Member · Former member
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 %
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)
32 opposite (for ↔ against), 28 abstained against the line
Data as a table
| Figure | Participation |
|---|---|
| Tom BERENDSEN | 98.2 % |
| EPP median | 89.9 % |
| Lowest in the group | 17.0 % |
| Highest in the group | 99.6 % |
| Members | 196 |
Data as a table
| Figure | With majority line |
|---|---|
| Tom BERENDSEN | 97.3 % |
| EPP median | 93.6 % |
| Lowest in the group | 70.2 % |
| Highest in the group | 99.5 % |
| Members | 196 |
- 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.
Every roll-call vote of the term with the member’s position, newest first.
| Date | Decision and vote | Result | Position | Majority line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Paragraph 29 — part 3 | 528 for, 63 against, 85 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Paragraph 29 — part 2 | 567 for, 27 against, 75 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 105, adding text after paragraph 22 | 523 for, 76 against, 72 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 84, adding text after paragraph 22 | 457 for, 172 against, 45 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 57, adding text after paragraph 22 | 77 for, 510 against, 71 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 56, adding text after paragraph 22 | 91 for, 501 against, 85 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 55 to paragraph 20 | 379 for, 270 against, 26 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Paragraph 19 — part 4 | 469 for, 132 against, 69 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Paragraph 19 — part 3 | 466 for, 142 against, 62 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Paragraph 19 — part 2 | 409 for, 208 against, 52 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Paragraph 19 — part 1 | 452 for, 123 against, 107 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 107, adding text after paragraph 17 — part 2 | 314 for, 322 against, 32 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 107, adding text after paragraph 17 — part 1 | 439 for, 163 against, 72 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 106, adding text after paragraph 16 — part 2 | 278 for, 357 against, 40 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 106, adding text after paragraph 16 — part 1 | 425 for, 189 against, 60 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 54, adding text after paragraph 15 | 215 for, 391 against, 70 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Paragraph 15 — part 4 | 584 for, 51 against, 22 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Paragraph 15 — part 3 | 422 for, 183 against, 57 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Paragraph 15 — part 2 | 448 for, 159 against, 65 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Paragraph 15 — part 1 | 475 for, 138 against, 63 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 53 to paragraph 15 | 205 for, 395 against, 69 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 52, adding text after paragraph 14 — part 2 | 99 for, 538 against, 34 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 52, adding text after paragraph 14 — part 1 | 216 for, 399 against, 48 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 104 to paragraph 13 | 356 for, 229 against, 86 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 11 | 83 for, 536 against, 48 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 10 | 251 for, 309 against, 116 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 7 | 206 for, 447 against, 20 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Paragraph 7 — part 2 | 420 for, 222 against, 32 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 4 to paragraph 7 | 239 for, 353 against, 80 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 51, adding text after paragraph 6 | 64 for, 572 against, 14 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 50, adding text after paragraph 5 | 118 for, 510 against, 52 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 49, adding text after paragraph 5 | 286 for, 261 against, 129 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 48 to paragraph 5 | 102 for, 550 against, 22 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 47, adding text after paragraph 4 | 89 for, 561 against, 27 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 46 to paragraph 4 — part 2 | 101 for, 550 against, 14 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 46 to paragraph 4 — part 1 | 432 for, 207 against, 19 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 83, adding text after paragraph 3 | 407 for, 212 against, 60 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 44, adding text after paragraph 2 | 75 for, 547 against, 60 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 43, adding text after paragraph 2 | 248 for, 381 against, 43 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 42, adding text after paragraph 2 | 173 for, 458 against, 48 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 41, adding text after paragraph 2 | 48 for, 555 against, 67 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 2 | 78 for, 582 against, 15 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 39, adding text after paragraph 1 | 75 for, 543 against, 60 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 1 | 199 for, 447 against, 22 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 1 | 68 for, 497 against, 99 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 102 to paragraph 1 | 94 for, 533 against, 49 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 38, adding text before paragraph 1 | 57 for, 582 against, 23 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 37, adding text before paragraph 1 | 93 for, 557 against, 15 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 12 Mar 2025 | White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 36, adding text before paragraph 1 | 87 for, 520 against, 14 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggression Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 442 for, 98 against, 126 abstained | Position: 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" 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.
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 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=62&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=62&vscope=all}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197778?page=62&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}
}