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Member

Hélder SOUSA SILVA

EPP · Portugal

Group
EPP PPE
Country
Portugal
Roll-call participation
83.2 %ⓘ of 620 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.6 % · whole term, final votes
With majority line
97.3 %ⓘ of 516 votes where the group had a line · EPP median 95.6 %
More facts (5)
National party
PSD Partido Social Democrata
In office
Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line
10 of 479 votesⓘ
Committees
BUDG, CULT (substitute), SEDE (substitute)
Member id
257068
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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 ⓘ

83.2 %

516 of 620 final votes while in office

EPP median: 90.6 % (−7.3 pts)

Chamber median: 90.6 %

With majority line ⓘ

97.3 %

502 of 516 votes where their group had a line

EPP median: 95.6 % (+1.7 pts)

Against clear line ⓘ

2.1 %

10 of 479 votes where their group had a clear line

6 opposite (for ↔ against), 4 abstained against the line

Abstention ⓘ

1.0 %

5 of 516 votes cast

Participation 83.2 % — EPP median 90.6 %, 192 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
Participation among the 192 members of the EPP with enough votes.
FigureParticipation
Hélder SOUSA SILVA83.2 %
EPP median90.6 %
Lowest in the group18.4 %
Highest in the group99.8 %
Members192
With majority line 97.3 % — EPP median 95.6 %, 192 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
With majority line among the 192 members of the EPP with enough votes.
FigureWith majority line
Hélder SOUSA SILVA97.3 %
EPP median95.6 %
Lowest in the group67.8 %
Highest in the group99.0 %
Members192
  • Whole term, 620 final votes; 620 of 794 decisions had a final vote recorded by name. 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, 5 928

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
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Paragraph 69 — part 3 305 for, 309 against, 53 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Paragraph 69 — part 2 355 for, 155 against, 159 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Paragraph 69 — part 1 528 for, 75 against, 67 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 16, adding text after paragraph 68 208 for, 400 against, 70 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 68 198 for, 459 against, 14 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Separate vote on paragraph 68 480 for, 130 against, 67 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 108 to paragraph 68 97 for, 517 against, 56 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 14 to paragraph 68 231 for, 390 against, 53 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 85, adding text after paragraph 66 200 for, 425 against, 53 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 71, adding text after paragraph 64 102 for, 528 against, 46 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 70, adding text after paragraph 63 54 for, 569 against, 44 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 69, adding text after paragraph 63 52 for, 566 against, 43 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 68, adding text after paragraph 63 65 for, 571 against, 35 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 66 to paragraph 62 — part 2 227 for, 425 against, 21 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 66 to paragraph 62 — part 1 122 for, 502 against, 47 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 67, adding text after paragraph 61 64 for, 514 against, 93 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Separate vote on paragraph 59 476 for, 184 against, 13 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 65, adding text after paragraph 58 62 for, 588 against, 29 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Paragraph 58 — part 4 467 for, 114 against, 77 abstainedPosition: Against ≠ groupMajority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Paragraph 58 — part 3 373 for, 279 against, 24 abstainedPosition: Against ≠ groupMajority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 62 to paragraph 58 258 for, 383 against, 35 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 57 191 for, 445 against, 31 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Separate vote on paragraph 57 466 for, 176 against, 36 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 56 209 for, 283 against, 180 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: Abstained
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 98, adding text after paragraph 55 92 for, 541 against, 40 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 61 to paragraph 54 176 for, 459 against, 25 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Separate vote on paragraph 52 439 for, 136 against, 96 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 48 188 for, 473 against, 20 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 97, adding text after paragraph 47 203 for, 456 against, 18 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 96, adding text after paragraph 47 203 for, 448 against, 13 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 103 to paragraph 46 — part 2 316 for, 281 against, 58 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 103 to paragraph 46 — part 1 478 for, 102 against, 94 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Paragraph 44 — part 2 513 for, 122 against, 32 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Paragraph 44 — part 1 561 for, 76 against, 41 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 101 to paragraph 39 159 for, 442 against, 73 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 11 to paragraph 37 236 for, 427 against, 16 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 100 to paragraph 34 281 for, 318 against, 78 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Separate vote on paragraph 33 581 for, 41 against, 57 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 59, adding text after paragraph 32 485 for, 129 against, 55 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 10 to paragraph 32 219 for, 445 against, 15 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Paragraph 29 — part 3 528 for, 63 against, 85 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Paragraph 29 — part 2 567 for, 27 against, 75 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 105, adding text after paragraph 22 523 for, 76 against, 72 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 84, adding text after paragraph 22 457 for, 172 against, 45 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 57, adding text after paragraph 22 77 for, 510 against, 71 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 56, adding text after paragraph 22 91 for, 501 against, 85 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Amendment 55 to paragraph 20 379 for, 270 against, 26 abstainedPosition: For ≠ groupMajority line: Against
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Paragraph 19 — part 4 469 for, 132 against, 69 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Paragraph 19 — part 3 466 for, 142 against, 62 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: For
12 Mar 2025White paper on the future of European defence Paragraph 19 — part 2 409 for, 208 against, 52 abstainedPosition: Abstained ≠ groupMajority line: For

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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 13 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
Sérgio HUMBERTO EPPPortugal97 % of 5 005 shared89 %
Paulo CUNHA EPPPortugal97 % of 4 940 shared89 %
Paulo DO NASCIMENTO CABRAL EPPPortugal97 % of 4 542 shared89 %
Lídia PEREIRA EPPPortugal96 % of 4 613 shared89 %
Sebastião BUGALHO EPPPortugal96 % of 4 612 shared89 %
Manfred WEBER EPPGermany95 % of 3 992 shared89 %
Sven SIMON EPPGermany95 % of 4 061 shared89 %
Liudas MAŽYLIS EPPLithuania95 % of 4 648 shared89 %
Rasa JUKNEVIČIENĖ EPPLithuania95 % of 4 041 shared89 %
Marie-Sophie CHRIST EPPGermany94 % of 1 533 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 RenewEstonia86 % of 4 467 shared82 %
Andreas GLÜCK RenewGermany85 % of 3 246 shared82 %
Dan BARNA RenewRomania85 % of 4 385 shared82 %
Hilde VAUTMANS RenewBelgium85 % of 4 996 shared82 %
Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE Former memberRenewFrance84 % of 1 934 shared82 %
Katri KULMUNI RenewFinland84 % of 4 048 shared82 %
Jan-Christoph OETJEN RenewGermany84 % of 4 877 shared82 %
Marie-Agnes STRACK-ZIMMERMANN RenewGermany84 % of 4 035 shared82 %
Olivier CHASTEL RenewBelgium84 % of 4 554 shared82 %
Bart GROOTHUIS RenewNetherlands84 % of 3 860 shared82 %

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Work

Seats in committees, delegations and intergroups, and the dossiers the member leads, shadows or negotiates.

Seats

Body: the committee, delegation or intergroup, with its kind. Role: the member’s role in it. From, To: the dates of the seat (“now” while it lasts).
BodyRoleFromTo
Committee on BudgetsBUDG CommitteeMember19 Jul 2024now
Committee on Culture and EducationCULT CommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 2024now
Committee on Security and DefenceSEDE CommitteeSubstitute23 Jan 2025now
Delegation for relations with the Federative Republic of BrazilD-BR DelegationChair30 Sept 2024now
Delegation for relations with MercosurDMER DelegationMember19 Sept 2024now
Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary AssemblyDLAT Parliamentary assemblySubstitute20 May 2026now
Intergroup on European Cultural Heritage, Ways of Saint James and other European Cultural RoutesIG10-11 Intergroup / working groupMember29 Jan 2025now
Intergroup on Resilience, Disaster Management and Civil ProtectionIG10-19 Intergroup / working groupMember17 Mar 2025now
Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas (SEARICA)IG10-20 Intergroup / working groupMember4 Feb 2025now
Intergroup on Sky and SpaceIG10-21 Intergroup / working groupMember27 Feb 2025now

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Dossiers

Dossier: the procedure the declaration names (“No dossier named” for a delegation without one). Role: rapporteur, shadow rapporteur, negotiator or delegation. Committee: the committee that appointed them. Date: of the declaration.
DossierRoleCommitteeDate
Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Malta and Italy regarding storm Harry in January 2026 and to Portugal and Spain following the storms in January and February 2026Shadow rapporteurBUDG24 Sept 2026
No dossier namedOfficial delegationCULT14 Sept 2026
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium – EGF/2026/001 BE/CoraRapporteurBUDG31 Aug 2026
European Union Space Services Agency and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/696Opinion rapporteurBUDG14 Jul 2026
Cultural and creative sectors in the age of AIRapporteurCULT10 Jun 2026
Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2026Shadow rapporteurSEDE19 May 2026
No dossier namedOfficial delegationCULT28 Apr 2026
Mission to Brazil 6-8 May 2026\nOfficial delegationD-BR9 Apr 2026
European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA), the European cybersecurity certification framework, and ICT supply chain security and repealing Regulation (EU) 2019/881 (The Cybersecurity Act 2)Opinion rapporteurBUDG8 Apr 2026
Amending Regulations (EU) 2017/745 and (EU) 2017/746 as regards simplifying and reducing the burden of the rules on medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices, and amending Regulation (EU) 2022/123 as regards the support of the European Medicines Agency for the expert panels on medical devices and Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 as regards the list of Union harmonisation legislation referred to in its Annex IOpinion rapporteurBUDG8 Apr 2026

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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.

61 contributions recorded; 2 on behalf of their group; 87 minutes of speaking time.

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Questions and motions, 25

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
23 Mar 2026EU support for Mozambique P-10-2026-001206Priority written questionwith 7 co-authors9 Jun 2026
6 Feb 2026Russian proximity operations and EU satellite communications security E-10-2026-000481Written questionwith 6 co-authors17 Jul 2026
1 Feb 2026Mechanisms to address the impact of Storm Kristin in Portugal P-10-2026-000402Priority written questionwith 5 co-authors18 Mar 2026
19 Jan 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Case of Joseph Figueira Martin in the Central African Republic B-10-2026-0093Motion for a resolutionwith 19 co-authors—
19 Jan 2026MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Presidential elections in Honduras, the non-recognition of the outcome by the incumbent administration and the attacks on opposition members of the National Assembly, B-10-2026-0064Motion for a resolutionwith 20 co-authors—
15 Dec 2025MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Grave political situation in Guinea-Bissau after the coup of 26 November B-10-2025-0586Motion for a resolutionwith 17 co-authors—
15 Dec 2025MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the continuous Belarusian hybrid attacks against Lithuania B-10-2025-0571Motion for a resolutionwith 20 co-authors—
17 Oct 2025Legal certainty of the Security Action for Europe instrument following a referral to the Court of Justice of the European Union E-10-2025-004095Written questionwith 15 co-authors2 Feb 2026
3 Oct 2025Lack of standardisation of firefighting equipment as an obstacle to cross-border operations and European preparedness E-10-2025-003884Written questionwith 11 co-authors6 Jan 2026
26 Sept 2025Funding of firefighters under the post-2027 multiannual financial framework E-10-2025-003762Written questionwith 5 co-authors18 Feb 2026

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Amendments tabled in committee, 77

Committee amendment documents that carry amendments by the member, with how many are theirs.

Date: of the amendment document. Text amended: the dossier and the document’s id. Committee: where the amendments were tabled. Amendments: how many in the document are the member’s.
DateText amendedCommitteeAmendments
17 Sept 2026Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Spain – EGF/2026/002 ES/Galicia automotive ancillary BUDG-AM-792050 BUDG5
16 Sept 2026Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Finland – EGF/2026/003 FI/Valmet Automotive BUDG-AM-792051 BUDG5
15 Sept 2026Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium – EGF/2026/001 BE/Cora BUDG-AM-792086 BUDG7
23 Jun 2026on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 CJ71-AM-790097 CJ713
23 Jun 2026on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 CJ71-AM-790090 CJ718
23 Jun 2026on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 CJ71-AM-790091 CJ714
23 Jun 2026on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 CJ71-AM-790092 CJ718
23 Jun 2026on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 CJ71-AM-790093 CJ717
23 Jun 2026on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 CJ71-AM-790094 CJ714
23 Jun 2026on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 CJ71-AM-790098 CJ711

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Connections

Dossiers they lead or shadow, committees, party, delegation and other related pages.

Political group

National delegation

  • Delegation Portugal 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 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). “Hélder SOUSA SILVA”. Member record. memberId 257068. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257068?page=103&scope=final&vscope=all (retrieved 27 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/257068. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/257068?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-257068,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Hélder SOUSA SILVA}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257068?page=103&scope=final&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/257068?page=103&scope=final&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-09-27},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Member record. memberId 257068. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/257068. 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}
}