Member · Former member
Tom BERENDSEN
EPP · Netherlands · left on 22 February 2026
- Group
- EPP PPE
- Country
- Netherlands
- Roll-call participation
- 98.3 %ⓘ of 407 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.6 % · whole term, final votes
- With majority line
- 96.8 %ⓘ of 400 votes where the group had a line · EPP median 95.6 %
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 ⓘ
98.3 %
400 of 407 final votes while in office
EPP median: 90.6 % (+7.7 pts)
Chamber median: 90.6 %
With majority line ⓘ
96.8 %
387 of 400 votes where their group had a line
EPP median: 95.6 % (+1.2 pts)
1 opposite (for ↔ against), 10 abstained against the line
Data as a table
| Figure | Participation |
|---|---|
| Tom BERENDSEN | 98.3 % |
| EPP median | 90.6 % |
| Lowest in the group | 18.4 % |
| Highest in the group | 99.8 % |
| Members | 192 |
Data as a table
| Figure | With majority line |
|---|---|
| Tom BERENDSEN | 96.8 % |
| EPP median | 95.6 % |
| Lowest in the group | 67.8 % |
| Highest in the group | 99.0 % |
| Members | 192 |
- Whole term, 620 final votes; 620 of 794 decisions had a final vote recorded by name. 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.
Every final roll-call vote of the term with the member’s position, newest first.
| Date | Decision | Result | Position | Majority line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Dec 2025 | Grave political situation in Guinea-Bissau after the coup of 26 November | Adopted 535 for, 0 against, 42 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 18 Dec 2025 | Implementation of the rule of law conditionality regime | Adopted 386 for, 184 against, 15 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 18 Dec 2025 | Decarbonisation and modernisation of EU fisheries, and the development and deployment of fishing gear | Adopted 450 for, 93 against, 37 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 18 Dec 2025 | Continuous Belarusian hybrid attacks against Lithuania | Adopted 438 for, 37 against, 48 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Application of the ‘safe third country’ concept | Negotiating mandate approved 384 for, 237 against, 31 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Establishment of a list of safe countries of origin at Union level | Negotiating mandate approved 396 for, 202 against, 56 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Phasing out Russian natural gas imports, improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies | Passed 500 for, 120 against, 32 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders | Passed 405 for, 242 against, 8 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 17 Dec 2025 | European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC) | Passed 604 for, 37 against, 18 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 17 Dec 2025 | EU/Jordan Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation: terms and conditions for the participation of Jordan in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) | Consent given 627 for, 13 against, 5 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Simplification of the content and presentation of information to be disclosed concerning environmentally sustainable activities and simplification of certain technical screening criteria for determining whether economic activities cause no significant harm to environmental objectives | Objection failed 230 for, 402 against, 28 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Military Mobility | Adopted 493 for, 127 against, 38 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 17 Dec 2025 | European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needs | Adopted 425 for, 120 against, 96 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of work | Adopted 480 for, 83 against, 94 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 17 Dec 2025 | European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ | Adopted 358 for, 202 against, 79 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products | Passed 431 for, 161 against, 70 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Amending the Directive on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes | Amendment 1 rejected 122 for, 470 against, 69 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan | Passed 519 for, 119 against, 25 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Amending certain CAP Regulations as regards the conditionality system, types of intervention in the form of direct payment, types of intervention in certain sectors and rural development and annual performance reports, data and interoperability governance, suspensions of payments annual performance clearance and controls and penalties | Passed 629 for, 17 against, 16 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Providing macro-financial assistance to Jordan | Passed 585 for, 34 against, 45 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Brexit Adjustment Reserve | Passed 619 for, 6 against, 37 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements | Passed 428 for, 218 against, 17 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/003 SE/Northvolt – Sweden | Passed 578 for, 54 against, 30 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Genetically modified maize NK603 | Objection passed 479 for, 173 against, 8 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Genetically modified sugar beet KWS20-1 | Objection passed 455 for, 169 against, 8 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Relations between the EU and Saudi Arabia | Adopted 417 for, 131 against, 108 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Amending Regulations on the Internal Market Information System (IMI) and on the single digital gateway as regards certain harmonisation requirements on transparency | Passed 400 for, 77 against, 132 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Harmonised requirements in the internal market on transparency of third countries interest representation | Passed 392 for, 88 against, 133 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Post-election killings and the deteriorating human rights situation in Tanzania, including the case of imprisoned opposition leader Tundu Lissu | Adopted 539 for, 0 against, 27 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Escalating repression of the Baha’is in Iran | Adopted 549 for, 7 against, 31 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Rule of law and human rights situation in Tunisia, particularly the case of Sonia Dahmani | Adopted 464 for, 58 against, 75 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement | Adopted 490 for, 41 against, 74 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 27 Nov 2025 | EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024 | Adopted 490 for, 9 against, 109 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Application of the Treaty provisions related to the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality and the role of national parliaments in the EU legislative process | Adopted 337 for, 245 against, 12 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan | Adopted 503 for, 32 against, 52 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 27 Nov 2025 | Political situation in Myanmar including the humanitarian crisis of the Rohingya | Adopted 519 for, 3 against, 57 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 27 Nov 2025 | EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for Ukraine | Adopted 401 for, 70 against, 90 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 26 Nov 2025 | Deforestation Regulation: certain obligations of operators and traders | Passed 402 for, 250 against, 8 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 26 Nov 2025 | Increasing the efficiency of the EU guarantee under the InvestEU Regulation and simplifying reporting requirements | Passed 519 for, 65 against, 73 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 26 Nov 2025 | Collection of statistical information by the European Central Bank | Passed 521 for, 110 against, 35 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 26 Nov 2025 | Draft amending budget No 3/2025: adjustment in payment appropriations, update of revenues and other technical updates | Passed 519 for, 99 against, 45 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 26 Nov 2025 | Amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1818 as regards the definition of prohibited weapons | Objection failed 88 for, 388 against, 184 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 26 Nov 2025 | Amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2429 as regards origin labelling for fruit and vegetables originating in the non-self-governing territory of Western Sahara | Objection failed 359 for, 188 against, 76 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: Against |
| 26 Nov 2025 | 2026 budgetary procedure: joint text | Adopted 419 for, 185 against, 53 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 26 Nov 2025 | EU’s diplomatic strategy and geopolitical cooperation in the Arctic | Adopted 510 for, 75 against, 80 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 26 Nov 2025 | Protection of minors online | Adopted 483 for, 92 against, 86 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 26 Nov 2025 | Access to finance for SMEs and scale-ups | Adopted 360 for, 298 against, 8 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 25 Nov 2025 | European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’) | Passed 457 for, 148 against, 33 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 25 Nov 2025 | Enhancing police cooperation in relation to the prevention, detection and investigation of migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings; enhancing Europol’s support to preventing and combating such crimes | Passed 556 for, 74 against, 7 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 25 Nov 2025 | Genetically modified maize DAS1131 | Objection passed 453 for, 171 against, 19 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
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" is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.
Data as a table
| Sitting | Roll calls | Voted in |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Jul 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 Sept 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 Sept 2024 | 6 | 6 |
| 8 Oct 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 Oct 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 Oct 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 Oct 2024 | 5 | 5 |
| 23 Oct 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| 24 Oct 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 Nov 2024 | 5 | 5 |
| 26 Nov 2024 | 8 | 8 |
| 27 Nov 2024 | 7 | 7 |
| 28 Nov 2024 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 Dec 2024 | 6 | 6 |
| 18 Dec 2024 | 7 | 7 |
| 19 Dec 2024 | 5 | 5 |
| 21 Jan 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 Jan 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 Jan 2025 | 4 | 4 |
| 11 Feb 2025 | 4 | 4 |
| 12 Feb 2025 | 4 | 4 |
| 13 Feb 2025 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 Mar 2025 | 4 | 4 |
| 12 Mar 2025 | 7 | 7 |
| 13 Mar 2025 | 3 | 3 |
| 1 Apr 2025 | 7 | 7 |
| 2 Apr 2025 | 9 | 9 |
| 3 Apr 2025 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 May 2025 | 4 | 4 |
| 7 May 2025 | 20 | 20 |
| 8 May 2025 | 12 | 12 |
| 22 May 2025 | 6 | 6 |
| 17 Jun 2025 | 8 | 8 |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 7 | 7 |
| 19 Jun 2025 | 6 | 6 |
| 8 Jul 2025 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 Jul 2025 | 14 | 14 |
| 10 Jul 2025 | 7 | 7 |
| 9 Sept 2025 | 6 | 6 |
| 10 Sept 2025 | 15 | 15 |
| 11 Sept 2025 | 8 | 8 |
| 7 Oct 2025 | 4 | 4 |
| 8 Oct 2025 | 10 | 9 |
| 9 Oct 2025 | 10 | 10 |
| 21 Oct 2025 | 8 | 8 |
| 22 Oct 2025 | 6 | 6 |
| 23 Oct 2025 | 5 | 5 |
| 13 Nov 2025 | 16 | 16 |
| 25 Nov 2025 | 13 | 13 |
| 26 Nov 2025 | 10 | 10 |
| 27 Nov 2025 | 11 | 11 |
| 16 Dec 2025 | 11 | 11 |
| 17 Dec 2025 | 11 | 11 |
| 18 Dec 2025 | 6 | 6 |
| 20 Jan 2026 | 6 | 6 |
| 21 Jan 2026 | 8 | 8 |
| 22 Jan 2026 | 8 | 8 |
| 10 Feb 2026 | 8 | 8 |
| 11 Feb 2026 | 10 | 10 |
| 12 Feb 2026 | 8 | 8 |
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.
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)
- Economy & single market 10
- Climate & environment 6
- Defence & security 6
- Foreign affairs 6
- Energy 5
- Transport & tourism 4
- Trade & customs 2
- Agriculture, food & fisheries 1
- Health 1
- EU institutions & Parliament 1
- Justice, rule of law & rights 1
- Jobs, social affairs & equality 1
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.
Questions and motions, 14
Parliamentary questions and motions for resolutions the member authored or co-signed, newest first.
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
- Group European People’s Party EPP · Centre-right · Christian democracy, conservatism
National delegation
- Delegation Netherlands National delegation
Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Official source
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Data version
- data version f37e5638cded (25 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
- 25 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=2&scope=final&speeches=all (retrieved 25 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 f37e5638cded (25 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=2&scope=final&speeches=all}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197778?page=2&scope=final&speeches=all},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
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 f37e5638cded (25 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}
}