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Sander SMIT

ECR · Netherlands

Group
ECR Changed group: EPP 16 Jul 2024 – 10 Mar 2026 → ECR since 11 Mar 2026
Country
Netherlands
Roll-call participation
84.6 %ⓘ of 2 891 roll calls in office · chamber median 91.2 % · 2025, roll calls
With majority line
70.7 %ⓘ of 2 446 votes where the group had a line · EPP median 93.5 %
More facts (5)
National party
BBB BoerBurgerBeweging
In office
Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line
637 of 2 333 votesⓘ
Committees
AFCO, ENVI (substitute), PECH (substitute)
Member id
125325
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Record

The member’s figures against the median of their group and of the chamber. Each vote counts the member in the group they belonged to that day.

Roll-call participation ⓘ

84.6 %

2 446 of 2 891 roll calls while in office

EPP median: 91.0 % (−6.4 pts)

Chamber median: 91.2 %

With majority line ⓘ

70.7 %

1 729 of 2 446 votes where their group had a line

EPP median: 93.5 % (−22.9 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

27.3 %

637 of 2 333 votes where their group had a clear line

428 opposite (for ↔ against), 205 abstained against the line, 4 voted for or against when the line was to abstain

Abstention ⓘ

8.8 %

215 of 2 446 votes cast

Participation 84.6 % — EPP median 91.0 %, 187 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
Participation among the 187 members of the EPP with enough votes.
FigureParticipation
Sander SMIT84.6 %
EPP median91.0 %
Lowest in the group23.2 %
Highest in the group99.7 %
Members187
With majority line 70.7 % — EPP median 93.5 %, 187 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
With majority line among the 187 members of the EPP with enough votes.
FigureWith majority line
Sander SMIT70.7 %
EPP median93.5 %
Lowest in the group66.7 %
Highest in the group98.9 %
Members187
  • 2025, 2 891 roll-call votes. The dots are the other members of EPP; no ranks.
  • “No vote recorded” is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.
  • A group’s line is inferred from its members’ votes — Parliament publishes no whip.
  • This member changed group during the term, but sat in EPP throughout this period; each vote counts them in the group of that day.

Votes, 5 928

Export

Every roll-call vote of the term with the member’s position, newest first.

Result: for–against–abstained. Majority line: how most of the member’s group voted that day (“Tie” when no position won). ≠ group marks a vote otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds, with at least 10 members voting) of their group.
DateDecision and voteResultPositionMajority line
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Serbia Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 468 for, 116 against, 79 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Serbia Amendment 1 to paragraph 20 113 for, 514 against, 22 abstainedPosition: Against ≠ groupMajority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Moldova Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 505 for, 115 against, 45 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Moldova Amendment 7, adding text after recital B 79 for, 576 against, 8 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Moldova Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 52 102 for, 537 against, 8 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Moldova Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 51 99 for, 545 against, 14 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Moldova Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 48 108 for, 535 against, 8 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 460 for, 136 against, 59 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 7, adding text after recital V 211 for, 425 against, 27 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 52, adding text after recital Q 160 for, 462 against, 34 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 3 to recital N 185 for, 453 against, 8 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 2, adding text after recital M — part 2 164 for, 459 against, 24 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 2, adding text after recital M — part 1 131 for, 500 against, 6 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 1, adding text after recital M 185 for, 436 against, 16 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 51, adding text after recital L — part 1 159 for, 452 against, 41 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 50, adding text after recital L 130 for, 484 against, 34 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 49, adding text after recital L 158 for, 459 against, 38 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 18, adding text after paragraph 108 104 for, 470 against, 87 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Separate vote on paragraph 102 435 for, 178 against, 42 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Paragraph 101 — part 1 447 for, 130 against, 78 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Separate vote on paragraph 99 527 for, 83 against, 38 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Separate vote on paragraph 83 500 for, 129 against, 22 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Separate vote on paragraph 80 517 for, 106 against, 21 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Separate vote on paragraph 78 498 for, 132 against, 23 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 71 218 for, 421 against, 14 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Separate vote on paragraph 71 422 for, 164 against, 70 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Abstained
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 66 222 for, 397 against, 43 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 63, adding text after paragraph 65 95 for, 523 against, 38 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Paragraph 62 — part 2 456 for, 144 against, 40 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 22, adding text after paragraph 61 181 for, 411 against, 51 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 21, adding text after paragraph 61 191 for, 414 against, 47 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 39, adding text after paragraph 60 166 for, 444 against, 35 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 62, adding text after paragraph 52 126 for, 506 against, 16 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 61, adding text after paragraph 52 143 for, 459 against, 59 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Abstained
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Separate vote on paragraph 41 517 for, 102 against, 43 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 59, adding text after paragraph 33 127 for, 469 against, 53 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 58, adding text after paragraph 33 — part 1 167 for, 463 against, 30 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 57, adding text after paragraph 33 120 for, 481 against, 55 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 20 to paragraph 33 201 for, 409 against, 39 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 35, adding text after paragraph 32 — part 5 600 for, 11 against, 38 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 35, adding text after paragraph 32 — part 4 478 for, 121 against, 52 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 35, adding text after paragraph 32 — part 3 590 for, 11 against, 37 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 35, adding text after paragraph 32 — part 2 379 for, 229 against, 35 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 35, adding text after paragraph 32 — part 1 592 for, 42 against, 11 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 14, adding text after paragraph 31 190 for, 422 against, 39 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 31 194 for, 436 against, 16 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 31 188 for, 438 against, 10 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 31 202 for, 432 against, 19 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Amendment 33 to paragraph 30 428 for, 164 against, 65 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Against
8 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine Paragraph 29 — part 2 426 for, 172 against, 58 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against

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Roll-call participation

One cell per sitting while in office, shaded by the share of that day’s roll calls the member voted in. The official attendance register is kept separately by Parliament.

No vote recorded on 9 of 51 sittings with roll calls.

"No vote recorded" is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.

Data as a table

Voting neighbours

Members who voted the same way most often in the roll calls they both took part in, within and outside the member’s group (group at the date of each vote), over all roll calls of the term.

At least 200 shared roll calls over at least six months in office together. Within = both sat in the same group on the date of the vote; a member who changed group can appear on both lists. Baseline = the median agreement of all pairs of members of the groups the two sat in on the date of each shared vote (within: the group they shared; outside: the two groups), weighted by the votes they shared in each combination.

Within the same group (on the day of each vote)

Agreement: roll calls where both cast the same position, of the roll calls both voted in while in the same group (“shared”); a count below 50 shared. Baseline: the median agreement of every pair of members of that group.
SelectMemberGroupCountryAgreementBaseline
Jessika VAN LEEUWEN changed group ECRNetherlands98 % of 5 262 shared87 %
Stephen Nikola BARTULICA ECRCroatia83 % of 1 539 shared81 %
Diego SOLIER changed group ECRSpain83 % of 1 709 shared81 %
Nora JUNCO GARCÍA changed group ECRSpain82 % of 1 718 shared81 %
Ivaylo VALCHEV ECRBulgaria82 % of 1 677 shared81 %
Adrian-George AXINIA ECRRomania81 % of 1 712 shared81 %
Marco SQUARTA ECRItaly81 % of 1 203 shared81 %
Jaak MADISON ECREstonia80 % of 1 472 shared81 %
Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI ECRLithuania80 % of 1 376 shared81 %
Paolo INSELVINI ECRItaly80 % of 1 621 shared81 %

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Outside the group

Agreement: roll calls where both cast the same position, of the roll calls both voted in while in different groups (“shared”); a count below 50 shared. Baseline: the median agreement of every pair of members of the groups the two sat in on those votes (groups at the date, weighted by the votes shared in each combination).
SelectMemberGroupCountryAgreementBaseline
Alexandr VONDRA ECRCzechia70 % of 3 426 shared50 %
Bert-Jan RUISSEN ECRNetherlands69 % of 3 596 shared50 %
Jaak MADISON ECREstonia69 % of 2 921 shared50 %
Aurelijus VERYGA ECRLithuania69 % of 3 555 shared50 %
Ondřej KRUTÍLEK ECRCzechia68 % of 3 600 shared50 %
Antonín STANĚK PatriotsCzechia68 % of 2 983 shared55 %
Giuseppe MILAZZO ECRItaly68 % of 1 802 shared50 %
Reinis POZŅAKS ECRLatvia68 % of 3 395 shared50 %
Branko GRIMS changed group No groupSlovenia68 % of 1 476 shared49 %
Ruggero RAZZA ECRItaly68 % of 3 005 shared50 %

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Work

Seats in committees, delegations and intergroups, and the dossiers the member leads, shadows or negotiates.

Seats

Body: the committee, delegation or intergroup, with its kind. Role: the member’s role in it. From, To: the dates of the seat (“now” while it lasts).
BodyRoleFromTo
Committee on Constitutional AffairsAFCO CommitteeMember11 Mar 2026now
Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food SafetyENVI CommitteeSubstitute11 Mar 2026now
Committee on FisheriesPECH CommitteeSubstitute11 Mar 2026now
Delegation for relations with South AfricaD-ZA DelegationSubstitute26 Mar 2026now
Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary AssemblyDACP Parliamentary assemblyMember27 Apr 2026now
Delegation to the Pacific-EU Parliamentary AssemblyDPAC Parliamentary assemblyMember27 Apr 2026now
Intergroup on Biodiversity, Hunting and CountrysideIG10-04 Intergroup / working groupMember4 Feb 2025now
Intergroup on European Cultural Heritage, Ways of Saint James and other European Cultural RoutesIG10-11 Intergroup / working groupMember29 Jan 2025now
Intergroup on Sustainable LivestockIG10-15 Intergroup / working groupMember31 Jan 2025now
Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas (SEARICA)IG10-20 Intergroup / working groupMember17 Feb 2025now

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Dossiers

Show all 6 dossier roles

Topics they work on (model-assigned)

Counts: dossiers they spoke on, led or amended, and their questions and motions.

In the chamber

Speeches and statements in plenary debates, newest first; the verbatim report is on Parliament’s site.

56 contributions recorded; 3 on behalf of their group; 61 minutes of speaking time.

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Questions and motions, 61

Parliamentary questions and motions for resolutions the member authored or co-signed, newest first.

Date: tabled. Title: the question or motion, with its id. Kind: written question or motion for a resolution, with the number of co-authors. Answer: the date of the answer to a question.
DateTitleKindAnswer
24 Aug 2026Reports of verbal and physical harassment within the European Commission E-10-2026-003307Written questionwith 1 co-authorNot yet answered
19 Aug 2026Framework and support for small-scale EU coastal fishers in relation to emerging bluefin tuna stocks in the North Sea E-10-2026-003298Written questionwith 2 co-authorsNot yet answered
23 Jul 2026Methane Regulation and threat to the security of supply of oil and gas P-10-2026-003107Priority written question4 Sept 2026
14 Jul 2026Transparency and subsidiarity safeguards for LGBTIQ-related funding under AgoraEU and CERV+ E-10-2026-002903Written questionwith 11 co-authors25 Aug 2026
1 Jul 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Commission delegated regulation (EU) of 27 March 2026 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/688 as regards infection with bluetongue virus (serotypes 1-24) and infection with epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus and introducing a derogation for movements of registered equine animals B-10-2026-0342Motion for a resolutionwith 40 co-authors—
18 Jun 2026Human trafficking and human rights violations through recruitment of non-Russian nationals, in particular from Africa, for Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine E-10-2026-002532Written questionwith 27 co-authors6 Aug 2026
18 Jun 2026Inclusion of surrogacy in the new EU strategy to combat trafficking in human beings E-10-2026-002535Written questionwith 19 co-authors4 Aug 2026
17 Jun 2026Turkish interference with aircraft carrying EU Defence Ministers travelling to the Republic of Cyprus E-10-2026-002522Written questionwith 5 co-authors3 Aug 2026
20 May 2026Council debate on targeted revision of EU species-protection rules E-10-2026-002098Written questionwith 5 co-authors16 Jul 2026
11 May 2026Shipment of salmonella-contaminated chicken from Brazil E-10-2026-001939Written questionwith 2 co-authors22 Jul 2026

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Amendments tabled in committee, 101

Committee amendment documents that carry amendments by the member, with how many are theirs.

Date: of the amendment document. Text amended: the dossier and the document’s id. Committee: where the amendments were tabled. Amendments: how many in the document are the member’s.
DateText amendedCommitteeAmendments
17 Jul 2026Multiannual plan for the fisheries exploiting demersal stocks in the western Mediterranean Sea PECH-AM-791020 PECH18
16 Jul 2026General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027 - all sections PECH-AM-791014 PECH8
15 Jul 2026Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 and Regulation (EU) 2024/1244 as regards simplification of some requirements and reduction of administrative burden ENVI-AM-790846 ENVI4
13 Jul 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790917 AGRI4
13 Jul 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790915 AGRI3
13 Jul 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790957 AGRI6
13 Jul 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790956 AGRI2
13 Jul 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790899 AGRI1
13 Jul 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790918 AGRI7
13 Jul 2026Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034 AGRI-AM-790919 AGRI1

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Connections

Dossiers they lead or shadow, committees, party, delegation and other related pages.

Political groups this term

National delegation

Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Data version
data version 5a7357168c2a (28 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1 · methods
Retrieved
28 September 2026

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Sander SMIT”. Member record. memberId 125325. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/125325?page=10&period=2025&vscope=all (retrieved 28 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/125325. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/125325?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version 5a7357168c2a (28 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1.
BibTeX
@misc{epw-member-125325,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Sander SMIT}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/125325?page=10&period=2025&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/125325?page=10&period=2025&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-09-28},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Member record. memberId 125325. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/125325. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version 5a7357168c2a (28 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1}
}