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Tom BERENDSEN

EPP · Netherlands · left on 22 February 2026

Group
EPP PPE
Country
Netherlands
Roll-call participation
98.2 %ⓘ of 3 838 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.2 % · whole term, roll calls
With majority line
97.3 %ⓘ of 3 770 votes where the group had a line · EPP median 93.6 %
More facts (4)
National party
CDA Christen Democratisch Appèl
In office
16 Jul 2024 – 22 Feb 2026 (left on 22 February 2026)
Against clear line
60 of 3 569 votesⓘ
Member id
197778
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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 ⓘ

98.2 %

3 770 of 3 838 roll calls while in office

EPP median: 89.9 % (+8.3 pts)

Chamber median: 90.2 %

With majority line ⓘ

97.3 %

3 670 of 3 770 votes where their group had a line

EPP median: 93.6 % (+3.7 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

1.7 %

60 of 3 569 votes where their group had a clear line

32 opposite (for ↔ against), 28 abstained against the line

Abstention ⓘ

1.5 %

55 of 3 770 votes cast

Participation 98.2 % — EPP median 89.9 %, 196 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
Participation among the 196 members of the EPP with enough votes.
FigureParticipation
Tom BERENDSEN98.2 %
EPP median89.9 %
Lowest in the group17.0 %
Highest in the group99.6 %
Members196
With majority line 97.3 % — EPP median 93.6 %, 196 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
With majority line among the 196 members of the EPP with enough votes.
FigureWith majority line
Tom BERENDSEN97.3 %
EPP median93.6 %
Lowest in the group70.2 %
Highest in the group99.5 %
Members196
  • Whole term, 5 928 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.

Votes, 3 838

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
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 78, adding text after paragraph 74 61 for, 572 against, 41 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 77, adding text after paragraph 74 190 for, 444 against, 44 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 19 to paragraph 74 181 for, 384 against, 112 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Paragraph 73 — part 1 400 for, 216 against, 58 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 76 to paragraph 71 — part 2 217 for, 422 against, 29 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 76 to paragraph 71 — part 1 267 for, 280 against, 119 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Paragraph 70 — part 2 363 for, 180 against, 126 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Paragraph 70 — part 1 489 for, 127 against, 64 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 18, adding text after paragraph 69 303 for, 316 against, 62 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 69 216 for, 438 against, 25 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Paragraph 69 — part 3 305 for, 309 against, 53 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Paragraph 69 — part 2 355 for, 155 against, 159 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Paragraph 69 — part 1 528 for, 75 against, 67 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 68 208 for, 400 against, 70 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 68 198 for, 459 against, 14 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Separate vote on paragraph 68 480 for, 130 against, 67 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 108 to paragraph 68 97 for, 517 against, 56 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 14 to paragraph 68 231 for, 390 against, 53 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 85, adding text after paragraph 66 200 for, 425 against, 53 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 71, adding text after paragraph 64 102 for, 528 against, 46 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 70, adding text after paragraph 63 54 for, 569 against, 44 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 69, adding text after paragraph 63 52 for, 566 against, 43 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 68, adding text after paragraph 63 65 for, 571 against, 35 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 66 to paragraph 62 — part 2 227 for, 425 against, 21 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 66 to paragraph 62 — part 1 122 for, 502 against, 47 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 67, adding text after paragraph 61 64 for, 514 against, 93 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Separate vote on paragraph 59 476 for, 184 against, 13 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 65, adding text after paragraph 58 62 for, 588 against, 29 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Paragraph 58 — part 4 467 for, 114 against, 77 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Paragraph 58 — part 3 373 for, 279 against, 24 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 62 to paragraph 58 258 for, 383 against, 35 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 57 191 for, 445 against, 31 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Separate vote on paragraph 57 466 for, 176 against, 36 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 56 209 for, 283 against, 180 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 98, adding text after paragraph 55 92 for, 541 against, 40 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 61 to paragraph 54 176 for, 459 against, 25 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Separate vote on paragraph 52 439 for, 136 against, 96 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 48 188 for, 473 against, 20 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 97, adding text after paragraph 47 203 for, 456 against, 18 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 96, adding text after paragraph 47 203 for, 448 against, 13 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 103 to paragraph 46 — part 2 316 for, 281 against, 58 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 103 to paragraph 46 — part 1 478 for, 102 against, 94 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Paragraph 44 — part 2 513 for, 122 against, 32 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Paragraph 44 — part 1 561 for, 76 against, 41 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 101 to paragraph 39 159 for, 442 against, 73 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 11 to paragraph 37 236 for, 427 against, 16 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 100 to paragraph 34 281 for, 318 against, 78 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Separate vote on paragraph 33 581 for, 41 against, 57 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 59, adding text after paragraph 32 485 for, 129 against, 55 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 10 to paragraph 32 219 for, 445 against, 15 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 2 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 EPP

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
Jeroen LENAERS EPPNetherlands100 % of 3 759 shared89 %
Ingeborg TER LAAK EPPNetherlands100 % of 3 742 shared89 %
Siegfried MUREŞAN EPPRomania97 % of 3 594 shared89 %
Sven SIMON EPPGermany97 % of 3 045 shared89 %
Manfred WEBER EPPGermany97 % of 2 789 shared89 %
Axel VOSS EPPGermany97 % of 2 955 shared89 %
Pekka TOVERI EPPFinland97 % of 3 321 shared89 %
Christine SCHNEIDER Former memberEPPGermany97 % of 2 984 shared89 %
Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ EPPLithuania97 % of 3 093 shared89 %
Oliver SCHENK EPPGermany97 % of 3 686 shared89 %

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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
Urmas PAET RenewEstonia89 % of 3 682 shared82 %
Andreas GLÜCK RenewGermany89 % of 2 345 shared82 %
Anouk VAN BRUG RenewNetherlands88 % of 2 316 shared82 %
Hilde VAUTMANS RenewBelgium88 % of 3 594 shared82 %
Bart GROOTHUIS RenewNetherlands88 % of 3 098 shared82 %
Marie-Agnes STRACK-ZIMMERMANN RenewGermany88 % of 2 660 shared82 %
Moritz KÖRNER RenewGermany88 % of 3 672 shared82 %
Dan BARNA RenewRomania88 % of 3 247 shared82 %
Malik AZMANI RenewNetherlands88 % of 3 737 shared82 %
Svenja HAHN RenewGermany88 % of 3 368 shared82 %

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Work

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

Dossiers

No rapporteur, shadow or negotiator role recorded this term.

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.

24 contributions recorded; 35 minutes of speaking time.

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Questions and motions, 14

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
18 Dec 2025European commitment to small modular (maritime) nuclear reactors E-10-2025-005005Written question9 Mar 2026
18 Dec 2025Stop the Russian nickel trade via Rotterdam E-10-2025-005006Written question12 Feb 2026
17 Dec 2025Acquisitions of Notified Bodies by companies from third countries E-10-2025-004986Written question24 Feb 2026
23 Jul 2025Exemption for temporary construction emissions and depositions for sustainable projects P-10-2025-003051Priority written question3 Sept 2025
2 Jul 2025Ensuring that demand meets supply in the CO<sub>2</sub> storage market E-10-2025-002712Written questionwith 1 co-author12 Sept 2025
10 Jun 2025MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Clean Industrial Deal B-10-2025-0277Motion for a resolution—
5 Jun 2025Clean Industrial Deal O-10-2025-000020Oral questionNot yet answered
27 May 2025Increase in number of attacks with explosives in the Netherlands – Need for European action E-10-2025-002111Written questionwith 1 co-author31 Jul 2025
2 May 2025Apollo Vredestein workers fall victim to inadequate State aid rules P-10-2025-001790Priority written question18 Jun 2025
17 Mar 2025Tackling barriers to collecting road traffic fines and parking charges from foreign motorists E-10-2025-001123Written question2 Jun 2025

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Amendments tabled in committee, 7

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

Connections

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

Political group

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 e994c83b5003 (27 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
27 September 2026

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Tom BERENDSEN”. Member record. memberId 197778. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197778?amendments=all&page=61&vscope=all (retrieved 27 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197778. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/197778?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version e994c83b5003 (27 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-197778,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Tom BERENDSEN}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197778?amendments=all&page=61&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197778?amendments=all&page=61&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-09-27},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Member record. memberId 197778. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197778. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version e994c83b5003 (27 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}
}