EuropeScopeEU
← Votes·2022-10-06

The death of Mahsa Jina Amini and the repression of women’s rights protesters in Iran

Foreign Affairs75%★
Confidence: 75%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title contains non-EU country "iran"
Reviewed: yes
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
View all votes on Foreign Affairs →
Gender Equality65%
Confidence: 65%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title/description contains "women's rights"
Reviewed: no
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
View all votes on Gender Equality →
Human Rights64%
Confidence: 64%
Assigned by: rule-based classifier
Evidence:
  • title/description contains "repression"
Reviewed: no
Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1
View all votes on Human Rights →
Vote ID 148823Source: official EP roll-call records
Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗
46
/ 100

Importance Score

Medium importance

Why this vote stands out:

  • ✓High-interest topic: Human Rights
  • ✓Some political group division
  • ✓Significant national delegation divergence
  • ✓High participation
  • ✓Many MEPs voted against their group
Show full breakdown
Topic importance+10 / 15
Turnout+4 / 5
Vote type+0 / 25
Close vote+0 / 15
Legislative+0 / 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 death of Mahsa Jina Amini and the repression of women’s rights protesters in Iran”. Renew, ECR and PfE voted mostly in favour, while EPP, S&D, Greens-EFA, NI, Left and ESN voted mostly against. The motion was rejected by a comfortable margin (166 for, 353 against, 63 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.

Result analysis

For
166
Against
353
Abstain
63
Margin of victory
187 votes
Turnout (cast)
582
Absent
122
Participation rate
82.7%
✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs
For 13Against 125Abstain 5Absent 36
S&D136 MEPs
For 6Against 109Abstain 1Absent 20
Renew101 MEPs
For 62Against 4Abstain 20Absent 15
Greens/EFA72 MEPs
For 1Against 63Abstain 0Absent 8
ECR62 MEPs
For 51Against 1Abstain 0Absent 10
PfE67 MEPs
For 24Against 3Abstain 22Absent 18
NI44 MEPs
For 5Against 19Abstain 11Absent 9
The Left37 MEPs
For 2Against 27Abstain 3Absent 5
ESN4 MEPs
For 1Against 2Abstain 1Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour
  • Italy29
  • Poland26
  • Czech Republic9
  • Slovakia6
  • Finland5
Most against
  • Germany63
  • Spain33
  • Portugal18
  • Greece16
  • Netherlands15
Divided delegations
  • Belgium
  • Bulgaria
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • Italy
  • Netherlands
Full breakdown by all countries
Austria19 MEPs
For 1Against 14Abstain 3Absent 1
Belgium21 MEPs
For 7Against 10Abstain 0Absent 4
Bulgaria17 MEPs
For 4Against 7Abstain 0Absent 6
Croatia12 MEPs
For 3Against 7Abstain 1Absent 1
Cyprus6 MEPs
For 0Against 6Abstain 0Absent 0
Czech Republic21 MEPs
For 9Against 8Abstain 0Absent 4
Denmark14 MEPs
For 5Against 6Abstain 0Absent 3
Estonia7 MEPs
For 3Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2
Finland14 MEPs
For 5Against 3Abstain 0Absent 6
France79 MEPs
For 7Against 27Abstain 37Absent 8
Germany96 MEPs
For 9Against 63Abstain 6Absent 18
Greece21 MEPs
For 2Against 16Abstain 0Absent 3
Hungary21 MEPs
For 4Against 1Abstain 9Absent 7
Ireland13 MEPs
For 2Against 10Abstain 0Absent 1
Italy76 MEPs
For 29Against 28Abstain 0Absent 19
Latvia8 MEPs
For 0Against 4Abstain 0Absent 4
Lithuania11 MEPs
For 3Against 8Abstain 0Absent 0
Luxembourg6 MEPs
For 2Against 4Abstain 0Absent 0
Malta6 MEPs
For 0Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1
Netherlands29 MEPs
For 11Against 15Abstain 0Absent 3
Poland52 MEPs
For 26Against 20Abstain 0Absent 6
Portugal21 MEPs
For 1Against 18Abstain 0Absent 2
Romania33 MEPs
For 9Against 15Abstain 1Absent 8
Slovakia14 MEPs
For 6Against 4Abstain 3Absent 1
Slovenia8 MEPs
For 3Against 4Abstain 0Absent 1
Spain59 MEPs
For 11Against 33Abstain 3Absent 12
Sweden20 MEPs
For 4Against 15Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

Loading individual positions…

Download & share