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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, 407

Export

Every final 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.
DateDecisionResultPositionMajority line
25 Nov 2025Genetically modified cotton MON 88913 Objection passed 452 for, 182 against, 13 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
25 Nov 2025Genetically modified oilseed rape MON 88302 Objection passed 456 for, 166 against, 21 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
25 Nov 2025Genetically modified soybean MON 87708 Objection passed 453 for, 179 against, 14 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
25 Nov 2025Genetically modified maize MON 87427 Objection passed 426 for, 157 against, 17 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
25 Nov 2025Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded Adopted 415 for, 193 against, 28 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
25 Nov 2025Ensuring faster registration and uptake of biological control agents Adopted 590 for, 28 against, 32 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
25 Nov 2025Institutional aspects of the report on the future of European competitiveness (Draghi Report) Adopted 330 for, 273 against, 38 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
25 Nov 2025Impact of artificial intelligence on the financial sector Adopted 426 for, 182 against, 39 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
25 Nov 20252024 budget: assessing the implementation of the gender mainstreaming methodology in the EU budget Adopted 389 for, 213 against, 36 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
25 Nov 2025Decision to maintain the action before the Court of Justice for the annulment of the decision of the Commission on the withdrawal of the Standard essential patents proposal Adopted 334 for, 294 against, 11 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
13 Nov 2025Framework for achieving climate neutrality Passed 379 for, 248 against, 10 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
13 Nov 2025Conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction Passed 454 for, 172 against, 19 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
13 Nov 2025Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements Passed 382 for, 249 against, 13 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
13 Nov 2025Exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the Stabilisation and Association Process Passed 543 for, 72 against, 22 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
13 Nov 2025Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) Passed 370 for, 160 against, 107 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
13 Nov 2025EU-Andorra agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information: Amending Protocol Passed 605 for, 29 against, 0 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
13 Nov 2025EU-San Marino agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information: Amending Protocol Passed 606 for, 26 against, 1 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
13 Nov 2025EU-Monaco agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information: Amending Protocol Passed 610 for, 26 against, 1 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
13 Nov 2025EU-Liechtenstein agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information: Amending Protocol Passed 611 for, 26 against, 1 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
13 Nov 2025EU-Switzerland agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information: Amending Protocol Passed 605 for, 26 against, 2 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
13 Nov 2025Digital Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore Consent given 515 for, 93 against, 33 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
13 Nov 2025Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Spain and France in relation to natural disasters in 2024 and 2025 Passed 622 for, 10 against, 3 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
13 Nov 2025Addressing transnational repression of human rights defenders Adopted 512 for, 76 against, 52 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
13 Nov 2025Opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed Agreement on Digital Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore Rejected 136 for, 432 against, 71 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
13 Nov 2025Digital Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore (Resolution) Adopted 572 for, 18 against, 41 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
13 Nov 2025Gender Equality Strategy 2025 Adopted 310 for, 222 against, 68 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Against
23 Oct 2025Dates of application and transitional provisions for chemical products Passed 441 for, 108 against, 11 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Oct 2025Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Law) Passed 220 for, 341 against, 10 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
23 Oct 2025InvestEU Fund strategic investments in the field of defence Objection failed 124 for, 401 against, 41 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Oct 2025Specifying a methodology for assessing greenhouse gas emissions savings from low-carbon fuels Objection failed 175 for, 374 against, 25 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
23 Oct 2025Renewing the EU-Africa partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola Summit Adopted 367 for, 98 against, 113 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Oct 2025General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections Resolution adopted 384 for, 202 against, 58 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
22 Oct 2025Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Council and Council Discharge decision adopted 441 for, 125 against, 73 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Oct 2025Discharge 2023: Agencies Discharge decision adopted 476 for, 99 against, 72 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Oct 2025Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations Adopted 310 for, 277 against, 53 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Oct 2025Polarisation and increased repression in Serbia, one year after the Novi Sad tragedy Adopted 457 for, 103 against, 72 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
22 Oct 2025Situation in Belarus, five years after the fraudulent presidential elections Adopted 458 for, 18 against, 84 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
21 Oct 2025Re-attribution of scientific and technical tasks and improving cooperation among Union agencies in the area of chemicals Passed 469 for, 126 against, 50 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
21 Oct 2025Common data platform on chemicals, establishing a monitoring and outlook framework for chemicals Passed 471 for, 123 against, 48 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
21 Oct 2025Re-attribution of scientific and technical tasks to the European Chemicals Agency Passed 477 for, 93 against, 76 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
21 Oct 2025General Data Protection Regulation: additional procedural rules relating to the enforcement of the Regulation Passed 533 for, 43 against, 68 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
21 Oct 2025Statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations Passed 446 for, 162 against, 35 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
21 Oct 2025Monitoring framework for resilient European forests Rejected outright 370 for, 264 against, 9 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
21 Oct 2025Standing Forest and Forestry Expert Group Passed 327 for, 256 against, 58 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
21 Oct 2025A new legislative framework for products that is fit for the digital and sustainable transition Adopted 505 for, 62 against, 47 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
9 Oct 2025Establishment and functioning of European Works Councils - effective enforcement Passed 414 for, 139 against, 61 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
9 Oct 2025Motion of censure on the Commission Rejected 179 for, 378 against, 37 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
9 Oct 2025Motion of censure on the Commission Rejected 133 for, 383 against, 78 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
9 Oct 202510th anniversary of the detention of jailed Swedish publisher Gui Minhai in China Adopted 546 for, 3 against, 44 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
9 Oct 2025Humanitarian and security situation in Haiti, in particular the rising power of criminal gangs and the recent massacre in Cabaret Adopted 550 for, 3 against, 54 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For

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 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=3&rows=all&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=3&rows=all&speeches=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197778?page=3&rows=all&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}
}