← Votes·2020-01-30

The gender pay gap

Gender Equality65%★

Confidence: 65%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "gender pay gap"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 112117Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Key vote

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+8 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 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 gender pay gap”. ECR voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, PfE, NI and Left voted mostly against. ESN mostly abstained. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (75 for, 492 against, 30 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

Against

492

Abstain

Margin of victory

417 votes

Turnout (cast)

597

Absent

Participation rate

88.2%

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

By political group

EPP173 MEPs

For 29Against 115Abstain 4Absent 25

S&D132 MEPs

For 0Against 113Abstain 3Absent 16

Renew96 MEPs

For 2Against 87Abstain 1Absent 6

Greens/EFA67 MEPs

For 0Against 60Abstain 0Absent 7

ECR59 MEPs

For 39Against 7Abstain 10Absent 3

PfE64 MEPs

For 3Against 45Abstain 6Absent 10

NI42 MEPs

For 2Against 30Abstain 4Absent 6

The Left37 MEPs

For 0Against 33Abstain 0Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Poland26

Most against

France67
Italy57
Germany55
Spain48
Romania24

Divided delegations

Poland

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria18 MEPs

For 0Against 16Abstain 1Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 5Against 13Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 1Against 13Abstain 1Absent 2

Croatia11 MEPs

For 1Against 7Abstain 2Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 6Against 14Abstain 1Absent 0

Denmark13 MEPs

For 0Against 11Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia6 MEPs

For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland13 MEPs

For 0Against 13Abstain 0Absent 0

France74 MEPs

For 0Against 67Abstain 0Absent 7

Germany96 MEPs

For 23Against 55Abstain 10Absent 8

Greece21 MEPs

For 0Against 16Abstain 1Absent 4

Hungary21 MEPs

For 1Against 15Abstain 0Absent 5

Ireland11 MEPs

For 0Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy73 MEPs

For 4Against 57Abstain 2Absent 10

Latvia8 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 1Against 9Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 1Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands26 MEPs

For 0Against 21Abstain 4Absent 1

Poland51 MEPs

For 26Against 19Abstain 0Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 0Against 14Abstain 0Absent 7

Romania32 MEPs

For 0Against 24Abstain 0Absent 8

Slovakia13 MEPs

For 2Against 9Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4

Spain53 MEPs

For 0Against 48Abstain 0Absent 5

Sweden20 MEPs

For 2Against 10Abstain 6Absent 2

Individual MEP positions

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