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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
90.3 %ⓘ of 620 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.6 % · whole term, final votes Changed group in this period: not compared with a single group’s median.
With majority line
81.9 %ⓘ of 559 votes where the group had a line · compared per group under Record
More facts (5)
National party
BBB BoerBurgerBeweging
In office
Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line
80 of 498 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 ⓘ

90.3 %

560 of 620 final votes while in office

Chamber median: 90.6 %

With majority line ⓘ

81.9 %

458 of 559 votes where their group had a line

Against clear line ⓘ

16.1 %

80 of 498 votes where their group had a clear line

20 opposite (for ↔ against), 57 abstained against the line, 3 voted for or against when the line was to abstain

Abstention ⓘ

15.9 %

89 of 560 votes cast

Compared with each group they sat in

The member’s record in each group they sat in during the period, over the roll calls held while they sat in it (dates: the first and last of them). Each figure with its denominator: participation of the roll calls held, majority line of the votes where the group had one, against clear line of the votes where it had a clear line (at least two thirds, with at least 10 members voting), abstention of the votes cast. Median: that group’s median over the same roll calls, with the member’s difference in percentage points. A figure over fewer than 50 votes is shown as a count.
GroupParticipationWith majority lineAgainst clear lineAbstention
EPP 17 Jul 2024 – 10 Mar 202688.2 % of 417 median 90.9 % (−2.6 pts)84.0 % of 368 median 95.4 % (−11.5 pts)15.0 % of 33911.4 % of 368
ECR 11 Mar 2026 – 17 Sept 202694.6 % of 203 median 93.6 % (+1.0 pts)78.0 % of 191 median 86.9 % (−8.9 pts)18.2 % of 15924.5 % of 192
  • Whole term, 620 final votes; 620 of 794 decisions had a final vote recorded by name.
  • “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 in this period: each vote counts them in the group of that day, and they are compared with each group over the roll calls held while they sat in it — not with one group’s median.

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
23 Oct 2025Dates of application and transitional provisions for chemical products Proposal to reject the text 93 for, 431 against, 7 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025Situation in Belarus, five years after the fraudulent presidential elections Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 458 for, 18 against, 84 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Oct 2025Situation in Belarus, five years after the fraudulent presidential elections Recital Q — part 2 476 for, 42 against, 65 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
22 Oct 2025Situation in Belarus, five years after the fraudulent presidential elections Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 12 183 for, 402 against, 16 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025Situation in Belarus, five years after the fraudulent presidential elections Paragraph 9 — part 2 450 for, 153 against, 14 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Oct 2025Polarisation and increased repression in Serbia, one year after the Novi Sad tragedy Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 457 for, 103 against, 72 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Oct 2025Polarisation and increased repression in Serbia, one year after the Novi Sad tragedy Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 18 111 for, 213 against, 311 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
22 Oct 2025Polarisation and increased repression in Serbia, one year after the Novi Sad tragedy Amendment 10 to paragraph 12 548 for, 14 against, 57 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Oct 2025Polarisation and increased repression in Serbia, one year after the Novi Sad tragedy Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 2 312 for, 281 against, 43 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Oct 2025Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 310 for, 277 against, 53 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: For
22 Oct 2025Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations Separate vote on recital D 464 for, 136 against, 42 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
22 Oct 2025Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 24 257 for, 358 against, 8 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 23 263 for, 349 against, 12 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations Separate vote on paragraph 12 334 for, 286 against, 21 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: For
22 Oct 2025Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations Separate vote on paragraph 10 381 for, 236 against, 25 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Oct 2025Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations Paragraph 4 — part 6 462 for, 162 against, 18 abstainedPosition: Against ≠ groupMajority line: For
22 Oct 2025Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations Paragraph 4 — part 5 344 for, 227 against, 45 abstainedPosition: Against ≠ groupMajority line: For
22 Oct 2025Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations Paragraph 4 — part 4 326 for, 272 against, 29 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: For
22 Oct 2025Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations Paragraph 4 — part 3 321 for, 270 against, 47 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: For
22 Oct 2025Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations Paragraph 4 — part 2 411 for, 169 against, 63 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Oct 2025Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations Paragraph 4 — part 1 485 for, 152 against, 5 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Oct 2025Discharge 2023: Agencies Final vote — text as a wholeDischarge decision adopted 476 for, 99 against, 72 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
22 Oct 2025Discharge 2023: Agencies Amendment 1 to recital A 180 for, 449 against, 8 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025Discharge 2023: Agencies Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 15 182 for, 437 against, 20 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
22 Oct 2025Discharge 2023: Agencies Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 10 191 for, 441 against, 5 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
22 Oct 2025Discharge 2023: Agencies Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 6 198 for, 429 against, 5 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
22 Oct 2025Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Council and Council Final vote — text as a wholeDischarge decision adopted 441 for, 125 against, 73 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Oct 2025Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Council and Council Paragraph 17 — part 2 445 for, 178 against, 17 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Oct 2025Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Council and Council Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 16 — part 2 334 for, 285 against, 15 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Council and Council Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 16 — part 1 459 for, 161 against, 28 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Oct 2025Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Council and Council Amendment 1 to paragraph 16 461 for, 173 against, 16 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Final vote — text as a wholeResolution adopted 384 for, 202 against, 58 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
22 Oct 2025Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Council and Council Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 15 181 for, 451 against, 15 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 155, adding text after paragraph 86 119 for, 471 against, 56 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 160, adding text after paragraph 84 188 for, 451 against, 15 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 168, adding text after paragraph 82 71 for, 542 against, 33 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 159, adding text after paragraph 82 84 for, 483 against, 76 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 169, adding text after paragraph 82 72 for, 527 against, 47 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 82 282 for, 317 against, 39 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 158, adding text after paragraph 81 141 for, 445 against, 67 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 157, adding text after paragraph 79 182 for, 412 against, 59 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 173, adding text after paragraph 79 284 for, 314 against, 52 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 172, adding text after paragraph 79 254 for, 331 against, 72 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 178 to paragraph 79, after point l 249 for, 275 against, 127 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 177 to paragraph 79, after point l 285 for, 306 against, 52 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 151 to paragraph 79, after point l 169 for, 443 against, 35 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 26 to paragraph 79, after point j 321 for, 240 against, 84 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 150 to paragraph 79, after point g 161 for, 448 against, 48 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 147 to paragraph 78 171 for, 462 against, 13 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Amendment 154, adding text after paragraph 77 131 for, 456 against, 56 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority 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 6 of 80 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; 60 minutes of speaking time.

Show all 40 recent contributions

Questions and motions, 62

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
25 Sept 2026Safeguarding fawn and wildlife rescue under new EU drone rules E-10-2026-003865Written questionwith 1 co-authorNot yet answered
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

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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 343d33dd3e67 (2 Oct 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
2 October 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=67&scope=final&vscope=all (retrieved 2 October 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 343d33dd3e67 (2 Oct 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=67&scope=final&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/125325?page=67&scope=final&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-10-02},
  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 343d33dd3e67 (2 Oct 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}
}