026 | Presentation of the programme of activities of the Irish Presidency (debate) | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 17 Jun 2026 | Protecting children’s safety and mental health from the risks posed by social media – our duty to act now (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 19 May 2026 | Presentation of the Fertilisers Action Plan (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 19 May 2026 | Presentation of the Fertilisers Action Plan (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 12 Feb 2026 | Cooperation among enforcement authorities regarding unfair trading practices in the agri-food supply chain (debate) on behalf of The Left | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Topical debate requested by a political group (S&D) (Rule 169) - State violence in Minneapolis and the rule of law in the United States (topical debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 21 Oct 2025 | Recent peace agreement in the Middle East and the role of the EU (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 7 Oct 2025 | Common agricultural policy (joint debate) on behalf of The Left | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 10 Jul 2025 | Post-2027 Common Agricultural Policy (debate) on behalf of The Left | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 17 Jun 2025 | Situation in the Middle East (joint debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 17 Jun 2025 | European Ocean Pact (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 1 Apr 2025 | EU Preparedness Union Strategy (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 13 Mar 2025 | A Vision for Agriculture and Food (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 13 Mar 2025 | A Vision for Agriculture and Food (debate) on behalf of The Left | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 13 Feb 2025 | EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 13 Feb 2025 | EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 18 Dec 2024 | Challenges facing EU farmers and agricultural workers: improving working conditions, including their mental well-being (debate) on behalf of The Left | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 27 Nov 2024 | Presentation by the President-elect of the Commission of the College of Commissioners and its programme (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 22 Oct 2024 | Urgent need for a ceasefire in Lebanon and for safeguarding the UNIFIL mission in light of the recent attacks (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 22 Oct 2024 | Urgent need for a ceasefire in Lebanon and for safeguarding the UNIFIL mission in light of the recent attacks (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 9 Oct 2024 | Ensuring sustainable, decent and affordable housing in Europe - encouraging investment, private property and public housing programmes (debate) | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 8 Oct 2024 | Escalation of violence in the Middle East and the situation in Lebanon (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 19 Sept 2024 | The historic CJEU ruling on the Apple state aid case and its consequences (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 16 Sept 2024 | Outcome of the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture (debate) on behalf of The Left | Speech · 2 min | Read |
Questions and motions, 24
Parliamentary questions and motions for resolutions the member authored or co-signed, newest first.
Amendments tabled in committee, 73
Committee amendment documents that carry amendments by the member, with how many are theirs.
Connections
Dossiers they lead or shadow, committees, party, delegation and other related pages.
Political groups this term
- Group The Left in the European Parliament (GUE/NGL) The Left · Left · democratic socialism, communism
National delegation
- Delegation Ireland National delegation
Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Official source
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Data version
- data version 2b7a29b98b0d (29 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
- 29 September 2026
Cite as
EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Luke Ming FLANAGAN”. Member record. memberId 124985. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/124985?page=32&speeches=all&vscope=all (retrieved 29 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/124985. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/124985?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version 2b7a29b98b0d (29 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-member-124985,
author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
title = {{Luke Ming FLANAGAN}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/124985?page=32&speeches=all&vscope=all}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/124985?page=32&speeches=all&vscope=all},
urldate = {2026-09-29},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Member record. memberId 124985. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/124985. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version 2b7a29b98b0d (29 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}
}