← Votes·2021-05-21

The adequate protection of personal data by the United Kingdom

Vote ID 131782Source: 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
✓Significant national delegation divergence
✓Close result
✓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+10 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+12 / 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 adequate protection of personal data by the United Kingdom”. S&D, Renew, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour, while EPP, PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was adopted by a narrow margin (344 for, 311 against, 28 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. The outcome was close, which makes individual choices and absences especially consequential.

Result analysis

For

344

Against

311

Abstain

Margin of victory

33 votes

Turnout (cast)

683

Absent

Participation rate

96.9%

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

Close vote analysis

The margin was 33 votes. 22 MEPs did not vote.

Could absences have changed the outcome? The number of absent MEPs (22) was not larger than the 33-vote margin.

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

EPP179 MEPs

For 11Against 161Abstain 1Absent 6

S&D136 MEPs

For 117Against 2Abstain 10Absent 7

Renew101 MEPs

For 83Against 10Abstain 8Absent 0

Greens/EFA71 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

PfE67 MEPs

For 3Against 63Abstain 1Absent 0

ECR63 MEPs

For 3Against 57Abstain 1Absent 2

NI44 MEPs

For 22Against 16Abstain 4Absent 2

The Left38 MEPs

For 35Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

ESN4 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany49
France48
Spain44
Romania17
Portugal14

Most against

Italy42
Poland41
Netherlands14
Hungary13
Bulgaria9

Divided delegations

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Finland
France
Germany

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 12Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium21 MEPs

For 11Against 10Abstain 0Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 8Against 9Abstain 0Absent 0

Croatia12 MEPs

For 7Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 7Against 9Abstain 5Absent 0

Denmark14 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 7Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 3Against 1Abstain 2Absent 1

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 2Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 48Against 31Abstain 0Absent 0

Germany96 MEPs

For 49Against 40Abstain 1Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 9Against 8Abstain 3Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 7Against 13Abstain 0Absent 1

Ireland13 MEPs

For 5Against 7Abstain 1Absent 0

Italy76 MEPs

For 32Against 42Abstain 0Absent 2

Latvia8 MEPs

For 4Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 6Against 5Abstain 0Absent 0

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 2Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 13Against 14Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 9Against 41Abstain 0Absent 2

Portugal21 MEPs

For 14Against 7Abstain 0Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 17Against 15Abstain 0Absent 1

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 6Against 6Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 4Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain59 MEPs

For 44Against 15Abstain 0Absent 0

Sweden21 MEPs

For 7Against 7Abstain 5Absent 2

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