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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Jun 2025 | Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system Paragraph 33 — part 2 | 405 for, 169 against, 3 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system Paragraph 33 — part 1 | 530 for, 20 against, 31 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system Paragraph 23 — part 2 | 383 for, 184 against, 10 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system Paragraph 23 — part 1 | 458 for, 78 against, 41 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system Amendment 7 to paragraph 22 | 160 for, 387 against, 29 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system Paragraph 21 — part 2 | 405 for, 163 against, 10 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system Paragraph 21 — part 1 | 446 for, 37 against, 94 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system Paragraph 13 — part 2 | 403 for, 168 against, 9 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system Paragraph 13 — part 1 | 487 for, 56 against, 37 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system Amendment 6 to paragraph 9 | 158 for, 389 against, 32 abstained | Position: For ≠ group | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system Separate vote on paragraph 7 | 462 for, 68 against, 48 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 1 | 160 for, 404 against, 7 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system Amendment 4 to paragraph 1 | 170 for, 396 against, 4 abstained | Position: For ≠ group | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Final vote | Passed 457 for, 17 against, 86 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 278 to recital 24 | 326 for, 232 against, 24 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 279 to Article 27, after paragraph 1 | 338 for, 219 against, 20 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 293 to Article 26, paragraph 2 — part 2 | 215 for, 322 against, 38 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 293 to Article 26, paragraph 2 — part 1 | 136 for, 394 against, 40 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 306 to Article 21, paragraph 4, subparagraph 2 | 448 for, 97 against, 34 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 292 to Article 17, paragraph 4, subparagraph 1 | 165 for, 272 against, 144 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 313 to Article 17, after paragraph 1 — part 2 | 337 for, 217 against, 19 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 313 to Article 17, after paragraph 1 — part 1 | 349 for, 214 against, 16 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 289 to Article 12, paragraph 3, after subparagraph 1 | 287 for, 239 against, 50 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 288 to Article 8, paragraph 2 | 240 for, 216 against, 125 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 286 to Article 4, after paragraph 1 | 177 for, 375 against, 28 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 304 to Article 4, paragraph 1, indent 1 | 389 for, 129 against, 47 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 303 to Article 3, paragraph 1, point 5 | 474 for, 54 against, 48 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 284 to Article 2, after paragraph 2 | 301 for, 255 against, 19 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 283 to Article 2, after paragraph 2 | 170 for, 386 against, 19 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendments 282 + 311 (voted as one) to Article 1, paragraph 1, point b | 335 for, 240 against, 7 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 281 to Article 1, paragraph 1, point a | 158 for, 390 against, 26 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 264 | 392 for, 169 against, 16 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 251 | 263 for, 275 against, 39 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 55 — part 2 | 385 for, 146 against, 44 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability Amendment 24 — part 2 | 419 for, 97 against, 54 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in Mali Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 511 for, 14 against, 25 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in Mali Amendment 3 to recital G | 305 for, 223 against, 18 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in Mali Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 8 — part 2 | 93 for, 439 against, 22 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in Mali Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 8 — part 1 | 100 for, 440 against, 13 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in Mali Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 7 | 275 for, 262 against, 16 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in Mali Separate vote on paragraph 6 | 501 for, 8 against, 25 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in Mali Amendment 4 to paragraph 6 | 146 for, 381 against, 12 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Case of Ahmadreza Djalali in Iran Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 486 for, 8 against, 29 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Case of Ahmadreza Djalali in Iran paragraphs, recitals — Ams 2-9 11-13 | 146 for, 352 against, 25 abstained | Position: For ≠ group | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Case of Ahmadreza Djalali in Iran Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 5 | 168 for, 312 against, 18 abstained | Position: For ≠ group | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Case of Ahmadreza Djalali in Iran Paragraph 6 — part 2 | 411 for, 51 against, 26 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Case of Ahmadreza Djalali in Iran Amendment 1 to paragraph 4 | 248 for, 195 against, 37 abstained | Position: Against | Majority line: Against |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Media freedom in Georgia, particularly the case of Mzia Amaglobeli Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 324 for, 25 against, 87 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Moldova Final vote — text as a whole | Adopted 456 for, 118 against, 51 abstained | Position: For | Majority line: For |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 2023 and 2024 reports on Moldova Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 37 | 114 for, 522 against, 14 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 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 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). “Jessika VAN LEEUWEN”. Member record. memberId 256983. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256983?page=83&roles=all&vscope=all (retrieved 30 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 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-256983,
author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
title = {{Jessika VAN LEEUWEN}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256983?page=83&roles=all&vscope=all}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/256983?page=83&roles=all&vscope=all},
urldate = {2026-09-30},
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 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}
}