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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
26 Nov 2025Protection of minors online Amendment 4 to paragraph 17 202 for, 441 against, 10 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
26 Nov 2025Protection of minors online Separate vote on paragraph 16 632 for, 26 against, 5 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2025Protection of minors online Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 1 178 for, 448 against, 19 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
26 Nov 2025EU’s diplomatic strategy and geopolitical cooperation in the Arctic Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 510 for, 75 against, 80 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2025EU’s diplomatic strategy and geopolitical cooperation in the Arctic Recital L — part 2 452 for, 201 against, 11 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2025EU’s diplomatic strategy and geopolitical cooperation in the Arctic Paragraph 1, point ag — part 2 518 for, 109 against, 32 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2025EU’s diplomatic strategy and geopolitical cooperation in the Arctic Paragraph 1, point ad — part 3 504 for, 88 against, 64 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2025EU’s diplomatic strategy and geopolitical cooperation in the Arctic Paragraph 1, point ad — part 2 481 for, 113 against, 67 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2025EU’s diplomatic strategy and geopolitical cooperation in the Arctic Paragraph 1, point ad — part 1 563 for, 73 against, 24 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2025EU’s diplomatic strategy and geopolitical cooperation in the Arctic Amendment 4 to paragraph 1, after point o 131 for, 477 against, 57 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
26 Nov 2025EU’s diplomatic strategy and geopolitical cooperation in the Arctic Amendment 3 to paragraph 1, after point e 89 for, 523 against, 44 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
26 Nov 2025EU’s diplomatic strategy and geopolitical cooperation in the Arctic Separate vote on paragraph 1, point g 538 for, 75 against, 44 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2025EU’s diplomatic strategy and geopolitical cooperation in the Arctic Separate vote on paragraph 1, point e 532 for, 85 against, 46 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2025EU’s diplomatic strategy and geopolitical cooperation in the Arctic Paragraph 1, point c — part 2 509 for, 109 against, 41 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2025EU’s diplomatic strategy and geopolitical cooperation in the Arctic Paragraph 1, point a — part 2 523 for, 43 against, 85 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2025EU’s diplomatic strategy and geopolitical cooperation in the Arctic Paragraph 1, point a — part 1 627 for, 5 against, 26 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2025Collection of statistical information by the European Central Bank Final votePassed 521 for, 110 against, 35 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2025Increasing the efficiency of the EU guarantee under the InvestEU Regulation and simplifying reporting requirements Final vote on the provisional agreementPassed 519 for, 65 against, 73 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Final votePassed 402 for, 250 against, 8 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Amendment 6, adding text after recital 17 197 for, 458 against, 5 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
26 Nov 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Amendment 5, adding text after recital 17 205 for, 449 against, 4 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
26 Nov 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Amendments 109 + 23 (voted as one) to recital 14 295 for, 357 against, 9 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Amendment 29, adding text after recital 12 201 for, 451 against, 7 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
26 Nov 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Amendment 31 to recital 6 197 for, 451 against, 11 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
26 Nov 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Amendment 38, adding text after recital 1 228 for, 252 against, 177 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
26 Nov 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Amendments 92 + 133 (voted as one) to paragraph 2 564 for, 97 against, 4 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Amendments 60 + 91 + 132 (voted as one) to Annex II; Annex III – introductory part 565 for, 92 against, 7 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Amendment 20 to Article 1, after point 23 193 for, 451 against, 9 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
26 Nov 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Amendments 28 + 90 + 131 (voted as one) to Article 1 417 for, 232 against, 10 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Amendments 27 + 89 + 130 (voted as one) to Article 1 497 for, 152 against, 11 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Amendments 64 + 129 (voted as one) to Article 1 442 for, 216 against, 3 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Amendment 26 to Article 1 101 for, 561 against, 3 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
26 Nov 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Amendments 63 + 128 (voted as one) to Article 1 407 for, 245 against, 5 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Amendment 25 to Article 1 202 for, 451 against, 9 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
26 Nov 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Amendment 24 to Article 1 200 for, 461 against, 2 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
26 Nov 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Amendment 15 to Article 1 198 for, 446 against, 3 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
26 Nov 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Amendment 14 to Article 1 201 for, 453 against, 3 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
26 Nov 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Amendment 13 to Article 1 204 for, 454 against, 3 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
26 Nov 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Amendments 62 + 123 (voted as one) to Article 1 394 for, 259 against, 13 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Amendment 12 to Article 1 199 for, 455 against, 2 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
26 Nov 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Amendment 30 to Article 1 196 for, 446 against, 11 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
26 Nov 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Amendment 11 to Article 1 202 for, 449 against, 4 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
26 Nov 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Amendments 82 + 122 (voted as one) to Article 1 556 for, 102 against, 9 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Amendment 36 to Article 1 198 for, 454 against, 6 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
26 Nov 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Amendment 35 to Article 1 197 for, 456 against, 8 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
26 Nov 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Amendments 34 + 49 + 81 + 121 (voted as one) to Article 1 561 for, 46 against, 58 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Amendments 50 + 80 + 120 (voted as one) to Article 1 563 for, 43 against, 59 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
26 Nov 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Amendment 33 to Article 1 205 for, 438 against, 12 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
26 Nov 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Amendment 10 to Article 1 210 for, 454 against, 2 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
26 Nov 2025Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders Amendment 9 to Article 1 202 for, 456 against, 2 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.

Date: the sitting. Debate: the item debated, and the group when they spoke on its behalf. Kind: speech or written statement, with speaking time. Verbatim: the verbatim report on Parliament’s site.
DateDebateKindVerbatim
17 Dec 2025Preparation of the European Council meeting of 18-19 December 2025, in particular the need to support Ukraine, transatlantic relations and the EU’s strategic autonomy (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
17 Dec 2025Preparation of the European Council meeting of 18-19 December 2025, in particular the need to support Ukraine, transatlantic relations and the EU’s strategic autonomy (debate) Speech · 2 minRead
16 Dec 2025Grids package and tackling raising energy prices through robust infrastructure (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
25 Nov 2025Effective use of the EU trade and industrial policy to tackle China’s export restrictions (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
21 Oct 2025Commission Work Programme 2026 (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
21 Oct 2025Commission Work Programme 2026 (debate) SpeechRead
21 Oct 2025Commission Work Programme 2026 (debate) Speech · 2 minRead
8 Oct 2025United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructure (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
7 Oct 2025Inland waterway transport: River Information Services (RIS) (A10-0033/2025 - Tom Berendsen) (vote) Speech · 1 minRead
10 Sept 2025State of the Union (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
18 Jun 2025Clean Industrial Deal (debate) Speech · 5 minRead
21 May 2025Russian energy phase-out, Nord Stream and the EU's energy sovereignty (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
2 Apr 2025Energy-intensive industries (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
1 Apr 2025Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 20 March 2025 (debate) Speech · 2 minRead
12 Feb 2025Competitiveness Compass (debate) Speech · 2 minRead
21 Jan 2025Need to detect and to counter sabotage by the Russian shadow fleet, damaging critical undersea infrastructure in the Baltic Sea (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
18 Dec 2024Restoring the EU’s competitive edge – the need for an impact assessment on the Green Deal policies (topical debate) Speech · 2 minRead
18 Dec 2024Preparation of the European Council of 19-20 December 2024 (debate) Speech · 2 minRead
13 Nov 2024Deplorable escalation of violence around the football match in the Netherlands and the unacceptable attacks against Israeli football fans (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
23 Oct 2024EU actions against the Russian shadow fleets and ensuring a full enforcement of sanctions against Russia (debate) Speech · 2 minRead
23 Oct 2024U-turn on EU bureaucracy: the need to axe unnecessary burdens and reporting to unleash competitiveness and innovation (topical debate) Speech · 2 minRead
23 Oct 2024Tackling the steel crisis: boosting competitive and sustainable European steel and maintaining quality jobs (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
8 Oct 2024The crisis facing the EU’s automotive industry, potential plant closures and the need to enhance competitiveness and maintain jobs in Europe (debate) Speech · 2 minRead
17 Sept 2024The future of European competitiveness (debate) Speech · 2 minRead

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?page=16&speeches=all&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?page=16&speeches=all&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197778?page=16&speeches=all&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}
}