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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
21 Jan 2026Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025 Amendment 14, adding text after paragraph 15 52 for, 534 against, 70 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
21 Jan 2026Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025 Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 15 88 for, 551 against, 18 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
21 Jan 2026Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025 Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 15 276 for, 305 against, 65 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
21 Jan 2026Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025 Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 15 289 for, 326 against, 35 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
21 Jan 2026Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025 Paragraph 14 — part 3 467 for, 150 against, 45 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
21 Jan 2026Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025 Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 13 336 for, 262 against, 57 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
21 Jan 2026Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025 Amendment 53, adding text after paragraph 8 208 for, 436 against, 12 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
21 Jan 2026Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025 Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 4 198 for, 383 against, 62 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
21 Jan 2026Enhanced cooperation on the establishment of a Loan for Ukraine Final voteConsent given 499 for, 135 against, 24 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
21 Jan 2026Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025 Amendment 5 to paragraph 3, subparagraph 1, after point b 304 for, 302 against, 54 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
21 Jan 2026EU-Bosnia and Herzegovina Agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in Bosnia and Herzegovina Final vote on the draft Council decisionConsent given 565 for, 83 against, 14 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
21 Jan 2026Request for opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement (EMPA) and Interim Trade Agreement (ITA) Final vote on motion B10-0061/2026 225 for, 402 against, 13 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
21 Jan 2026Air passenger rights Amendments 1 + 243 (voted as one) 632 for, 15 against, 9 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
21 Jan 2026Request for opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement (EMPA) and Interim Trade Agreement (ITA) Final vote on motion B10-0060/2026Adopted 334 for, 324 against, 11 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking Amendment 2, adding text after recital G 499 for, 112 against, 41 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking Amendment 4, adding text after recital Ea 212 for, 421 against, 15 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking Amendment 1, adding text after recital Ea 589 for, 51 against, 5 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking Amendment 12 to paragraph 22 349 for, 287 against, 7 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 14 543 for, 59 against, 41 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 10a 205 for, 439 against, 5 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 9a 194 for, 441 against, 14 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 9a 207 for, 431 against, 9 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking Amendment 8 to paragraph 7a 347 for, 277 against, 10 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 5 350 for, 277 against, 13 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 4 169 for, 440 against, 30 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026Murder of Mehdi Kessaci – urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking Amendment 5 to paragraph 3 202 for, 442 against, 4 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 417 for, 234 against, 9 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States Separate vote on recital M 645 for, 8 against, 9 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States Amendment 1 to recital H 189 for, 461 against, 12 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States Separate vote on recital G 420 for, 198 against, 43 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States Recital F — part 2 428 for, 204 against, 19 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States Separate vote on recital C 645 for, 14 against, 0 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States Recital B — part 2 427 for, 212 against, 24 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 12 198 for, 441 against, 11 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 5 195 for, 439 against, 8 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States Paragraph 3 — part 3 379 for, 216 against, 53 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 3 202 for, 445 against, 5 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States Paragraph 2 — part 2 419 for, 193 against, 37 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States Paragraph 2 — part 1 645 for, 12 against, 0 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Humanitarian aid in a time of polycrisis – reaffirming our principles for a more effective and ambitious response to humanitarian crises Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 444 for, 153 against, 55 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Humanitarian aid in a time of polycrisis – reaffirming our principles for a more effective and ambitious response to humanitarian crises Paragraph 10 — part 2 325 for, 290 against, 31 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026Safeguarding and promoting financial stability amid economic uncertainties Final vote on the motion for a resolutionAdopted 491 for, 83 against, 84 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economies Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 420 for, 207 against, 20 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economies Amendment 10, adding text after recital F 207 for, 425 against, 14 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026Just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economies Amendment 3 to recital F 187 for, 436 against, 24 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026Just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economies Amendment 2 to recital E 178 for, 454 against, 20 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026Just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economies Amendment 1 to recital A 288 for, 294 against, 63 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026Just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economies Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 10 175 for, 455 against, 23 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
20 Jan 2026The 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companies Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 492 for, 144 against, 28 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
20 Jan 2026The 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companies Amendment 32, adding text after recital E 190 for, 450 against, 13 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.

23 contributions recorded; 33 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 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 579b2832c723 (26 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
26 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=8&speeches=all&vscope=all (retrieved 26 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 579b2832c723 (26 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=8&speeches=all&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197778?page=8&speeches=all&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-09-26},
  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 579b2832c723 (26 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}
}