5 April 2017, in the Senate
Government bill on the restitution of cultural property that has illegally left Spanish territory or that of another European Union member state, by which Directive 2014/60/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of May 15, 2014, is incorporated into Spanish law.
More votes in favour 225 yes · 25 no · 1 abst.More votes in favour: 225 yes and 25 no, a margin of 200. 1 abstention.
When we cannot be sure which majority was needed, we do not say whether this means it “passed”: the official file does not say.
Source: Senate, vote 1010 of sitting 14· updated 10 Nov
The chamber
Who voted how?
225 in favour, 25 against. 1 abstention. 8 voted differently from their group.
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Your province
How did the senators from your province vote?
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- A Coruña More votes in favour 4 yes · 0 no
- Albacete More votes in favour 2 yes · 0 no
- Alicante/Alacant More votes in favour 2 yes · 0 no
- Almería More votes in favour 2 yes · 0 no
- Araba/Álava More votes in favour 4 yes · 0 no
- Asturias More votes in favour 4 yes · 0 no
- Ávila More votes in favour 2 yes · 0 no
- Badajoz More votes in favour 4 yes · 0 no
- Barcelona More votes in favour 3 yes · 0 no
- Bizkaia Tie 1 yes · 1 no
- Burgos More votes in favour 2 yes · 0 no
- Cáceres More votes in favour 3 yes · 0 no
- Cádiz More votes in favour 3 yes · 0 no
- Cantabria More votes in favour 4 yes · 0 no
- Castellón/Castelló More votes in favour 2 yes · 1 no
- Ceuta More votes in favour 1 yes · 0 no
- Ciudad Real More votes in favour 3 yes · 0 no
- Córdoba More votes in favour 2 yes · 0 no
- Cuenca More votes in favour 4 yes · 0 no
- Gipuzkoa Tie 2 yes · 2 no
- Girona More votes against 0 yes · 1 no
- Granada More votes in favour 4 yes · 0 no
- Guadalajara More votes in favour 3 yes · 0 no
- Huelva More votes in favour 2 yes · 0 no
- Huesca More votes in favour 3 yes · 0 no
- Illes Balears More votes in favour 4 yes · 0 no
- Jaén More votes in favour 4 yes · 0 no
- La Rioja More votes in favour 4 yes · 0 no
- Las Palmas More votes in favour 5 yes · 0 no
- León More votes in favour 4 yes · 0 no
- Lleida More votes against 0 yes · 2 no
- Lugo More votes in favour 3 yes · 0 no
- Madrid More votes in favour 3 yes · 0 no
- Málaga More votes in favour 3 yes · 0 no
- Melilla No data
- Murcia More votes in favour 4 yes · 0 no
- Navarra More votes in favour 4 yes · 0 no
- Ourense More votes in favour 2 yes · 0 no
- Palencia More votes in favour 3 yes · 0 no
- Pontevedra More votes in favour 2 yes · 0 no
- Salamanca More votes in favour 1 yes · 0 no
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife More votes in favour 3 yes · 0 no
- Segovia More votes in favour 3 yes · 0 no
- Sevilla More votes in favour 1 yes · 0 no
- Soria More votes in favour 1 yes · 0 no
- Tarragona More votes in favour 1 yes · 0 no
- Teruel More votes in favour 2 yes · 0 no
- Toledo More votes in favour 1 yes · 0 no
- Valencia/València More votes in favour 4 yes · 0 no
- Valladolid More votes in favour 2 yes · 1 no
- Zamora More votes in favour 2 yes · 0 no
- Zaragoza More votes in favour 3 yes · 0 no
The groups
How did each group vote?
In favour, most of Socialista, Mixto, Podemos and Popular. Against, most of Esquerra and Vasco.
| Group | Seats | How it voted |
|---|---|---|
| Esquerra | 12 | 12 against |
| Socialista | 56 | 56 in favour |
| Vasco | 6 | 6 against |
| Mixto | 17 | 10 in favour · 6 against · 1 abst. |
| Podemos | 19 | 19 in favour |
| Popular | 141 | 140 in favour · 1 against |
Sources
Where does all this come from?
Official wording of what was voted on: Proyecto de Ley sobre restitución de bienes culturales que hayan salido de forma ilegal del territorio español o de otro Estado miembro de la Unión Europea, por la que se incorpora al ordenamiento español la Directiva 2014/60/UE, del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo de 15 de mayo de 2014.
- Senate, vote 1010 of sitting 14
The count and every seat’s vote.
Retrieved 10 November 2026
- The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
- Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
- We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.