← Votes·2026-02-12

Post-election situation in Uganda and threats against opposition leader Bobi Wine

Vote ID 185282Source: 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 “Post-election situation in Uganda and threats against opposition leader Bobi Wine”. EPP, S&D, ECR, Renew, PfE, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour. ESN and NI mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (514 for, 3 against, 56 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

514

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

511 votes

Turnout (cast)

573

Absent

146

Participation rate

79.7%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 143Against 0Abstain 1Absent 41

S&D135 MEPs

For 110Against 0Abstain 0Absent 25

ECR82 MEPs

For 64Against 1Abstain 1Absent 16

Renew78 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

PfE84 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 16Absent 22

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

The Left45 MEPs

For 36Against 0Abstain 0Absent 9

ESN27 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 22Absent 2

NI29 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 15Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

France63
Germany58
Italy56
Spain51
Poland41

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 5Absent 5

Belgium22 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 2Absent 5

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 3Absent 5

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 3Absent 2

Denmark15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 10Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

France81 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 0Absent 18

Germany96 MEPs

For 58Against 0Abstain 21Absent 17

Greece21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 2Absent 2

Hungary21 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 1Absent 20

Ireland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Italy76 MEPs

For 56Against 0Abstain 0Absent 20

Latvia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 6Absent 2

Poland53 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 5Absent 7

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 1Absent 9

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 3Absent 5

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 51Against 0Abstain 1Absent 8

Sweden21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

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