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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
9 Oct 2025Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2024 Adopted 535 for, 24 against, 55 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
9 Oct 2025The role of simple tax rules and tax fragmentation in European competitiveness Adopted 499 for, 66 against, 53 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
9 Oct 2025Situation in Afghanistan: supporting women and communities affected by the recent earthquakes Adopted 504 for, 74 against, 30 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
9 Oct 2025United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructure Adopted 469 for, 97 against, 38 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
9 Oct 2025Second World Summit for Social Development Adopted 360 for, 210 against, 37 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Oct 2025Amending 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 492 for, 111 against, 39 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Oct 2025Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain Passed 532 for, 78 against, 25 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Oct 2025Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States Passed 412 for, 129 against, 98 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Oct 2025EC-Côte d’Ivoire Fisheries Partnership Agreement – Protocol on the implementation of the Agreement for 2025-2029 Consent given 520 for, 97 against, 12 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Oct 2025Withdrawal of the European Union from the International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) Consent given 594 for, 38 against, 2 abstainedPosition: No vote recorded Majority line: For
8 Oct 2025Draft amending budget No 2/2025: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditure Passed 479 for, 82 against, 77 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Oct 2025Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2025/002 DE/Goodyear 2 – Germany Passed 577 for, 47 against, 15 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Oct 2025Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2025/001 BE/BelGaN – Belgium Passed 578 for, 47 against, 16 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
8 Oct 2025Genetically modified maize DP51291 Objection passed 433 for, 166 against, 9 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
8 Oct 2025EU political strategy on Latin America Adopted 354 for, 195 against, 77 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
7 Oct 2025Revision of the Visa Suspension Mechanism Passed 518 for, 96 against, 24 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
7 Oct 2025Inland waterway transport: River Information Systems (RIS) Passed 636 for, 10 against, 4 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
7 Oct 2025Extension of the derogation for heavy-duty vehicles with zero emissions Passed 458 for, 182 against, 11 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
7 Oct 2025Role of EU policies in shaping the European Sport Model Adopted 552 for, 52 against, 35 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Sept 2025Package travel and linked travel arrangements: make the protection of travellers more effective and simplify and clarify certain aspects Passed 535 for, 36 against, 47 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Sept 2025Detention of EU citizens in the occupied areas of Cyprus Adopted 597 for, 0 against, 5 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Sept 2025Case of Victoire Ingabire in Rwanda Adopted 549 for, 2 against, 41 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Sept 2025A new vision for the European Universities alliances Adopted 461 for, 100 against, 48 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Sept 2025Implementation and streamlining of EU internal market rules to strengthen the single market Adopted 459 for, 65 against, 90 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Sept 2025Stock-taking of the European elections 2024 Adopted 388 for, 186 against, 34 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
11 Sept 2025Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine and the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solution Adopted 305 for, 151 against, 122 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
11 Sept 2025Situation in Colombia after the wave of recent terrorist attacks Adopted 355 for, 173 against, 15 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
10 Sept 2025European Social Fund (ESF+): specific measures to address strategic challenges Passed 453 for, 149 against, 59 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
10 Sept 2025Amending ERDF, Cohesion Fund and Just Transition Fund as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges in the context of the mid-term review Passed 440 for, 168 against, 52 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
10 Sept 2025Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: simplification and strengthening Passed 617 for, 18 against, 19 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
10 Sept 2025Insolvency proceedings: replacing Annexes A and B Passed 662 for, 3 against, 2 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
10 Sept 2025Securities settlement in the EU and central securities depositories (CSDs): shorter settlement cycle in the Union Passed 612 for, 7 against, 45 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
10 Sept 2025Extension of the timeframe for the establishment of the Eurojust case management system Passed 634 for, 4 against, 29 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
10 Sept 2025EC-Pacific States Interim Partnership Agreement: accession of Vanuatu Consent given 528 for, 89 against, 48 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
10 Sept 2025EC-India Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation: renewal of the Agreement Consent given 624 for, 9 against, 32 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
10 Sept 2025EU-Switzerland Cooperation Agreement: European Satellite Navigation Programmes Consent given 627 for, 4 against, 33 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
10 Sept 2025Role of cohesion policy in supporting the just transition Adopted 519 for, 99 against, 48 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
10 Sept 2025Investments and reforms for European competitiveness and the creation of a Capital Markets Union Adopted 407 for, 161 against, 97 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
10 Sept 2025Role of cohesion policy investment in resolving the current housing crisis Adopted 462 for, 142 against, 63 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
10 Sept 2025Future of agriculture and the post-2027 common agricultural policy Adopted 393 for, 145 against, 123 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For
10 Sept 2025Possibilities for simplification of cohesion funds Adopted 513 for, 111 against, 40 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
10 Sept 2025Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian hybrid threats and malign interference Adopted 490 for, 65 against, 86 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
9 Sept 2025Circularity requirements for vehicle design and management of end-of-life vehicles Passed 431 for, 145 against, 76 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
9 Sept 2025EU-Brazil Agreement: cooperation with and through Europol and the Federal Police of Brazil Consent given 606 for, 5 against, 19 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
9 Sept 2025EU-Kyrgyz Republic Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement Consent given 473 for, 114 against, 58 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
9 Sept 2025EU-Kyrgyz Republic Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (Resolution) Adopted 434 for, 49 against, 168 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
9 Sept 2025Public procurement Adopted 432 for, 95 against, 124 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
9 Sept 20252023 and 2024 reports on Ukraine Adopted 418 for, 135 against, 41 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
10 Jul 2025Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 as regards obligations of economic operators concerning battery due diligence policies Passed 542 for, 97 against, 12 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
10 Jul 2025Motion of censure on the Commission Rejected 175 for, 360 against, 18 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 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=4&speeches=all&vscope=final (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=4&speeches=all&vscope=final}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197778?page=4&speeches=all&vscope=final},
  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}
}