Barry Cowen
Renew Europe · FF
Details
How they were elected
- Party
- Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (FF)356,794 first-preference votes, 20.4%, 4 seats
- Personal votes
- 73,908
- Constituency
- Midlands-North-West
- Electoral rule
- In Ireland, voters rank individual candidates (single transferable vote), and seats go to candidates by first preferences and transfers.
List share and seats: European Parliament, 2024 European election results (results.elections.europa.eu).1 points. List votes, first-preference votes: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-housing-local-government-and-heritage/publications/2024-european-parliament-election-results/) and the returning officers' count sheets, collected on 13 October 2026.
Where the votes came from
Where Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (FF) won first-preference votes in the 2024 European election
The map shows the share of valid first-preference votes won by this party's candidates in each of the 3 constituencies: 356,794 first-preference votes, 20.4% of the total.
Strongest areas (at least 1,000 valid votes)
- Midlands-North-West21.8% · 148,364
- South21.2% · 146,283
- Dublin16.5% · 62,147
Results by constituency: BLUE_EP (Hublet, F. (2024). BLUE_EP: A Dataset of Municipality-Level Results of European Parliament Elections. Codebook v1. Paris: Groupe d'études géopolitiques. 10.5281/zenodo.14569325, CC BY 4.0), compiled from the official results. BLUE_EP leaves out one Fine Gael candidate in South (John Mullins, 33,281 first-preference votes); we added him from the official count published on gov.ie. Constituency boundaries: © Tailte Éireann, Counties - National Statutory Boundaries 2024, CC BY 4.0, dissolved into the 3 European Parliament constituencies and simplified.
How Barry Cowen voted
Most recent first- Escalation of Russian strikes in the EU, particularly on Black Sea shipping, threatening human life, regional stability and food security
- Cohesion policy in the EU's eastern border regions: strengthening territorial resilience and cross‑border cooperation
- Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030
- Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030: Proposal for rejection (amendment 6= 7=)
- Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products
- Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products: Proposal for rejection (amendment 119)
- Erasmus+ programme 2028-2034
- Reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector: postponement of certain obligations
- Reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector: postponement of certain obligations: Proposal for rejection (amendment 1= 2=)
- Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified soybean MON 87769
- Boosting skills in the Union - opportunities for vocational education and training in times of transition
- Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States
- Pericles V exchange, assistance and training programme for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting 2028-2034
- Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2026/004 FI/Etelä-Suomi and Helsinki-Uusimaa paper - Finland
- Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Malta, Italy, Portugal and Spain with regard to storms in 2026
- Discharge 2024: EU general budget - European Council and Council
- General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027 - all sections
- Objection pursuant to Rule 114(3): Certification methodologies for carbon farming activities
- Connecting Europe through high-speed rail
- Combating VAT fraud - the effectiveness of cross-border cooperation when it comes to VAT fraud and its impact on the EU budget
No vote matches the filter.
Source: European Parliament roll-call votes, via HowTheyVote (ODbL). Collected 8 November 2026.
Off the group line
10 of 295 comparable votes- Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2), (3) and (4)(c): Lead in gunshot: Motion for a resolution
- The EU's approach to corporate tax policy in a changing international environment
- Feasibility of a 28th tax regime and its potential to support EU competitiveness
- Temporary derogation from the ePrivacy directive: Proposal for rejection
- Temporary derogation from the ePrivacy directive
- Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified soybean MON 87705
- Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified soybean MON 94637
- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application
- Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation)
- Request for opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement (EMPA) and Interim Trade Agreement (ITA)
No vote matches the filter.
Votes in 2026
Alignment with each group
Share of Barry Cowen's votes that matched each group's position
In Parliament
- Country
- Ireland
- Group
- Renew Europe
- National party
- FF
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Method
Participation: Share of the votes the Radar follows (HowTheyVote main votes and final roll-call votes) in which the MEP voted. Not attendance; excused absences are not counted. Winning side: Of the For and Against votes, the share on the side of the result: For when adopted, Against when rejected. Abstentions and absences are left out. Off the group line: a vote different from the position of the MEP's own group on that day; divided groups and non-attached members are left out. Full method