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As of 8 Oct 2026, Lynn BOYLAN is a Ireland MEP in The Left in the European Parliament (The Left); WheresMyMEP records 96.2% roll-call attendance, 211 notable vote records, 20 disclosed lobby meetings and declared outside income of €0–€0/year (data as of 8 Oct 2026).

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Lynn BOYLAN

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Left · Ireland

Sinn Féin

96.2% attendance
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96.2%
Attendance · last 180 days
#251 of 717 on the leaderboard
1837
Votes Participated
10th Term
2024 – 2029

Attendance by month

EP · roll-call · last 180 days

Credited roll-call participation in each calendar month of the current 180-day window of the 10th term, from the same per-sitting counts as the headline figure. Officially excused sittings (Rule 162) are removed from that month's denominator — a gap in the line is a fully excused month. The dashed line is the mean of ranked MEPs' monthly rates. How this is calculated

Lynn BOYLAN monthly attendance compared with the EU mean025507510098.8%97.5%94.7%89.5%96.4%97.8%Apr ’26May ’26Jun ’26Jul ’26Sept ’26Oct ’26

Missed votes by sitting

EP · attendance register · last 180 days

Every plenary sitting day on which this MEP missed at least one roll-call vote, newest first. “Officially excused” means the Parliament's own record excuses the absence; those sittings are already credited in the figure above. Links open the Parliament's record for that day. How this works

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Voting Record

Main votes over the last 180 days · data as of 8 Oct 2026

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8 Oct 2026The need for an EU strategy to counter Islamist entryism and…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AgainstADOPTED
8 Oct 2026The 2026 undemocratic elections to the Russian State Duma an…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AbstainADOPTED
8 Oct 2026Pilot project on European Schools Alliances and its contribu…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
8 Oct 2026The cases of Ali Karimli, Anar Mammadli and other political …EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
8 Oct 2026Attempts by the ruling party Georgian Dream to ban oppositio…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
8 Oct 2026Human rights situation in Iran, notably the cases of Taraneh…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
8 Oct 2026Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2), (3) and (4)(c): Monacolin…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AgainstREJECTED
8 Oct 2026Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2), (3) and (4)(c): Certain b…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AgainstREJECTED
8 Oct 2026Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2), (3) and (4)(c): Lead in g…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AgainstREJECTED
8 Oct 2026Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2), (3) and (4)(c): Lead in g…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AgainstREJECTED

Voting against the party line

Share of recorded plenary roll-call votes where Lynn BOYLAN voted differently from the majority of their European Parliament political group, or of their national-party colleagues.

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Different from The Left majority

14.7% (30 of 204)

The The Left average on the same method is 14.5%. Counted only when Lynn BOYLAN cast For, Against or Abstain and the group had a unique leading position.

Different from national-party majority

0.0% (0 of 162)

Sinn Féin · 2 sitting MEPs. Singleton delegations are excluded.

Largest breaks from the group majority
9 Jul 2026

Temporary derogation from the ePrivacy directive

Lynn BOYLAN voted Against; 97% of voting The Left members (34 of 35) voted For.

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Against
28 Apr 2026

Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024

Lynn BOYLAN voted For; 95% of voting The Left members (39 of 41) voted Against.

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For
30 Apr 2026

Financial literacy and the rise of finfluencers in the context of the savings and investments union

Lynn BOYLAN voted For; 94% of voting The Left members (32 of 34) voted Abstain.

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For
17 Sept 2026

Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up

Lynn BOYLAN voted For; 89% of voting The Left members (32 of 36) voted Against.

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For
28 Apr 2026

Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III

Lynn BOYLAN voted Abstain; 85% of voting The Left members (35 of 41) voted Against.

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Abstain
6 Oct 2026

Funding arrangements and the use of a diversified funding strategy

Lynn BOYLAN voted Against; 81% of voting The Left members (35 of 43) voted Abstain.

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Against
30 Apr 2026

Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2027 – Section I – European Parliament

Lynn BOYLAN voted For; 79% of voting The Left members (27 of 34) voted Abstain.

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For
16 Sept 2026

EU-Norway Agreement on the participation of Norway in GOVSATCOM and in the Union Secure Connectivity Programme

Lynn BOYLAN voted Abstain; 78% of voting The Left members (31 of 40) voted For.

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Abstain

Source: HowTheyVote.eu export of European Parliament roll-call results. This is a count of recorded positions, not a judgment of motive. How this is calculated · Who breaks with their group most often

Vote predictions

Vote model

Computed from Lynn BOYLAN’s own roll-call record and how their group actually voted, rules, not guesswork.

91% accurate on 5,736 held-out votes

Coming up in plenary, early prediction

Suspending the application of the rules on extended producer responsibility for waste, waste electrical and electronical equipment and single use plastic waste (Omnibus VIII on environmental legislation)

2026-10-20 · The Left in the European Parliament (The Left) voted For in 63% of 429 climate votes

For likely

Suspending the application of the rules on extended producer responsibility for batteries and waste batteries and packaging and packaging waste (Omnibus VIII on environmental legislation)

2026-10-20 · The Left in the European Parliament (The Left) voted For in 63% of 429 climate votes

For likely

Transport: enforcement of passenger rights in the Union

2026-10-20 · The Left in the European Parliament (The Left) voted For in 64% of 293 transport votes

For likely

Predicted stance by topic

  • budgetFor 77% of 13
  • foreignAbstain 50% of 12
  • climateFor 73% of 11
  • tradeAgainst 55% of 11
  • digitalAgainst 60% of 10
  • rule of lawFor 80% of 10
  • economyAgainst 56% of 9
  • fisheriesFor 38% of 8
  • transportFor 75% of 8
  • defenceAgainst 63% of 8
  • employmentFor 100% of 8
  • healthFor 67% of 6
  • agricultureFor 75% of 4
  • justiceFor 75% of 4
  • institutionalFor 75% of 4
  • energyFor 67% of 3

Votes Lynn missed, how they would likely have voted

Deteriorating situation of media freedom and freedom of expression in Hong Kong following the recent arrest of bookseller Leticia Wong and the convictions of Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung

2026-09-17

Abstain · 74%

68% of 28 The Left in the European Parliament (The Left) MEPs voted Abstain · voted For in 60% of the last 20 cast votes

EU-UK Agreement regarding cooperation on the application of their respective competition laws

2026-09-16

For · 78%

92% of 39 The Left in the European Parliament (The Left) MEPs voted For · voted Against in 56% of 9 economy votes · voted For in 60% of the last 20 cast votes

EU-Switzerland Agreement on the transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime

2026-09-16

Against · 81%

68% of 40 The Left in the European Parliament (The Left) MEPs voted Against · voted Against in 60% of 10 digital votes · voted For in 60% of the last 20 cast votes

EU-Pakistan Agreement: modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV

2026-06-17

Against · 58%

voted Against in 55% of 11 trade votes · voted For in 60% of the last 20 cast votes

Rapporteur files

Files in the 2024–2029 term where Lynn BOYLAN was appointed to write the Parliament’s report or a committee opinion, or to follow the file for their political group as shadow rapporteur.

Opinion rapporteur · 1

Writes another committee's opinion for the lead committee.

  • Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards the extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measures

    2025/0419(COD) ↗ · INTA · appointed 2 Mar 2026

    Voted for on this file · 15 Sep 2026

Shadow rapporteur · 12

Follows the lead committee’s report for their political group.

  • Termination of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Liberia on Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade in timber products to the European Union

    2025/0259(NLE) ↗ · appointed 28 Apr 2026

  • Opportunities and challenges presented by a comprehensive artificial intelligence strategy for EU trade

    2025/2112(INI) ↗ · appointed 14 Apr 2026

  • Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards the extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measures

    2025/0419(COD) ↗ · appointed 14 Apr 2026

  • Monitoring and controlling drug precursors and repealing Regulations (EC) No 273/2004 and (EC) No 111/2005

    2025/0384(COD) ↗ · appointed 13 Apr 2026

  • Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund

    2025/0418(COD) ↗ · appointed 12 Mar 2026

  • Amending Regulations (EC) No 1907/2006, (EC) No 1272/2008, (EU) No 528/2012, (EU) 2019/1021 and (EU) 2021/697 as regards defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for defence industry

    2025/0176(COD) ↗ · appointed 8 Dec 2025

  • Role of trade in strengthening the EU's economic security

    2025/2113(INI) ↗ · appointed 14 Jul 2025

  • Substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive)

    2023/0085(COD) ↗ · appointed 13 Jan 2025

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  • Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement

    2024/2108(INI) ↗ · appointed 2 Dec 2024

  • Applying a generalized scheme of tariff preferences and repealing Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council

    2021/0297(COD) ↗ · appointed 29 Nov 2024

  • Termination of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cameroon on forest law enforcement governance and trade in timber and derived products to the Union

    2024/0245(NLE) ↗ · appointed 14 Oct 2024

  • Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the United Nations Convention on transparency in treaty-based investor-State arbitration

    2015/0012(NLE) ↗ · appointed 30 Sep 2024

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Follows another committee’s opinion for their political group.

  • Guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure, amending Regulations (EU) 2019/942, (EU) 2019/943 and (EU) 2024/1789 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2022/869

    2025/0399(COD) ↗ · appointed 14 Apr 2026

  • Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning an enhanced EU-Canada cooperation in the light of the current geopolitical context, including the threats to Canada’s economic stability and sovereignty

    2025/2168(INI) ↗ · appointed 15 Jul 2025

  • Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards simplifying and strengthening the carbon border adjustment mechanism

    2025/0039(COD) ↗ · appointed 30 Apr 2025

  • Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement

    2024/2108(INI) ↗ · appointed 25 Apr 2025

  • Amending Directives 2006/43/EC, 2013/34/EU, (EU) 2022/2464 and (EU) 2024/1760 as regards certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements

    2025/0045(COD) ↗ · appointed 23 Apr 2025

  • Product safety and regulatory compliance in e-commerce and non-EU imports

    2025/2037(INI) ↗ · appointed 30 Jan 2025

Dates are appointment dates. The Parliament’s data doesn’t mark rapporteurs who were later replaced, so a role listed here may have ended; the linked Legislative Observatory (OEIL) file is the authoritative record. Source: European Parliament Open Data Portal · CC BY 4.0 · data as of 20 Oct 2026 · How we compile this

Financial Declarations

Declared to the European Parliament · Self-reported by the MEP

Estimated outside income

€0–0/year

Based on declared income bands

0 declared activities

1 board membership

Member of the board Saint Kevin's National SchoolUnpaidBoard

Source: European Parliament declarations · Self-reported · Last updated: 23 Mar 2026

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Events and gifts declared to the Parliament

Self-declared by the MEP, 10th term (since July 2024)

EP · self-declared · weekly

These lists link to declarations Lynn BOYLAN made to the European Parliament. They are self-declared by the MEP, and the linked EP document is the authoritative record. Having no declarations does not mean having no events: events paid for by EU institutions or bodies, national governments or political parties do not have to be declared, and a declaration can be missing or filed late.

Events paid for by third parties (self-declared)

No event declarations published on the EP website for this term. See Lynn BOYLAN's declarations on europarl.europa.eu ↗.

Gifts notified to the President (self-declared)

Source: European Parliament website (MEP declarations; Register of gifts) · declarations retrieved 30 Sept 2026 · register retrieved 30 Sept 2026. What is listed

Recent Lobby Meetings

Most recent meetings disclosed on the EU Transparency Register. These meetings are self-declared by MEPs. Not every MEP publishes meeting declarations, so a missing entry is not evidence that no meeting took place. A disclosed meeting is a recorded contact, not evidence that it influenced a vote.

EU Transparency Register · Updated daily
14 Oct 2026OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE|Oxfam IrelandPresentation of Youth Manifesto 'The Europe We Want' · Member
14 Oct 2026Counter Balance|Fossil Free PoliticsFossil Free Politics Campaign · Member
14 Oct 2026Miele & Cie. KGCBAM downstream extension: scope and carbon leakage from exports · Shadow rappor…2025/0419(COD)
13 Oct 2026Polisario FrontUpdate on political situation regarding Western Sahara · Member
12 Oct 2026Irish Development Education Association|Christliche Initiative RomeroEvent on Global Citizenship Education · Member
12 Oct 2026Human Rights WatchEU-Gulf relations and human rights · Member
1 Oct 2026Independent Living Movement IrelandInvolvement of Disabled People's Organisations in policy-making · Member
30 Sept 2026Drogheda Port CompanyBremore Port Development, Connecting Europe Facility · Member
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Meetings on legislative files

Declared meetings that name a file, the recorded role on that file, and the plenary roll-call, in date order.

Self-declared · last 6 months

1 meeting on 1 file

These meetings are self-declared by MEPs. Not every MEP publishes meeting declarations, so a missing entry is not evidence that no meeting took place. A disclosed meeting is a recorded contact, not evidence that it influenced a vote.

Source: European Parliament meeting declarations · EU Transparency Register · HowTheyVote.eu / EP roll-call · EP Open Data Portal (roles) · How we match meetings to files

Parliamentary questions

Written questions to the Commission, the Council and other EU bodies, 10th term (since July 2024)

EP · open data · updated daily
125written and priority questions as author or co-author

Written 117 · Priority 8 · 78 co-authored

Not in this count: 21 oral questions · 1 interpellation

Latest 10

  • 1 Oct 2026Extended producer responsibility for batteries and packaging and packaging wastePriority question P-003972/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 1Awaiting answerQuestion ↗PDF ↗
  • 15 Sept 2026Common security and defence policy mission to LebanonWritten question E-003673/2026To the Vice-President / High Representativeco-authored with 11Awaiting answerQuestion ↗PDF ↗
  • 10 Sept 2026Use of SAFE Regulation loans to procure cluster munitions and anti-personnel minesWritten question E-003606/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 3Awaiting answerQuestion ↗PDF ↗
  • 8 Sept 2026Chatbots directing women with unwanted pregnancies to anti-abortion websitesWritten question E-003539/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 67Awaiting answerQuestion ↗PDF ↗
  • 16 Jul 2026Humanitarian situation of Sahrawi refugees, inadequate EU humanitarian assistance and the growing water crisis in the refugee campsWritten question E-003027/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 22Answered 27 Aug 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 14 Jul 2026Shortcomings in ECDC counting of Lyme disease casesWritten question E-002915/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 1Awaiting answerQuestion ↗PDF ↗
  • 13 Jul 2026Drone attacks against civilians in Western SaharaWritten question E-002880/2026To the Vice-President / High Representativeco-authored with 9Answered 14 Aug 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 8 Jul 2026New report on the benefits for the Sahrawi people of the EU-Morocco Association AgreementWritten question E-002835/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 13Answered 6 Oct 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 8 Jul 2026European funds allocated to fighting period povertyWritten question E-002822/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 36Answered 2 Oct 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
  • 7 Jul 2026Transparency regarding EU-funded infrastructure destroyed in GazaWritten question E-002805/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 39Answered 4 Sept 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
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Show all 21 oral questions and 1 interpellation
  • 22 Sept 2026UN Climate Change Conference 2026 in Antalya, Türkiye (COP31)Oral question O-000037/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 6Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 22 Sept 2026UN Climate Change Conference 2026 in Antalya, Türkiye (COP31)Oral question O-000036/2026To the Councilco-authored with 6Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 7 Sept 2026Climate change, public health and the world of work: for a directive on maximum working temperaturesOral question O-000035/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 35Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 25 Jun 2026The recent coercive measures imposed by the United States against Cuba, their extraterritorial nature and the measures to be adopted to defend the interests of individuals and companies from EU countriesOral question O-000029/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 27Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 24 Jun 2026ECB’s decision to raise interest rates and its impact on the rising cost of livingOral question O-000028/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 39Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 20 Mar 2026Transfer of European citizens’ biometric data to the Trump administrationOral question O-000015/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 48Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 5 Feb 2026When and how will the Commission deliver on its commitment to revise the EU’s animal welfare legislation?Oral question O-000006/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 35Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 30 Jan 2026Effects of the SAFE Regulation on neutral Member States and compliance with international conventionsInterpellation G-001001/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 8Awaiting answerQuestion ↗PDF ↗
  • 8 Dec 2025Ban on the sale of nitrous oxide to the general publicOral question O-000046/2025To the Commissionco-authored with 42Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 29 Oct 2025Judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union on the EU trade agreements with the Kingdom of MoroccoOral question O-000038/2025To the Commissionco-authored with 10Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 29 Oct 2025Judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union on the EU trade agreements with the Kingdom of MoroccoOral question O-000037/2025To the Councilco-authored with 10Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 22 Sept 2025US blockade against Cuba and the country’s inclusion on the US list of so-called state sponsors of terrorismOral question O-000033/2025To the Commissionco-authored with 15Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 22 Sept 2025US blockade against Cuba and the country’s inclusion on the US list of so-called state sponsors of terrorismOral question O-000032/2025To the Councilco-authored with 15Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 7 Jul 2025Access to baby formula in GazaOral question O-000023/2025To the Commissionco-authored with 42Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 28 May 2025EU-Israel Association AgreementOral question O-000019/2025To the Commissionco-authored with 39Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 10 May 2025EU response to Israel’s planned illegal annexation and starvation of GazaOral question O-000015/2025To the Councilco-authored with 58Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 13 Mar 2025Decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union on EU-Kingdom of Morocco trade agreementsOral question O-000009/2025To the Commissionco-authored with 36Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 13 Mar 2025Decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union on EU-Kingdom of Morocco trade agreementsOral question O-000008/2025To the Councilco-authored with 36Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 18 Feb 2025Cuba on the so-called ‘list of state sponsors of terrorism’Oral question O-000007/2025To the Commissionco-authored with 36Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 18 Feb 2025Cuba on the so-called ‘list of state sponsors of terrorism’Oral question O-000006/2025To the Councilco-authored with 35Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 26 Nov 2024ICC arrest warrants issued on 21 November 2024Oral question O-000016/2024To the Vice-President / High Representativeco-authored with 35Question ↗PDF ↗
  • 12 Nov 2024The Commission’s plans to include the revision of the outstanding proposals on animal welfare in its work plan for 2025Oral question O-000014/2024To the Commissionco-authored with 37Question ↗PDF ↗

Source: European Parliament Open Data Portal · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved from the EP 19 Oct 2026 · newest question tabled 15 Oct 2026. The Parliament publishes a question about one to two weeks after it is tabled, so the newest may not be listed yet. What is counted

About Lynn BOYLAN

Lynn Boylan is a Member of the European Parliament for Ireland, belonging to The Left in the European Parliament (The Left), the left-wing group, and to the national party Sinn Féin. The current term is the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), which began for Boylan on 16 July 2024. Since 18 July 2024, Boylan has been a Member of the Bureau of The Left group in the European Parliament. Since 30 September 2024, Boylan has also been Chair of the Delegation for relations with Palestine. Earlier, Boylan served in the 8th parliamentary term, from 1 July 2014 to 1 July 2019.

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Methodology

Attendance is calculated based on roll-call votes in plenary sessions of the European Parliament. Committee votes are excluded. Abstaining counts as present; not voting counts as absent. Sittings for which the Parliament officially excused a Member (Rule 162: illness, serious family reasons, official mission, or pregnancy and maternity leave, which the Parliament excuses for three months before and six months after a birth) are credited, not counted as absences. We credit only what the Parliament's own record shows: the “excused” list in each sitting's minutes, or leave documented in another official Parliament document. An absence the Parliament has not recorded as excused counts as an absence, even if leave has been reported in the press. Notable votes are selected based on significance, close outcomes, and high participation.

Some attendance figures carry a context note, such as maternity or parental leave, illness or an official mission. Each note cites a press or official report, with its source and date, and is reviewed by us before it appears. Context notes never change the attendance figure. MEPs who missed every sitting of an entire plenary session are checked by a person before they appear in any bottom-of-ranking list. Full attendance methodology →