Member
Tsvetelina PENKOVA
S&D · Bulgaria
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 ⓘ
80.9 %
4 793 of 5 928 roll calls while in office
S&D median: 89.9 % (−9.0 pts)
Chamber median: 90.2 %
With majority line ⓘ
96.3 %
4 614 of 4 791 votes where their group had a line
S&D median: 96.3 % (±0.0 pts)
103 opposite (for ↔ against), 53 abstained against the line, 6 voted for or against when the line was to abstain
Data as a table
| Figure | Participation |
|---|---|
| Tsvetelina PENKOVA | 80.9 % |
| S&D median | 89.9 % |
| Lowest in the group | 30.4 % |
| Highest in the group | 99.6 % |
| Members | 138 |
Data as a table
| Figure | With majority line |
|---|---|
| Tsvetelina PENKOVA | 96.3 % |
| S&D median | 96.3 % |
| Lowest in the group | 81.9 % |
| Highest in the group | 99.4 % |
| Members | 138 |
- Whole term, 5 928 roll-call votes. The dots are the other members of S&D; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 37, adding text after recital K | 160 for, 436 against, 27 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Separate vote on paragraph 57 | 441 for, 131 against, 43 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 13 to paragraph 54 | 493 for, 84 against, 49 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 12 to paragraph 52 — part 2 | 557 for, 15 against, 51 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 12 to paragraph 52 — part 1 | 409 for, 157 against, 62 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Paragraph 51 — part 2 | 426 for, 192 against, 4 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Paragraph 51 — part 1 | 476 for, 88 against, 50 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 11 to paragraph 50 | 348 for, 204 against, 69 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 10 to paragraph 49 | 461 for, 55 against, 112 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 27 to paragraph 43 | 146 for, 443 against, 38 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 28 | 105 for, 467 against, 63 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 41, adding text after paragraph 25 | 195 for, 386 against, 21 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 25, adding text after paragraph 23 | 153 for, 394 against, 77 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 8 to paragraph 23 | 554 for, 7 against, 73 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 7 to paragraph 21 — part 2 | 216 for, 330 against, 76 abstained | Position: Abstained ≠ group | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 7 to paragraph 21 — part 1 | 393 for, 182 against, 49 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 3 to paragraph 19 | 480 for, 105 against, 43 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 44, adding text after paragraph 18 | 424 for, 183 against, 15 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 15 | 569 for, 4 against, 41 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 1 to paragraph 15 | 575 for, 33 against, 20 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 40, adding text after paragraph 6 | 224 for, 374 against, 18 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 22, adding text after paragraph 1 | 118 for, 446 against, 65 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 21, adding text after paragraph 1 — part 3 | 116 for, 495 against, 23 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 21, adding text after paragraph 1 — part 2 | 135 for, 468 against, 16 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 21, adding text after paragraph 1 — part 1 | 138 for, 485 against, 6 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 20, adding text after paragraph 1 | 138 for, 474 against, 16 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 6 to paragraph 1 | 395 for, 126 against, 97 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye Amendment 39 to paragraph 1 | 121 for, 459 against, 32 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 470 for, 81 against, 92 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 6, adding text after recital AL | 229 for, 399 against, 15 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 5, adding text after recital R | 232 for, 393 against, 17 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Recital O — part 2 | 433 for, 190 against, 16 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Recital O — part 1 | 589 for, 39 against, 9 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Separate vote on paragraph 88 | 460 for, 165 against, 18 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 62 | 222 for, 405 against, 12 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 55 | 173 for, 416 against, 43 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 55 | 211 for, 410 against, 19 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 4 to paragraph 42 — part 2 | 451 for, 172 against, 14 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 4 to paragraph 42 — part 1 | 532 for, 75 against, 33 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 27 | 221 for, 401 against, 10 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 25 | 225 for, 393 against, 14 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 8 to paragraph 21 | 205 for, 427 against, 5 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 7 to paragraph 14 | 223 for, 410 against, 5 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 10 | 342 for, 230 against, 67 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Paragraph 9 — part 2 | 447 for, 171 against, 17 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | The European Water Resilience Strategy Paragraph 9 — part 1 | 533 for, 70 against, 34 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 317 for, 206 against, 123 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 7 May 2025 | A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world Amendment 18, adding text after paragraph 125 | 206 for, 437 against, 6 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 76 | 179 for, 439 against, 17 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 7 May 2025 | A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 76 | 187 for, 437 against, 7 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
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.
Seats
| Body | Role | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Committee on Economic and Monetary AffairsECON Committee | Substitute | 19 Jul 2024 | now |
| Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer ProtectionIMCO Committee | Substitute | 19 Jul 2024 | now |
| Committee on Industry, Research and EnergyITRE Committee | Vice-chair | 23 Jul 2024 | now |
| Committee on Regional DevelopmentREGI Committee | Substitute | 19 Jul 2024 | now |
| Delegation to the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary CommitteeD-ME Joint parliamentary committee | Vice-chair | 15 Jan 2025 | now |
| Delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership AssemblyD-UK Joint parliamentary committee | Member | 19 Sept 2024 | now |
| Delegation to the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Partnership Committee, the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association CommitteeDSCA Delegation | Member | 19 Sept 2024 | now |
| Intergroup on Sky and SpaceIG10-21 Intergroup / working group | Member | 27 Feb 2025 | now |
| Committee on Industry, Research and EnergyITRE Committee | Member | 19 Jul 2024 | 22 Jul 2024 |
| Delegation to the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary CommitteeD-ME Joint parliamentary committee | Member | 27 Nov 2024 | 14 Jan 2025 |
Dossiers
Topics they work on (model-assigned)
- Economy & single market 6
- Energy 5
- EU budget & funds 3
- Foreign affairs 2
- Climate & environment 1
- Health 1
- Trade & customs 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.
13 contributions recorded; 16 minutes of speaking time.
| Date | Debate | Kind | Verbatim |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Jun 2026 | Electrification Action Plan (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 19 Jan 2026 | The 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companies (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 22 Oct 2025 | The ongoing assault on the democratic institutions and the rule of law in Bulgaria (topical debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 18 Jun 2025 | Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 21 May 2025 | One-minute speeches on matters of political importance | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 13 Feb 2025 | Threats to EU sovereignty through strategic dependencies in communication infrastructure (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 27 Nov 2024 | Rise of energy prices and fighting energy poverty (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 26 Nov 2024 | Full accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen Area: the urgent need to lift controls at internal land borders (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 26 Nov 2024 | Outcome of COP 29 and challenges for international climate policy (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 25 Nov 2024 | One-minute speeches on matters of political importance | Speech · 1 min | Read |
Questions and motions, 6
Parliamentary questions and motions for resolutions the member authored or co-signed, newest first.
Amendments tabled in committee, 26
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 Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats S&D · Centre-left · social democracy
National delegation
- Delegation Bulgaria 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 772c7b2d0380 (30 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
- 30 September 2026
Cite as
EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Tsvetelina PENKOVA”. Member record. memberId 197845. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197845?page=90&vscope=all (retrieved 30 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197845. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/197845?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version 772c7b2d0380 (30 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-197845,
author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
title = {{Tsvetelina PENKOVA}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197845?page=90&vscope=all}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197845?page=90&vscope=all},
urldate = {2026-09-30},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Member record. memberId 197845. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197845. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version 772c7b2d0380 (30 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}
}