Member
Jessika VAN LEEUWEN
ECR · Netherlands
- Group
- ECR Changed group: EPP 16 Jul 2024 – 10 Mar 2026 → ECR since 11 Mar 2026
- Country
- Netherlands
- Roll-call participation
- 98.3 %ⓘ of 5 928 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.2 % · whole term, roll calls Changed group in this period: not compared with a single group’s median.
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.
Chamber median: 90.2 %
746 opposite (for ↔ against), 484 abstained against the line, 31 voted for or against when the line was to abstain
Compared with each group they sat in
| Group | Participation | With majority line | Against clear line | Abstention |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPP 17 Jul 2024 – 10 Mar 2026 | 97.8 % of 4 079 median 89.6 % (+8.2 pts) | 70.3 % of 3 989 median 93.7 % (−23.4 pts) | 27.6 % of 3 780 | 9.5 % of 3 989 |
| ECR 11 Mar 2026 – 17 Sept 2026 | 99.4 % of 1 849 median 93.1 % (+6.3 pts) | 82.2 % of 1 835 median 89.4 % (−7.1 pts) | 14.0 % of 1 569 | 14.5 % of 1 838 |
- Whole term, 5 928 roll-call votes.
- “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.
- This member changed group in this period: each vote counts them in the group of that day, and they are compared with each group over the roll calls held while they sat in it — not with one group’s median.
Every roll-call vote of the term with the member’s position, newest first.
| Date | Decision and vote | Result | Position | Majority line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Apr 2026 | Shortcomings and deficiencies of the ‘Amnesty Law’ in Venezuela Amendment 2 to paragraph 5 | 157 for, 329 against, 69 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Shortcomings and deficiencies of the ‘Amnesty Law’ in Venezuela Amendment 8 to paragraph 4 | 83 for, 465 against, 24 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Shortcomings and deficiencies of the ‘Amnesty Law’ in Venezuela Amendment 6 to paragraph 2 | 49 for, 504 against, 20 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 30 Apr 2026 | New Chinese law on ‘ethnic unity and progress’ and the intensified suppression of ethnic identities Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 439 for, 52 against, 71 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 30 Apr 2026 | New Chinese law on ‘ethnic unity and progress’ and the intensified suppression of ethnic identities Amendment 1 to paragraph 4 | 104 for, 377 against, 86 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in Haiti Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 511 for, 21 against, 42 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in Haiti Amendment 4, adding text after recital B | 86 for, 415 against, 66 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in Haiti Paragraph 6 — part 2 | 370 for, 180 against, 19 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in Haiti Amendment 3 to paragraph 6 | 99 for, 427 against, 40 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Against |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in Haiti Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 5 | 84 for, 464 against, 11 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Genetically modified soybean MON 94637 Final vote on the motion for a resolution | Objection passed 412 for, 145 against, 11 abstained | Position: Against ≠ group | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 416 for, 190 against, 15 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 6, adding text after recital D | 187 for, 419 against, 16 abstained | Position: Abstained ≠ group | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 48 | 195 for, 419 against, 12 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 29, adding text after paragraph 36 | 202 for, 423 against, 1 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 28, adding text after paragraph 36 | 205 for, 403 against, 9 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 14 to paragraph 36 | 202 for, 424 against, 1 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 31 | 193 for, 421 against, 8 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 25, adding text after paragraph 22 | 195 for, 420 against, 6 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 24 to paragraph 19 | 189 for, 425 against, 9 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 17 | 197 for, 421 against, 4 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 22 to paragraph 17 | 198 for, 417 against, 1 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 12 | 193 for, 428 against, 5 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 6 | 212 for, 406 against, 7 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Paragraph 2 — part 2 | 407 for, 190 against, 25 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 387 for, 191 against, 46 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 14 to recital R | 220 for, 399 against, 5 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 12 to paragraph 185 | 185 for, 426 against, 13 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 11 to paragraph 168 | 201 for, 419 against, 4 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 155 | 282 for, 334 against, 14 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 10 to paragraph 126 | 192 for, 418 against, 12 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 20, adding text after paragraph 118 | 197 for, 416 against, 9 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Separate vote on paragraph 117 | 336 for, 261 against, 29 abstained | Position: Abstained ≠ group | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 9 to paragraph 116 | 188 for, 422 against, 14 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 113 | 218 for, 401 against, 8 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Paragraph 112 — part 3 | 284 for, 335 against, 6 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Paragraph 112 — part 2 | 408 for, 192 against, 22 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Paragraph 112 — part 1 | 498 for, 80 against, 57 abstained | Position: Abstained | Majority line: Abstained |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 7 to paragraph 112 | 207 for, 410 against, 9 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 6 to paragraph 103 | 205 for, 419 against, 4 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Separate vote on paragraph 102 | 291 for, 240 against, 74 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Separate vote on paragraph 101 | 365 for, 168 against, 78 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Separate vote on paragraph 100 | 357 for, 203 against, 45 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 5 to paragraph 91 | 207 for, 406 against, 3 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 86 | 200 for, 411 against, 12 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 3 to paragraph 77 | 196 for, 422 against, 6 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 65 | 194 for, 417 against, 15 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 17 to paragraph 55 | 200 for, 419 against, 7 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 16 to paragraph 44 | 181 for, 419 against, 22 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 29 Apr 2026 | The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report Amendment 15 to paragraph 38 | 206 for, 408 against, 10 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.
Seats
| Body | Role | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Committee on Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentAGRI Committee | Member | 11 Mar 2026 | now |
| Committee on International TradeINTA Committee | Substitute | 25 Mar 2026 | now |
| Delegation for relations with MercosurDMER Delegation | Substitute | 15 Apr 2026 | now |
| Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary AssemblyDLAT Parliamentary assembly | Member | 25 Mar 2026 | now |
| Intergroup on Sustainable LivestockIG10-15 Intergroup / working group | Member | 31 Jan 2025 | now |
| Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of AnimalsIG10-27 Intergroup / working group | Member | 8 Jan 2025 | now |
| Committee on Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentAGRI Committee | Member | 19 Jul 2024 | 10 Mar 2026 |
| Committee on International TradeINTA Committee | Substitute | 19 Jul 2024 | 10 Mar 2026 |
| Committee on Regional DevelopmentREGI Committee | Substitute | 19 Jul 2024 | 10 Mar 2026 |
| Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean CommunityDAND Delegation | Vice-chair | 20 Feb 2025 | 10 Mar 2026 |
Dossiers
| Dossier | Role | Committee | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| EuroLat meeting mexico | Official delegation | DLAT | 21 May 2026 |
| Amending Regulations (EC) No 1272/2008, (EC) No 1223/2009 and (EU) 2019/1009 as regards simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products | Shadow rapporteur for an opinion | AGRI | 11 Jan 2026 |
| Adjustment of customs duties on the import of certain goods originating in the United States of America and opening of tariff quotas for imports of certain goods originating in the United States of America | Opinion rapporteur | AGRI | 3 Nov 2025 |
| No dossier named | Delegation vice-chair | DAND | 9 Sept 2025 |
| How to secure a sustainable future for the EU livestock sector in light of the need to ensure food security, farmers’ resilience and the challenges posed by animal diseases? | Shadow rapporteur | AGRI | 17 Jun 2025 |
| eurolat meeting lima Peru | Official delegation | DLAT | 22 May 2025 |
| No dossier named | Delegation vice-chair | DAND | 16 Jan 2025 |
| INI | Shadow rapporteur | AGRI | 16 Jan 2025 |
Topics they work on (model-assigned)
- Agriculture, food & fisheries 24
- Foreign affairs 18
- Economy & single market 16
- Health 9
- Trade & customs 9
- EU budget & funds 8
- Jobs, social affairs & equality 5
- Climate & environment 3
- Justice, rule of law & rights 3
- Defence & security 2
- EU institutions & Parliament 2
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.
33 contributions recorded; 3 on behalf of their group; 39 minutes of speaking time.
Questions and motions, 28
Parliamentary questions and motions for resolutions the member authored or co-signed, newest first.
Amendments tabled in committee, 80
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 groups this term
- Group European Conservatives and Reformists ECR · Right-wing · national conservatism, EU-critical
- 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 5a7357168c2a (28 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
- 28 September 2026
Cite as
EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Jessika VAN LEEUWEN”. Member record. memberId 256983. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256983?page=24&roles=all&vscope=all (retrieved 28 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/256983. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/256983?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version 5a7357168c2a (28 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-256983,
author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
title = {{Jessika VAN LEEUWEN}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256983?page=24&roles=all&vscope=all}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256983?page=24&roles=all&vscope=all},
urldate = {2026-09-28},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Member record. memberId 256983. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/256983. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version 5a7357168c2a (28 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}
}