Member

Elena YONCHEVA

ECR · Bulgaria

Group: ECR Changed group: Renew 16 Jul 2024 – 22 Dec 2024 → No group 23 Dec 2024 – 7 Jul 2026 → ECR since 8 Jul 2026
Country: Bulgaria
Roll-call participation: 44.4 %ⓘ of 516 roll calls in office · chamber median 93.4 % · 2024 (from july), roll calls
With majority line: 96.9 %ⓘ of 226 votes where the group had a line · Renew median 96.1 %

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National party: DPS Movement for Rights and Freedoms
In office: Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line: 2 of 218 votesⓘ
Committees: EMPL, LIBE (substitute)
Member id: 197842

National party: DPS Movement for Rights and Freedoms
In office: Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line: 2 of 218 votesⓘ
Committees: EMPL, LIBE (substitute)
Member id: 197842

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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.

Period Whole term 2024 (from July)2025 2026

Custom dates

Votes Final votes66 All roll calls516

Roll-call participation ⓘ

44.4 %

229 of 516 roll calls while in office

Renew median: 96.3 % (−51.9 pts)

Chamber median: 93.4 %

With majority line ⓘ

96.9 %

219 of 226 votes where their group had a line

Renew median: 96.1 % (+0.8 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

0.9 %

2 of 218 votes where their group had a clear line

1 opposite (for ↔ against), 1 abstained against the line

Abstention ⓘ

0.4 %

1 of 229 votes cast

Participation 44.4 % — Renew median 96.3 %, 77 members.ⓘ

Data as a table

Participation among the 77 members of the Renew with enough votes.
Figure	Participation
Elena YONCHEVA	44.4 %
Renew median	96.3 %
Lowest in the group	38.0 %
Highest in the group	99.8 %
Members	77

With majority line 96.9 % — Renew median 96.1 %, 77 members.ⓘ

Data as a table

With majority line among the 77 members of the Renew with enough votes.
Figure	With majority line
Elena YONCHEVA	96.9 %
Renew median	96.1 %
Lowest in the group	77.6 %
Highest in the group	99.0 %
Members	77

2024 (from July), 516 roll-call votes. The dots are the other members of Renew; 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.
This member changed group during the term, but sat in Renew throughout this period; each vote counts them in the group of that day.

Votes, 620

Export

Every final roll-call vote of the term with the member’s position, newest first.

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Result: for–against–abstained. Majority line: how most of the member’s group voted that day (“Tie” when no position won). ≠ group marks a vote otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds, with at least 10 members voting) of their group.
Date	Decision	Result	Position	Majority line
21 Jan 2026	Request for opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement (EMPA) and Interim Trade Agreement (ITA)	Adopted 334 for, 324 against, 11 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: —
21 Jan 2026	Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025	Adopted 392 for, 179 against, 83 abstained	Position: Abstained	Majority line: —
21 Jan 2026	Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025	Adopted 395 for, 197 against, 70 abstained	Position: Abstained	Majority line: —
21 Jan 2026	Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025	Adopted 421 for, 120 against, 108 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: —
21 Jan 2026	Addressing impunity through EU sanctions, including the EU Global Human Rights sanctions regime (so-called ‘EU Magnitsky Act’)	Adopted 440 for, 127 against, 59 abstained	Position: Against	Majority line: —
20 Jan 2026	Framework for strengthening the availability and security of supply of critical medicinal products as well as the availability of, and accessibility of, medicinal products of common interest	Passed 503 for, 57 against, 108 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: —
20 Jan 2026	The 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companies	Adopted 492 for, 144 against, 28 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: —
20 Jan 2026	Just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economies	Adopted 420 for, 207 against, 20 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: —
20 Jan 2026	Safeguarding and promoting financial stability amid economic uncertainties	Adopted 491 for, 83 against, 84 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: —
20 Jan 2026	Humanitarian aid in a time of polycrisis – reaffirming our principles for a more effective and ambitious response to humanitarian crises	Adopted 444 for, 153 against, 55 abstained	Position: Against	Majority line: —
20 Jan 2026	Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States	Adopted 417 for, 234 against, 9 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: —
18 Dec 2025	Arbitrary arrest and sentencing of academics Bahruz Samadov and Igbal Abilov in Azerbaijan	Adopted 477 for, 7 against, 69 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: —
18 Dec 2025	Mass kidnapping of children in Nigeria, including from St Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri	Adopted 519 for, 2 against, 50 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: —
18 Dec 2025	Grave political situation in Guinea-Bissau after the coup of 26 November	Adopted 535 for, 0 against, 42 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: —
18 Dec 2025	Implementation of the rule of law conditionality regime	Adopted 386 for, 184 against, 15 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: —
18 Dec 2025	Decarbonisation and modernisation of EU fisheries, and the development and deployment of fishing gear	Adopted 450 for, 93 against, 37 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: —
18 Dec 2025	Continuous Belarusian hybrid attacks against Lithuania	Adopted 438 for, 37 against, 48 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: —
17 Dec 2025	Application of the ‘safe third country’ concept	Negotiating mandate approved 384 for, 237 against, 31 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: —
17 Dec 2025	Establishment of a list of safe countries of origin at Union level	Negotiating mandate approved 396 for, 202 against, 56 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: —
17 Dec 2025	Phasing out Russian natural gas imports, improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies	Passed 500 for, 120 against, 32 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: —
17 Dec 2025	Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders	Passed 405 for, 242 against, 8 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: —
17 Dec 2025	European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC)	Passed 604 for, 37 against, 18 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: —
17 Dec 2025	EU/Jordan Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation: terms and conditions for the participation of Jordan in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA)	Consent given 627 for, 13 against, 5 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: —
17 Dec 2025	Simplification of the content and presentation of information to be disclosed concerning environmentally sustainable activities and simplification of certain technical screening criteria for determining whether economic activities cause no significant harm to environmental objectives	Objection failed 230 for, 402 against, 28 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: —
17 Dec 2025	Military Mobility	Adopted 493 for, 127 against, 38 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: —
17 Dec 2025	European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needs	Adopted 425 for, 120 against, 96 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: —
17 Dec 2025	Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of work	Adopted 480 for, 83 against, 94 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: —
17 Dec 2025	European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’	Adopted 358 for, 202 against, 79 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: —
16 Dec 2025	Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products	Passed 431 for, 161 against, 70 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: —
16 Dec 2025	Amending the Directive on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes	Amendment 1 rejected 122 for, 470 against, 69 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: —
16 Dec 2025	Incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan	Passed 519 for, 119 against, 25 abstained	Position: Against	Majority line: —
16 Dec 2025	Amending certain CAP Regulations as regards the conditionality system, types of intervention in the form of direct payment, types of intervention in certain sectors and rural development and annual performance reports, data and interoperability governance, suspensions of payments annual performance clearance and controls and penalties	Passed 629 for, 17 against, 16 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: —
16 Dec 2025	Providing macro-financial assistance to Jordan	Passed 585 for, 34 against, 45 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: —
16 Dec 2025	Brexit Adjustment Reserve	Passed 619 for, 6 against, 37 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: —
16 Dec 2025	Corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements	Passed 428 for, 218 against, 17 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: —
16 Dec 2025	Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/003 SE/Northvolt – Sweden	Passed 578 for, 54 against, 30 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: —
16 Dec 2025	Genetically modified maize NK603	Objection passed 479 for, 173 against, 8 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: —
16 Dec 2025	Genetically modified sugar beet KWS20-1	Objection passed 455 for, 169 against, 8 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: —
16 Dec 2025	Relations between the EU and Saudi Arabia	Adopted 417 for, 131 against, 108 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: —
27 Nov 2025	Amending Regulations on the Internal Market Information System (IMI) and on the single digital gateway as regards certain harmonisation requirements on transparency	Passed 400 for, 77 against, 132 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: —
27 Nov 2025	Harmonised requirements in the internal market on transparency of third countries interest representation	Passed 392 for, 88 against, 133 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: —
27 Nov 2025	Post-election killings and the deteriorating human rights situation in Tanzania, including the case of imprisoned opposition leader Tundu Lissu	Adopted 539 for, 0 against, 27 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: —
27 Nov 2025	Escalating repression of the Baha’is in Iran	Adopted 549 for, 7 against, 31 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: —
27 Nov 2025	Rule of law and human rights situation in Tunisia, particularly the case of Sonia Dahmani	Adopted 464 for, 58 against, 75 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: —
27 Nov 2025	Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement	Adopted 490 for, 41 against, 74 abstained	Position: Abstained	Majority line: —
27 Nov 2025	EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024	Adopted 490 for, 9 against, 109 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: —
27 Nov 2025	Application of the Treaty provisions related to the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality and the role of national parliaments in the EU legislative process	Adopted 337 for, 245 against, 12 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: —
27 Nov 2025	Escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan	Adopted 503 for, 32 against, 52 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: —
27 Nov 2025	Political situation in Myanmar including the humanitarian crisis of the Rohingya	Adopted 519 for, 3 against, 57 abstained	Position: For	Majority line: —
27 Nov 2025	EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for Ukraine	Adopted 401 for, 70 against, 90 abstained	Position: No vote recorded	Majority line: —

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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 on 15 of 22 sittings with roll calls.

"No vote recorded" is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.

Data as a table

Roll calls held at each sitting while in office and how many of them the member voted in.
Sitting	Roll calls	Voted in
17 Jul 2024	23	21
18 Jul 2024	1	0
16 Sept 2024	2	0
18 Sept 2024	2	0
19 Sept 2024	92	0
7 Oct 2024	2	0
8 Oct 2024	1	1
9 Oct 2024	18	18
10 Oct 2024	4	0
21 Oct 2024	2	0
22 Oct 2024	10	0
23 Oct 2024	129	127
24 Oct 2024	13	0
13 Nov 2024	2	0
14 Nov 2024	36	33
25 Nov 2024	2	0
26 Nov 2024	18	18
27 Nov 2024	11	11
28 Nov 2024	57	0
17 Dec 2024	13	0
18 Dec 2024	33	0
19 Dec 2024	45	0

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.

At least 200 shared roll calls over at least six months in office together. Within = both sat in the same group on the date of the vote; a member who changed group can appear on both lists. Baseline = the median agreement of all pairs of members of the groups the two sat in on the date of each shared vote (within: the group they shared; outside: the two groups), weighted by the votes they shared in each combination.

Within the same group (on the day of each vote)

Agreement: roll calls where both cast the same position, of the roll calls both voted in while in the same group (“shared”); a count below 50 shared. Baseline: the median agreement of every pair of members of that group.
Select	Member	Group	Country	Agreement	Baseline
Select Sigrid FRIIS	Sigrid FRIIS	Renew	Denmark	97 % of 225 shared	92 %
Select Anna STÜRGKH	Anna STÜRGKH	Renew	Austria	97 % of 210 shared	92 %
Select Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY	Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY	Renew	Netherlands	97 % of 229 shared	92 %
Select Raquel GARCÍA HERMIDA-VAN DER WALLE	Raquel GARCÍA HERMIDA-VAN DER WALLE	Renew	Netherlands	96 % of 228 shared	92 %
Select Marjan ŠAREC	Marjan ŠAREC	Renew	Slovenia	96 % of 227 shared	92 %
Select Hristo PETROV	Hristo PETROV	Renew	Bulgaria	96 % of 227 shared	92 %
Select Brigitte VAN DEN BERG	Brigitte VAN DEN BERG	Renew	Netherlands	96 % of 226 shared	92 %
Select Dan BARNA	Dan BARNA	Renew	Romania	96 % of 225 shared	92 %
Select Jana TOOM	Jana TOOM	Renew	Estonia	96 % of 224 shared	92 %
Select Dainius ŽALIMAS	Dainius ŽALIMAS	Renew	Lithuania	96 % of 228 shared	92 %

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Outside the group

Agreement: roll calls where both cast the same position, of the roll calls both voted in while in different groups (“shared”); a count below 50 shared. Baseline: the median agreement of every pair of members of the groups the two sat in on those votes (groups at the date, weighted by the votes shared in each combination).
Select	Member	Group	Country	Agreement	Baseline
Select Taner KABILOV	Taner KABILOV changed group	ECR	Bulgaria	70 % of 1 957 shared	44 %
Select Jérémy DECERLE	Jérémy DECERLE	Renew	France	61 % of 1 457 shared	33 %
Select Eleonora MELETI	Eleonora MELETI	EPP	Greece	61 % of 2 503 shared	39 %
Select Gabriella GERZSENYI	Gabriella GERZSENYI	EPP	Hungary	60 % of 1 507 shared	41 %
Select Victor NEGRESCU	Victor NEGRESCU	S&D	Romania	60 % of 2 690 shared	37 %
Select Vangelis MEIMARAKIS	Vangelis MEIMARAKIS	EPP	Greece	59 % of 2 822 shared	39 %
Select Tsvetelina PENKOVA	Tsvetelina PENKOVA	S&D	Bulgaria	59 % of 2 623 shared	37 %
Select Dimitris TSIODRAS	Dimitris TSIODRAS	EPP	Greece	59 % of 2 839 shared	38 %
Select Emil RADEV	Emil RADEV	EPP	Bulgaria	59 % of 2 433 shared	38 %
Select Dragoş BENEA	Dragoş BENEA	S&D	Romania	59 % of 1 985 shared	38 %

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Work

Seats in committees, delegations and intergroups, and the dossiers the member leads, shadows or negotiates.

Seats

Body: the committee, delegation or intergroup, with its kind. Role: the member’s role in it. From, To: the dates of the seat (“now” while it lasts).
Body	Role	From	To
Committee on Employment and Social AffairsEMPL Committee	Member	14 Sept 2026	now
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home AffairsLIBE Committee	Substitute	2 Sept 2026	now
Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the MediterraneanDMED Parliamentary assembly	Substitute	15 Jul 2026	now
Committee on DevelopmentDEVE Committee	Substitute	19 Jul 2024	22 Dec 2024
Committee on Industry, Research and EnergyITRE Committee	Member	23 Jan 2025	7 Jul 2026
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home AffairsLIBE Committee	Member	19 Jul 2024	22 Dec 2024
Subcommittee on Human RightsDROI Subcommittee	Substitute	19 Jul 2024	22 Dec 2024
Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of ChinaD-CN Delegation	Member	19 Sept 2024	22 Dec 2024
Delegation for relations with IsraelD-IL Delegation	Substitute	19 Sept 2024	22 Dec 2024
Delegation for relations with the Arab PeninsulaDARP Delegation	Member	31 Mar 2025	7 Jul 2026

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Dossiers

Dossier: the procedure the declaration names (“No dossier named” for a delegation without one). Role: rapporteur, shadow rapporteur, negotiator or delegation. Committee: the committee that appointed them. Date: of the declaration.
Dossier	Role	Committee	Date
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on enhancing police cooperation in relation to the prevention, detection and investigation of migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings, and on enhancing Europol’s support to preventing and combating such crimes and amending Regulation (EU) 2016/794 -2023/0438(COD).	Shadow rapporteur	LIBE	18 Sept 2024

Topics they work on (model-assigned)

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.

20 contributions recorded; 25 minutes of speaking time.

Date: the sitting. Debate: the item debated, and the group when they spoke on its behalf. Kind: speech or written statement, with speaking time. Verbatim: the verbatim report on Parliament’s site.
Date	Debate	Kind	Verbatim
7 Jul 2026	EU-Mexico (joint debate)	Speech · 1 min	Read
20 May 2026	Reviewing the ETS system to support European competitiveness (topical debate)	Speech · 1 min	Read
25 Mar 2026	Energy security, independence and supply in the geopolitical context - ensuring market stability and affordable energy for industry and citizens (debate)	Speech · 1 min	Read
11 Mar 2026	Building Europe's clean, independent and secure energy following the 2026 North Sea Summit (debate)	Speech · 1 min	Read
11 Feb 2026	Urgent actions to revive EU competitiveness, deepen the EU Single Market and reduce the cost of living - from the Draghi report to reality (debate)	Speech · 1 min	Read
16 Dec 2025	Presentation of the European Affordable Housing Plan (debate)	Speech · 1 min	Read
25 Nov 2025	Communication on the European Democracy Shield (debate)	Speech · 1 min	Read
7 Oct 2025	The EU’s role in supporting the recent peace efforts for Gaza and a two-state solution (debate)	Speech · 1 min	Read
10 Sept 2025	State of the Union (debate)	Speech · 1 min	Read
8 Jul 2025	Situation in the Middle East (debate)	Speech · 1 min	Read

Show all 20 recent contributions

Questions and motions, 2

Parliamentary questions and motions for resolutions the member authored or co-signed, newest first.

Date: tabled. Title: the question or motion, with its id. Kind: written question or motion for a resolution, with the number of co-authors. Answer: the date of the answer to a question.
Date	Title	Kind	Answer
13 Jul 2026	Alleged unlawful disclosure and misuse of PNR data in Bulgaria E-10-2026-002896	Written questionwith 1 co-author	Not yet answered
3 Mar 2026	Three years since the railway accident in Tempi, Greece O-10-2026-000010	Oral questionwith 35 co-authors	Not yet answered

Amendments tabled in committee, 3

Committee amendment documents that carry amendments by the member, with how many are theirs.

Date: of the amendment document. Text amended: the dossier and the document’s id. Committee: where the amendments were tabled. Amendments: how many in the document are the member’s.
Date	Text amended	Committee	Amendments
13 Jul 2026	Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790918	AGRI	2
13 Jul 2026	Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790919	AGRI	1
13 Jul 2026	Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790956	AGRI	1

Connections

Dossiers they lead or shadow, committees, party, delegation and other related pages.

Political groups this term

Group European Conservatives and Reformists ECR · Right-wing · national conservatism, EU-critical
Group Non-attached members No group · Not a group — members sitting without affiliation
Group Renew Europe Renew · Centre · liberalism, pro-Europeanism

National delegation

Delegation Bulgaria National delegation

Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197842?page=6&period=2024&vscope=final
Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament
Data source: EP Open Data: member record
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

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Elena YONCHEVA”. Member record. memberId 197842. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197842?page=6&period=2024&vscope=final (retrieved 26 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197842. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/197842?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (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-member-197842,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Elena YONCHEVA}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197842?page=6&period=2024&vscope=final}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197842?page=6&period=2024&vscope=final},
  urldate = {2026-09-26},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Member record. memberId 197842. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197842. Data: EP Open Data: member record (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}
}