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Below is a list of the 25 members of the European Parliament for the Netherlands in the 2009 to 2014 session. One person from Party for Freedom entered the Parliament in December 2011, bringing the number of MEPs to 26.

Party representation

2009 election

National party EP Group Seats [1] ±
  Christian Democratic Appeal   EPP
5 / 25
2 Decrease
  Party for Freedom   NI
4 / 25
4 Increase
  Labour Party   S&D
3 / 25
4 Decrease
  People's Party for Freedom and Democracy   ALDE
3 / 25
1 Decrease
  Democrats 66   ALDE
3 / 25
2 Increase
  GreenLeft   G–EFA
3 / 25
1 Increase
  Socialist Party   EUL–NGL
2 / 25
0 Steady
  ChristianUnion–Reformed Political Party Various
2 / 25
0 Steady

2011

After the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty by all member states, the Netherlands got 1 extra seat in parliament.
This extra seat was treated as a remainder seat of the 2009 election.

National party EP Group Seats ±
  Christian Democratic Appeal   EPP
5 / 26
0 Steady
  Party for Freedom   NI
5 / 26
1 Increase
  Labour Party   S&D
3 / 26
0 Steady
  People's Party for Freedom and Democracy   ALDE
3 / 26
0 Steady
  Democrats 66   ALDE
3 / 26
0 Steady
  GreenLeft   G–EFA
3 / 26
0 Steady
  Socialist Party   EUL–NGL
2 / 26
0 Steady
  ChristianUnion–Reformed Political Party Various
2 / 26
0 Steady

Mutations

2009

  • 4 June: Election for the European Parliament in the Netherlands.
  • 14 June: The election committee elects Laurence Stassen for the empty seat of Geert Wilders in the European Parliament, because Geert Wilders did not accept the seat.
  • 14 July: Beginning of the 7th European Parliament session. (2009–2014)

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

List

By name

MEPs for the Netherlands elected to the 7th European Parliament session
← 2004–2009 2009–2014 2014–2019 →
Name Sex National party EP Group Period Preference vote
Hans van Baalen Male   People's Party for Freedom and Democracy   ALDE 14 July 2009 – 2 July 2019[2] 367,796
Bas Belder Male   Reformed Political Party   EFD 20 July 1999 – 2 July 2019[3] 53,450
Thijs Berman Male   Labour Party   S&D 20 July 2004 – 1 July 2014[4] 372,060
Louis Bontes[5] Male   Party for Freedom   NI 14 July 2009 – 17 June 2010[6] 6,751
Emine Bozkurt Female   Labour Party   S&D 20 July 2004 – 1 July 2014[7] 66,385
Wim van de Camp Male   Christian Democratic Appeal   EPP 14 July 2009 – 2 July 2019[8] 579,775
Marije Cornelissen Female   GreenLeft   G–EFA 14 July 2009 – 1 July 2014[9] 14,486
Peter van Dalen Male   Christian Union   ECR 14 July 2009 – Present[10] 209,947
Bas Eickhout Male   GreenLeft   G–EFA 14 July 2009 – Present[11] 13,782
Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy Male   Democrats 66   ALDE 14 July 2009 – 2 July 2019[12] 18,107
Lucas Hartong Male   Party for Freedom   NI 22 June 2010 – 1 July 2014[13] 2,571
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert[14] Female   People's Party for Freedom and Democracy   ALDE 20 July 2004 – 17 June 2010[15] 52,184
Dennis de Jong Male   Socialist Party   EUL–NGL 14 July 2009 – 2 July 2019[16] 194,359
Patricia van der Kammen Female   Party for Freedom   NI 27 September 2012 – 1 July 2014[17] 12,409
Esther de Lange Female   Christian Democratic Appeal   EPP 12 April 2007 – Present[18] 43,406
Kartika Liotard[19] Female   Socialist Party (2009–2010) /   Independent   EUL–NGL 20 July 2004 – 1 July 2014[20] 32,426
Barry Madlener[21] Male   Party for Freedom   NI 14 July 2009 – 20 September 2012[22] 372,060
Toine Manders[23] Male   People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (2009–2013) /   Independent   ALDE 20 July 1999 – 1 July 2014
2 July 2019 – Present[24]
34,973
Judith Merkies Female   Labour Party   S&D 14 July 2009 – 1 July 2014[25] 18,553
Jan Mulder Male   People's Party for Freedom and Democracy   ALDE 19 July 1994 – 14 July 2009
22 June 2010 – 1 July 2014[26]
12,884
Lambert van Nistelrooij Male   Christian Democratic Appeal   EPP 20 July 2004 – 2 July 2019[27] 41,846
Ria Oomen-Ruijten Female   Christian Democratic Appeal   EPP 25 July 1989 – 1 July 2014[28] 70,388
Judith Sargentini Female   GreenLeft   G–EFA 14 July 2009 – 2 July 2019[29] 321,744
Marietje Schaake Female   Democrats 66   ALDE 14 July 2009 – 2 July 2019[30] 18,662
Laurence Stassen[31][32] Female   Party for Freedom (2009–2014) /   Independent   NI 14 July 2009 – 1 July 2014[33] 17,880
Daniël van der Stoep[34] Male   Party for Freedom (2009–2011) /   Independent   NI 14 July 2009 – 1 September 2011
15 December 2011 – 1 July 2014[35]
5,650
Sophie in 't Veld Female   Democrats 66   ALDE 20 July 2004 – Present[36] 433,957
Corien Wortmann-Kool Female   Christian Democratic Appeal   EPP 20 July 2004 – 1 July 2014[37] 48,270
Auke Zijlstra Male   Party for Freedom   NI 13 September 2011 – 1 July 2014
7 September 2015 – 2 July 2019[38]
3,617
Source:[39]

By party

On the Christian Democratic Appeal list: (EPP Group)

  1. Esther de Lange
  2. Ria Oomen-Ruijten
  3. Wim van de Camp
  4. Lambert van Nistelrooij
  5. Corien Wortmann-Kool

On the Party for Freedom list: (NI)

  1. Louis Bontes (replaced by Lucas Hartong)
  2. Barry Madlener (replaced by Patricia van der Kammen)
  3. Daniël van der Stoep (replaced by Auke Zijlstra)
  4. Laurence Stassen

After Brexit the Netherlands got 1 extra seat and it went to Party for Freedom|

On the Labour Party list: (S&D)

  1. Thijs Berman
  2. Emine Bozkurt
  3. Judith Merkies

On the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy list: (ALDE)

  1. Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (replaced by Jan Mulder)
  2. Toine Manders
  3. Hans van Baalen

On the Democrats 66 list: (ALDE)

  1. Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy
  2. Sophie in 't Veld
  3. Marietje Schaake

On the GreenLeft list: (Greens-EFA)

  1. Marije Cornelissen
  2. Bas Eickhout
  3. Judith Sargentini

On the Socialist Party list: (EUL/NGL)

  1. Dennis de Jong
  2. Kartika Liotard

On the ChristianUnion – Reformed Political Party list: (ECR and EFD)

  1. Bas Belder (Reformed Political Party is in EFD)
  2. Peter van Dalen (Christian Union is in ECR)

Independent: (left their party delegation at some point during this European 2009–2014 session.)

References

  1. ^ "Kiesraad: Europees Parlement 4 juni 2009" (in Dutch). Kiesraad. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Parlement.com: Mr.Drs. J.C. (Hans) van Baalen" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Parlement.com: Drs. B. (Bas) Belder" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Parlement.com: Drs. M. (Thijs) Berman" (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  5. ^ Resigned in 2010, became a member of the Dutch Parliament (House of Representatives) after the 2010 election. Replaced by Lucas Hartong on 22 June 2010.
  6. ^ "Parlement.com: Drs. L. (Louis) Bontes" (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Parlement.com: Drs. E. (Emine) Bozkurt" (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Parlement.com: Mr.ing. W.G.J.M. (Wim) van de Camp" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Parlement.com: M. (Marije) Cornelissen" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Parlement.com: Drs. P. (Peter) van Dalen" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  11. ^ "Parlement.com: Drs. B. (Bas) Eickhout" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  12. ^ "Parlement.com: G.J.M. (Gerben-Jan) Gerbrandy" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  13. ^ "Parlement.com: L. (Lucas) Hartong" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  14. ^ Resigned in 2010, became a member of the Dutch Parliament (House of Representatives) after the 2010 election. Replaced by Jan Mulder on 22 June 2010.
  15. ^ "Parlement.com: J.A. (Jeanine) Hennis-Plasschaert" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  16. ^ "Parlement.com: Dr. C.D. (Dennis) de Jong" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  17. ^ "Parlement.com: Drs. P. (Patricia) van der Kammen" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  18. ^ "Parlement.com: E.M.R. (Esther) de Lange" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  19. ^ Withdrew her membership of the Socialist Party on 1 June 2010 after internal conflicts in the Socialist Party. Sits as an independent while still part of the EUL-NGL.
  20. ^ "Parlement.com: Mr. K.T. (Kartika) Liotard" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  21. ^ Resigned in 2012, became a member of the Dutch Parliament (House of Representatives) after the 2012 election. Replaced by Patricia van der Kammen on 27 September 2012.
  22. ^ "Parlement.com: B. (Barry) Madlener" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  23. ^ Withdrew his membership of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy on 17 October 2013 to run as party leader of 50PLUS in the 2014 European Parliament election. Sits as an independent, while still part of the ALDE.
  24. ^ "Parlement.com: Drs. A.J.M. (Toine) Manders" (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  25. ^ "Parlement.com: Mr. J.A. (Judith) Merkies" (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  26. ^ "Parlement.com: Ir. J. (Jan) Mulder" (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  27. ^ "Parlement.com: Drs. L.J.J. (Lambert) van Nistelrooij" (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  28. ^ "Parlement.com: M.G.H.C. (Ria) Oomen-Ruijten" (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  29. ^ "Parlement.com: Drs. J. (Judith) Sargentini" (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  30. ^ "Parlement.com: M.R. (Marietje) Schaake MA" (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  31. ^ Geert Wilders, as "party list pusher" was chosen on the number of preferences votes, however he declined to join the European Parliament. Stassen took up his seat.
  32. ^ Withdrew her membership of the Party for Freedom on 21 March 2014 after allegedly discriminatory remarks by party leader Wilders. Sits as an independent.
  33. ^ "Parlement.com: L.J.A.J. (Laurence) Stassen" (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  34. ^ Resigned in 2011 because he caused a car crash while drunk driving. Replaced by Auke Zijlstra on 13 September 2011. Van der Stoep returned to the Parliament in December 2011 because of seat increases provided for by the Treaty of Lisbon. As the first candidate on the Party for Freedom election list who did not have a seat in the European Parliament he was allowed to return to the Parliament. However, the Party for Freedom did not allow him to rejoin their delegation, and he currently sits as an independent.
  35. ^ "Parlement.com: Drs. D.T. (Daniël) van der Stoep" (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  36. ^ "Parlement.com: Drs. S.H. (Sophie) in 't Veld" (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  37. ^ "Parlement.com: Drs. C.M. (Corien) Wortmann-Kool" (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  38. ^ "Parlement.com: Drs. A.J. (Auke) Zijlstra" (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  39. ^ "Parlement.com: Nederlandse leden Europees Parlement" (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2016-08-28. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
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