Portrait of Barry Cowen
Member profile · European Parliament

Barry Cowen

Renew Europe GroupIntergroup on Biodiversity, Hunting and Countryside
Member state
Ireland
Place of birth
Dublin
Member of the EP since
2024
Committee
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
Substitute committee
Committee on International Trade · Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union
Delegations
Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand
Delegation for relations with South Africa (subst.)
Voting record · 10th term
650
Roll-call votes recorded
primary final votes
77.7%
Turnout
505 of 650 voted
6
Vote corrections
submitted to the record afterwards
3.2%
Dissent rate
16 of 505 votes
Renew
Closest group
97% agreement
Visualisations

Vote distribution

How Cowen voted in the 650 recorded final votes.

For: 442Abstention: 5Against: 58Did not vote: 14577.7%Turnout
For44268.0%
Abstention50.8%
Against588.9%
Did not vote14522.3%

Closeness to the groups

Share of votes in which Cowen voted with the majority of the respective group. Most often aligned with Renew Europe.

0255075100RenewRenew Europe: 96.8 %96.8 %EPPGroup of the European People's Party: 92.7 %92.7 %S&DProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats: 91.5 %91.5 %Greens/EFAGreens / European Free Alliance: 82.8 %82.8 %ECREuropean Conservatives and Reformists: 66.7 %66.7 %The LeftThe Left – GUE/NGL: 55.6 %55.6 %PfEPatriots for Europe: 41.4 %41.4 %ESNEurope of Sovereign Nations: 23.8 %23.8 %

On the winning side

How often Cowen’s vote matches the outcome — For on adopted, Against on rejected files. Abstentions count for neither side.

93.4% on the winning side467 of 500 votes
Votes For → file adopted 435 / 442 · 98 %
Votes Against → file rejected 32 / 58 · 55 %

Turnout & behaviour over time

One column per session week, height = number of votes, segments by position (For · Abstention · Against · did not vote).

Juli · Straßburg · 16.07. – 19.07. · 4 votes · 50% Turnout2024September · Straßburg · 16.09. – 19.09. · 11 votes · 73% TurnoutOktober I · Straßburg · 07.10. – 10.10. · 7 votes · 71% TurnoutOktober II · Straßburg · 21.10. – 24.10. · 13 votes · 85% TurnoutNovember I · Brüssel · 13.11. – 14.11. · 8 votes · 75% TurnoutNovember III · Straßburg · 25.11. – 28.11. · 23 votes · 30% TurnoutDezember · Straßburg · 16.12. – 19.12. · 18 votes · 67% TurnoutJanuar I · Straßburg · 20.01. – 23.01. · 9 votes · 67% Turnout2025Februar · Straßburg · 10.02. – 13.02. · 14 votes · 86% TurnoutMärz I · Straßburg · 10.03. – 13.03. · 18 votes · 83% TurnoutMärz II · Straßburg · 31.03. – 03.04. · 28 votes · 86% TurnoutMai I · Straßburg · 05.05. – 08.05. · 42 votes · 95% TurnoutMai II · Brüssel · 21.05. – 22.05. · 8 votes · 75% TurnoutJuni · Straßburg · 16.06. – 19.06. · 24 votes · 83% TurnoutJuli · Straßburg · 07.07. – 10.07. · 31 votes · 97% TurnoutSeptember · Straßburg · 08.09. – 11.09. · 30 votes · 97% TurnoutOktober I · Straßburg · 06.10. – 09.10. · 27 votes · 89% TurnoutOktober II · Straßburg · 20.10. – 23.10. · 26 votes · 0% TurnoutNovember I · Brüssel · 12.11. – 13.11. · 17 votes · 100% TurnoutNovember II · Straßburg · 24.11. – 27.11. · 38 votes · 82% TurnoutDezember · Straßburg · 15.12. – 18.12. · 33 votes · 0% TurnoutJanuar I · Straßburg · 19.01. – 22.01. · 24 votes · 96% Turnout2026Februar I · Straßburg · 09.02. – 12.02. · 29 votes · 86% TurnoutFebruar II · Brüssel · 24.02. · 1 votes · 100% TurnoutMärz I · Straßburg · 09.03. – 12.03. · 29 votes · 93% TurnoutMärz II · Brüssel · 25.03. – 26.03. · 16 votes · 81% TurnoutApril · Straßburg · 27.04. – 30.04. · 55 votes · 95% TurnoutMai · Straßburg · 18.05. – 21.05. · 29 votes · 79% TurnoutJuni · Straßburg · 15.06. – 18.06. · 38 votes · 95% Turnout
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