← Votes·2019-10-24

The situation of LGBTI people in Uganda

Vote ID 109707Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Some political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+8 / 15

Methodology: importance-v0.1 · The Importance Score is a prioritisation indicator. It does not judge whether a vote is good or bad.

What was this vote about?

This vote concerned “The situation of LGBTI people in Uganda”. EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. PfE, ECR and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (472 for, 4 against, 109 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

472

Against

Abstain

109

Margin of victory

468 votes

Turnout (cast)

585

Absent

Participation rate

86.3%

✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP173 MEPs

For 142Against 1Abstain 9Absent 21

S&D132 MEPs

For 111Against 0Abstain 1Absent 20

Renew96 MEPs

For 78Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

PfE64 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 50Absent 4

Greens/EFA67 MEPs

For 59Against 0Abstain 0Absent 8

ECR59 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 39Absent 8

NI43 MEPs

For 23Against 3Abstain 7Absent 10

The Left37 MEPs

For 33Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 3Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany72
Spain43
France42
Italy37
Romania27

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria18 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

Croatia11 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Denmark13 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Estonia6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Finland13 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 7

France74 MEPs

For 42Against 0Abstain 23Absent 9

Germany96 MEPs

For 72Against 1Abstain 10Absent 13

Greece21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland11 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy73 MEPs

For 37Against 0Abstain 29Absent 7

Latvia8 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 2Absent 4

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Malta6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands26 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 4Absent 3

Poland51 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 23Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania32 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovakia13 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain54 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 3Absent 8

Sweden20 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

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