Member
Christophe BAY
Patriots · France
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 ⓘ
88.2 %
5 120 of 5 808 roll calls while in office
Patriots median: 91.1 % (−3.0 pts)
Chamber median: 90.2 %
With majority line ⓘ
91.8 %
4 686 of 5 107 votes where their group had a line
Patriots median: 82.7 % (+9.1 pts)
26 opposite (for ↔ against), 18 abstained against the line
Data as a table
| Figure | Participation |
|---|---|
| Christophe BAY | 88.2 % |
| Patriots median | 91.1 % |
| Lowest in the group | 44.5 % |
| Highest in the group | 99.9 % |
| Members | 89 |
Data as a table
| Figure | With majority line |
|---|---|
| Christophe BAY | 91.8 % |
| Patriots median | 82.7 % |
| Lowest in the group | 72.5 % |
| Highest in the group | 92.9 % |
| Members | 89 |
- Whole term, 5 928 roll-call votes. The dots are the other members of Patriots; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 May 2026 | The need to reduce work-related fatalities Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 17 | 160 for, 296 against, 14 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 21 May 2026 | The need to reduce work-related fatalities Amendment 6 to paragraph 17 | 168 for, 300 against, 6 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 21 May 2026 | The need to reduce work-related fatalities Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 15 | 75 for, 330 against, 65 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Abstained |
| 21 May 2026 | The need to reduce work-related fatalities Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 12 | 146 for, 316 against, 6 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | The need to reduce work-related fatalities Amendments 3 + 5 (voted as one) to paragraph 1 | 181 for, 267 against, 25 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 263 for, 83 against, 154 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: Against |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Separate vote on recital AH | 294 for, 144 against, 70 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Against |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Separate vote on recital AF | 285 for, 198 against, 30 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Separate vote on recital AC | 238 for, 217 against, 57 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Against |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Recital S — part 2 | 273 for, 160 against, 79 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: Abstained |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Recital S — part 1 | 344 for, 111 against, 50 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Recital R — part 2 | 320 for, 152 against, 34 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: Against |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Recital R — part 1 | 384 for, 113 against, 13 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Separate vote on recital F | 473 for, 12 against, 26 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Recital A — part 2 | 303 for, 178 against, 27 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Recital A — part 1 | 437 for, 28 against, 48 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Separate vote on paragraph 83 | 427 for, 42 against, 42 abstained | Position: Against ≠ group | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Separate vote on paragraph 81 | 307 for, 146 against, 58 abstained | Position: No vote recorded | Majority line: Against |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Separate vote on paragraph 79 | 327 for, 154 against, 31 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: Against |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Separate vote on paragraph 64 | 266 for, 234 against, 25 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: Against |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Separate vote on paragraph 58 | 507 for, 3 against, 16 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Separate vote on paragraph 55 | 373 for, 76 against, 79 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Separate vote on paragraph 53 | 248 for, 158 against, 114 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Paragraph 49 — part 2 | 358 for, 134 against, 30 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Paragraph 49 — part 1 | 421 for, 77 against, 33 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Separate vote on paragraph 43 | 261 for, 105 against, 174 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Abstained |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Paragraph 37 — part 2 | 245 for, 275 against, 20 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Paragraph 37 — part 1 | 286 for, 182 against, 65 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: Abstained |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Paragraph 36 — part 2 | 299 for, 134 against, 103 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Paragraph 36 — part 1 | 472 for, 33 against, 33 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 28 | 190 for, 311 against, 39 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Separate vote on paragraph 22 | 321 for, 118 against, 102 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: Abstained |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Separate vote on paragraph 19 | 505 for, 29 against, 9 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Separate vote on paragraph 15 | 460 for, 14 against, 64 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 14 | 181 for, 342 against, 20 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap Separate vote on paragraph 14 | 496 for, 7 against, 35 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 337 for, 178 against, 44 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 21 May 2026 | The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward Amendment 7 to recital AY | 175 for, 378 against, 2 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward Amendment 6 to recital Y | 122 for, 432 against, 4 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward Amendment 13 to recital A | 293 for, 263 against, 10 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward Paragraph 56 — part 2 | 537 for, 26 against, 3 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward Paragraph 56 — part 1 | 378 for, 171 against, 16 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward Amendment 43 to paragraph 56 | 162 for, 384 against, 20 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 21 May 2026 | The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward Amendment 42 to paragraph 55 | 166 for, 356 against, 40 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward Amendment 12 to paragraph 43 | 501 for, 49 against, 15 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward Separate vote on paragraph 40 | 531 for, 24 against, 13 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 21 May 2026 | The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward Separate vote on paragraph 37 | 391 for, 90 against, 84 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Abstained |
| 21 May 2026 | The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 36 — part 2 | 226 for, 296 against, 46 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Against |
| 21 May 2026 | The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 36 — part 1 | 388 for, 120 against, 62 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Against |
| 21 May 2026 | The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 36 | 279 for, 121 against, 167 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: Abstained |
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 International TradeINTA Committee | Member | 10 Oct 2024 | now |
| Committee on Industry, Research and EnergyITRE Committee | Substitute | 9 Oct 2024 | now |
| Committee on Security and DefenceSEDE Committee | Substitute | 23 Jan 2025 | now |
| Delegation to the EU-Türkiye Joint Parliamentary CommitteeD-TR Joint parliamentary committee | Member | 10 Oct 2024 | now |
| Delegation for relations with South AfricaD-ZA Delegation | Substitute | 9 Oct 2024 | now |
| Delegation for relations with the countries of South AsiaDSAS Delegation | Substitute | 9 Oct 2024 | now |
| Intergroup on Biodiversity, Hunting and CountrysideIG10-04 Intergroup / working group | Vice-chair | 31 Mar 2025 | now |
| Intergroup on Christians in the Middle EastIG10-07 Intergroup / working group | Member | 20 Feb 2025 | now |
| Subcommittee on Human RightsDROI Subcommittee | Substitute | 12 Dec 2024 | 1 May 2025 |
| Intergroup on Biodiversity, Hunting and CountrysideIG10-04 Intergroup / working group | Member | 4 Feb 2025 | 30 Mar 2025 |
Dossiers
| Dossier | Role | Committee | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opportunities and challenges presented by a comprehensive artificial intelligence strategy for EU trade | Shadow rapporteur | INTA | 14 Apr 2026 |
| Hybrid warfare and the protection of the EU’s territorial integrity and critical security and defence infrastructure | Shadow rapporteur | SEDE | 16 Mar 2026 |
| No dossier named | Official delegation | INTA | 23 Feb 2026 |
| Establishing Horizon Europe, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, for the period 2028-2034 laying down its rules for participation and dissemination, and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/695 | Shadow rapporteur for an opinion | SEDE | 3 Feb 2026 |
| Implementing the bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products | Shadow rapporteur | INTA | 24 Nov 2025 |
| No dossier named | Official delegation | SEDE | 25 Aug 2025 |
| No dossier named | Official delegation | SEDE | 15 Jul 2025 |
| INTA delegation to Indonesia (13-17 April 2025) | Official delegation | 10 Feb 2025 | |
| Déclaration de conflits d'intérêts rapporteur fictif INTA Filtrage des investissements étrangers dans l'UE | Shadow rapporteur | INTA | 22 Jan 2025 |
Topics they work on (model-assigned)
- Foreign affairs 32
- Economy & single market 28
- Trade & customs 19
- Defence & security 14
- Agriculture, food & fisheries 10
- Justice, rule of law & rights 9
- EU budget & funds 8
- EU institutions & Parliament 6
- Climate & environment 5
- Energy 5
- Jobs, social affairs & equality 4
- Transport & tourism 4
- Digital, AI & data 3
- Health 3
- Migration & asylum 3
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.
15 contributions recorded; 2 on behalf of their group; 21 minutes of speaking time.
Questions and motions, 58
Parliamentary questions and motions for resolutions the member authored or co-signed, newest first.
Amendments tabled in committee, 57
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 group
- Group Patriots for Europe Patriots · Far-right · national conservatism, right-wing populism
National delegation
- Delegation France 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 e994c83b5003 (27 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
- 27 September 2026
Cite as
EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Christophe BAY”. Member record. memberId 261797. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/261797?page=19&rows=all&vscope=all (retrieved 27 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/261797. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/261797?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version e994c83b5003 (27 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-261797,
author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
title = {{Christophe BAY}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/261797?page=19&rows=all&vscope=all}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/261797?page=19&rows=all&vscope=all},
urldate = {2026-09-27},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Member record. memberId 261797. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/261797. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version e994c83b5003 (27 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}
}