← Votes·2023-11-23

Implementation report on the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement

Vote ID 160062Source: 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
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+0 / 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 “Implementation report on the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, Greens-EFA, NI and Left voted mostly in favour. PfE and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (512 for, 9 against, 42 abstentions).

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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

512

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

503 votes

Turnout (cast)

563

Absent

139

Participation rate

80.2%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 144Against 0Abstain 0Absent 35

S&D136 MEPs

For 99Against 1Abstain 0Absent 36

Renew100 MEPs

For 85Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

ECR64 MEPs

For 49Against 6Abstain 3Absent 6

Greens/EFA70 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 0Absent 14

PfE64 MEPs

For 24Against 0Abstain 27Absent 13

NI46 MEPs

For 27Against 2Abstain 4Absent 13

The Left36 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 5Absent 5

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany67
Italy54
France52
Spain50
Poland47

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 4Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Denmark14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 0Absent 1

France79 MEPs

For 52Against 0Abstain 16Absent 11

Germany96 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 8Absent 21

Greece21 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 0Absent 5

Hungary21 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Ireland13 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 54Against 0Abstain 1Absent 21

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 1Absent 15

Poland51 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Romania33 MEPs

For 26Against 0Abstain 0Absent 7

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 4

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Spain57 MEPs

For 50Against 1Abstain 0Absent 6

Sweden21 MEPs

For 16Against 2Abstain 1Absent 2

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