← Votes·2021-01-20

Access to decent and affordable housing for all

Vote ID 126899Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓Very close result
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+0 / 25

Close vote+12 / 15

Legislative+0 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+10 / 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 “Access to decent and affordable housing for all”. S&D, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, Renew, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. PfE mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (316 for, 305 against, 66 abstentions).

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

Why it matters

This is a substantive vote (such as an amendment or resolution) that contributes to shaping the final position of the Parliament on a dossier. It reflects the political direction taken on specific provisions. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

316

Against

305

Abstain

Margin of victory

11 votes

Turnout (cast)

687

Absent

Participation rate

97.7%

⚠️This was a close vote — the margin was small relative to the votes cast.

Close vote analysis

The margin was 11 votes. 16 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (16) was larger than the 11-vote margin, so absences were numerically significant.

Absences larger than the margin are numerically significant but do NOT imply the outcome would have changed. That would require modelling how each absent member would have voted, which this analysis does not do.

By political group

EPP178 MEPs

For 24Against 145Abstain 5Absent 4

S&D136 MEPs

For 131Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Renew100 MEPs

For 35Against 62Abstain 1Absent 2

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 68Against 1Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 1Against 18Abstain 47Absent 1

ECR63 MEPs

For 2Against 57Abstain 4Absent 0

NI44 MEPs

For 19Against 15Abstain 8Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

France47
Spain35
Italy32
Greece15
Portugal12

Most against

Germany47
Poland41
Romania23
Netherlands18
Czech Republic17

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Ireland
Latvia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 8Against 7Abstain 3Absent 1

Belgium20 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 3Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 5Against 11Abstain 1Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 2Absent 0

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 4Against 17Abstain 0Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 2Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 2Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 47Against 9Abstain 22Absent 1

Germany96 MEPs

For 45Against 47Abstain 0Absent 4

Greece21 MEPs

For 15Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 15Abstain 0Absent 0

Ireland13 MEPs

For 8Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 32Against 14Abstain 28Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 3Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 3Against 7Abstain 0Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 9Against 18Abstain 0Absent 2

Poland52 MEPs

For 10Against 41Abstain 0Absent 1

Portugal21 MEPs

For 12Against 6Abstain 1Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 10Against 23Abstain 0Absent 0

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 7Abstain 1Absent 0

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 3Against 4Abstain 1Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 35Against 24Abstain 0Absent 0

Sweden20 MEPs

For 9Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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