This VoteWatch.eu report looks into the voting patterns in the first 2 years of the 2009-2014 European Parliament, focusing on voting dynamics within the main European Political Groups (EPP,S&D,ALDE). The study, based on 1896 roll-call votes, finds that inside of the EPGs, there are certain differences in the voting behaviour of national party delegations. The study places each national party delegation on a left-right axis and shows which ones shape the policy of the EPGs most.

This VoteWatch.eu report looks into the voting patterns in the first 18 months of the 7th European Parliament. The study, based on 1351 roll-call votes, finds that the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) continue to vote based on ideology rather than nationality and identifies the coalition formation pattern between the 7 political groups in the EP on each of the 20 policy areas. The research has shown increased party competition on a number of policy areas, such as civil liberties, environment and development, while also noting that the average rate of attendance of MEPs to plenary works remains high.

This VoteWatch.eu 2010 report investigates the activities of the 2009-2014 European Parliament: the first year of the seventh-elected European Parliament. The report analyses the voting behaviour of the MEPs and political groups in all 792 recorded roll-call votes that took place between the first plenary session of the new parliament in July 2009 and the last plenary session in June 2010. The report focuses on three main patterns: (1) How often each of the political groups have been on the winning side in votes; (2) who votes with whom in the new Parliament; and (3) the ‘voting cohesiveness’ of the political groups. We look at average voting patterns as well as patterns by policy area. We also compare behaviour in the new Parliament to behaviour in the previous Parliament (2004-2009).

This is the first of VoteWatch's newly launched six-monthly reports on voting in the 7th directly-elected European Parliament (2009-14). The report focuses on three voting patterns: (1) How often political groups are on the winning side when voting; (2) Who forms coalitions with whom in the new Parliament; and (3) The cohesiveness of each of the political groups. We look at average patterns as well as by policy area, where possible. We compare the voting patterns in the new Parliament to the average patterns in EP6 (the 2004-09 Parliament). Click here to download the report.