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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
2 Apr 2025Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 Amendment 17 to paragraph 50 106 for, 479 against, 80 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 Amendment 61, adding text after paragraph 45 211 for, 411 against, 28 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 Amendment 60, adding text after paragraph 45 198 for, 445 against, 15 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 Amendment 59, adding text after paragraph 45 200 for, 431 against, 29 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 45 185 for, 456 against, 19 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 Paragraph 45 — part 2 468 for, 102 against, 88 abstainedPosition: Against ≠ groupMajority line: For
2 Apr 2025Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 Amendment 91 to paragraph 45 220 for, 431 against, 10 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 Amendment 58, adding text after paragraph 44 189 for, 385 against, 61 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 Amendment 90, adding text after paragraph 43 218 for, 246 against, 150 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: Abstained
2 Apr 2025Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 Amendment 57, adding text after paragraph 43 182 for, 458 against, 16 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 Amendment 46, adding text after paragraph 43 366 for, 222 against, 64 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 Amendment 55 to paragraph 41 190 for, 453 against, 21 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 Amendment 14, adding text after paragraph 40 181 for, 474 against, 5 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 Amendment 13 to paragraph 32 172 for, 440 against, 41 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 Amendment 44, adding text after paragraph 30 93 for, 489 against, 72 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 Amendment 43, adding text after paragraph 29 58 for, 509 against, 94 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 Amendment 41, adding text after paragraph 29 108 for, 491 against, 58 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 29 106 for, 461 against, 98 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 Amendment 80 to paragraph 27 137 for, 395 against, 127 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 Amendment 79 to paragraph 24 199 for, 403 against, 61 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 23 158 for, 483 against, 24 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 Paragraph 23 — part 2 430 for, 186 against, 46 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
2 Apr 2025Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 Amendment 54 to paragraph 23 180 for, 468 against, 14 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 Amendment 76 to paragraph 19 — part 2 190 for, 422 against, 46 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 Amendment 76 to paragraph 19 — part 1 566 for, 51 against, 45 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
2 Apr 2025Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 Paragraph 14 — part 3 357 for, 271 against, 27 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: For
2 Apr 2025Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 Paragraph 14 — part 2 410 for, 241 against, 10 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
2 Apr 2025Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 Amendment 36, adding text after paragraph 12 104 for, 528 against, 24 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 Amendment 74, adding text after paragraph 10 250 for, 377 against, 32 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 Amendment 73, adding text after paragraph 8 240 for, 394 against, 28 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 Amendment 52, adding text after paragraph 5 192 for, 458 against, 12 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 Amendment 34, adding text after paragraph 4 128 for, 418 against, 93 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 Amendment 33, adding text after paragraph 4 109 for, 494 against, 45 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 Amendment 51 to paragraph 3 194 for, 460 against, 13 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 1 183 for, 466 against, 12 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024 Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 399 for, 198 against, 71 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
2 Apr 2025Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024 Amendment 61, adding text after citation 3 105 for, 366 against, 190 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024 Amendment 149 to paragraph 151 180 for, 365 against, 116 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
2 Apr 2025Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024 Amendment 96, adding text after paragraph 145 217 for, 430 against, 11 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024 Amendment 148 to paragraph 143 279 for, 318 against, 48 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
2 Apr 2025Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024 Amendment 147 to paragraph 135 198 for, 457 against, 5 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024 Amendment 146 to paragraph 125 322 for, 305 against, 7 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
2 Apr 2025Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024 Amendment 145, adding text after paragraph 124 113 for, 489 against, 58 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024 Amendment 122 to paragraph 118 — part 2 224 for, 428 against, 12 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024 Amendment 122 to paragraph 118 — part 1 361 for, 298 against, 7 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
2 Apr 2025Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024 Paragraph 92 — part 2 458 for, 127 against, 75 abstainedPosition: Against ≠ groupMajority line: For
2 Apr 2025Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024 Amendment 88 to paragraph 69 207 for, 445 against, 14 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024 Amendment 86 to paragraph 68 118 for, 516 against, 24 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
2 Apr 2025Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024 Amendment 121, adding text after paragraph 57 409 for, 188 against, 66 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
2 Apr 2025Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024 Amendment 101, adding text after paragraph 57 303 for, 289 against, 62 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: For

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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; 61 minutes of speaking time.

Show all 40 recent contributions

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 772c7b2d0380 (30 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
30 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=96&scope=final&vscope=all (retrieved 30 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 772c7b2d0380 (30 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=96&scope=final&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/125325?page=96&scope=final&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-09-30},
  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 772c7b2d0380 (30 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}
}