List of members of the European Parliament for the Netherlands, 2009–2014 explained

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		2
Party for Freedom	NI		4
Labour Party	S&D		4
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ALDE		1
Democrats 66	ALDE		2
GreenLeft	G–EFA		1
Socialist Party	EUL–NGL		0
ChristianUnion–Reformed Political Party	Various		0

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		0
Party for Freedom	NI		1
Labour Party	S&D		0
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ALDE		0
Democrats 66	ALDE		0
GreenLeft	G–EFA		0
Socialist Party	EUL–NGL		0
ChristianUnion–Reformed Political Party	Various		0

List

MEPs for the Netherlands elected to the 7th European Parliament session^[2]

Name	Sex	National party	EP Group	Period
Hans van Baalen	Male	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ALDE	14 July 2009 – 2 July 2019^[3]
Bas Belder	Male	Reformed Political Party	EFD	20 July 1999 – 2 July 2019^[4]
Thijs Berman	Male	Labour Party	S&D	20 July 2004 – 1 July 2014^[5]
Louis Bontes^[6]	Male	Party for Freedom	NI	14 July 2009 – 17 June 2010^[7]
Emine Bozkurt	Female	Labour Party	S&D	20 July 2004 – 1 July 2014^[8]
Wim van de Camp	Male	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	14 July 2009 – 2 July 2019^[9]
Marije Cornelissen	Female	GreenLeft	G–EFA	14 July 2009 – 1 July 2014^[10]
Peter van Dalen	Male	Christian Union	ECR	14 July 2009 – Present^[11]
Bas Eickhout	Male	GreenLeft	G–EFA	14 July 2009 – Present^[12]
Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy	Male	Democrats 66	ALDE	14 July 2009 – 2 July 2019^[13]
Lucas Hartong	Male	Party for Freedom	NI	22 June 2010 – 1 July 2014^[14]
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert^[15]	Female	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ALDE	20 July 2004 – 17 June 2010^[16]
Dennis de Jong	Male	Socialist Party	EUL–NGL	14 July 2009 – 2 July 2019^[17]
Patricia van der Kammen	Female	Party for Freedom	NI	27 September 2012 – 1 July 2014^[18]
Esther de Lange	Female	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	12 April 2007 – Present^[19]
Kartika Liotard^[20]	Female	Socialist Party (2009–2010) / Independent	EUL–NGL	20 July 2004 – 1 July 2014^[21]
Barry Madlener^[22]	Male	Party for Freedom	NI	14 July 2009 – 20 September 2012^[23]
Toine Manders^[24]	Male	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (2009–2013) / Independent	ALDE	20 July 1999 – 1 July 2014 2 July 2019 – Present^[25]
Judith Merkies	Female	Labour Party	S&D	14 July 2009 – 1 July 2014^[26]
Jan Mulder	Male	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ALDE	19 July 1994 – 14 July 2009 22 June 2010 – 1 July 2014^[27]
Lambert van Nistelrooij	Male	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	20 July 2004 – 2 July 2019^[28]
Ria Oomen-Ruijten	Female	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	25 July 1989 – 1 July 2014^[29]
Judith Sargentini	Female	GreenLeft	G–EFA	14 July 2009 – 2 July 2019^[30]
Marietje Schaake	Female	Democrats 66	ALDE	14 July 2009 – 2 July 2019^[31]
Laurence Stassen^[32] ^[33]	Female	Party for Freedom (2009–2014) / Independent	NI	14 July 2009 – 1 July 2014^[34]
Daniël van der Stoep^[35]	Male	Party for Freedom (2009–2011) / Independent	NI	14 July 2009 – 1 September 2011 15 December 2011 – 1 July 2014^[36]
Sophie in 't Veld	Female	Democrats 66	ALDE	20 July 2004 – Present^[37]
Corien Wortmann-Kool	Female	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	20 July 2004 – 1 July 2014^[38]
Auke Zijlstra	Male	Party for Freedom	NI	13 September 2011 – 1 July 2014 7 September 2015 – 2 July 2019^[39]

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

• 1 June: Kartika Liotard leaves the SP after a conflict with Dennis de Jong and continues as an independent. She does remain part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left group.
• 17 June: Louis Bontes (PVV) leaves the European Parliament, taking his seat in the Dutch Parliament after the 2010 Dutch general election.
• 17 June: Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (VVD) leaves the European Parliament, taking her seat in the Dutch Parliament after the 2010 Dutch general election.
• 22 June: Jan Mulder (VVD) is installed in the European Parliament as a replacement for Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert.
• 22 June: Lucas Hartong (PVV) is installed in the European Parliament as a replacement for Louis Bontes.

2011

• 31 August: Daniël van der Stoep (PVV) leaves the European Parliament.
• 8 September: Auke Zijlstra (PVV) is installed in the European Parliament as a replacement for Daniël van der Stoep.
• 15 December: The Netherlands gets one extra seat after the Lisbon Treaty was ratified by all EU member states.
• 15 December: The Party for Freedom is awarded one extra seat, based on the 2009 European Election. Daniël van der Stoep (PVV) is installed in the European Parliament.
• 18 December: The Party for Freedom delegation refuses to accept Daniël van der Stoep. Daniël van der Stoep continues as an independent

2012

• 20 September: Barry Madlener (PVV) leaves the European Parliament, taking his seat in the Dutch Parliament after the 2012 Dutch general election.
• 27 September: Patricia van der Kammen (PVV) is installed in the European Parliament as a replacement for Barry Madlener.

2013

• 17 October: Toine Manders leaves the VVD and continues as an independent. He does remain part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group.

2014

• 21 March: Laurence Stassen leaves the PVV and continues as an independent.

Notes and References

1. News: Kiesraad: Europees Parlement 4 juni 2009. Kiesraad. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
2. News: Parlement.com: Nederlandse leden Europees Parlement. https://web.archive.org/web/20160828235347/http://www.parlement.com/id/vh8lnhrqzzyv/nederlandse_leden_europees_parlement. nl-NL. 19 June 2019. 2016-08-28.
3. News: Parlement.com: Mr.Drs. J.C. (Hans) van Baalen. Parlement.com. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
4. News: Parlement.com: Drs. B. (Bas) Belder. Parlement.com. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
5. News: Parlement.com: Drs. M. (Thijs) Berman. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
6. 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.
7. News: Parlement.com: Drs. L. (Louis) Bontes. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
8. News: Parlement.com: Drs. E. (Emine) Bozkurt. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
9. News: Parlement.com: Mr.ing. W.G.J.M. (Wim) van de Camp. Parlement.com. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
10. News: Parlement.com: M. (Marije) Cornelissen. Parlement.com. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
11. News: Parlement.com: Drs. P. (Peter) van Dalen. Parlement.com. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
12. News: Parlement.com: Drs. B. (Bas) Eickhout. Parlement.com. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
13. News: Parlement.com: G.J.M. (Gerben-Jan) Gerbrandy. Parlement.com. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
14. News: Parlement.com: L. (Lucas) Hartong. Parlement.com. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
15. 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.
16. News: Parlement.com: J.A. (Jeanine) Hennis-Plasschaert. Parlement.com. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
17. News: Parlement.com: Dr. C.D. (Dennis) de Jong. Parlement.com. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
18. News: Parlement.com: Drs. P. (Patricia) van der Kammen. Parlement.com. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
19. News: Parlement.com: E.M.R. (Esther) de Lange. Parlement.com. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
20. 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.
21. News: Parlement.com: Mr. K.T. (Kartika) Liotard. Parlement.com. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
22. 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.
23. News: Parlement.com: B. (Barry) Madlener. Parlement.com. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
24. 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.
25. News: Parlement.com: Drs. A.J.M. (Toine) Manders. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
26. News: Parlement.com: Mr. J.A. (Judith) Merkies. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
27. News: Parlement.com: Ir. J. (Jan) Mulder. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
28. News: Parlement.com: Drs. L.J.J. (Lambert) van Nistelrooij. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
29. News: Parlement.com: M.G.H.C. (Ria) Oomen-Ruijten. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
30. News: Parlement.com: Drs. J. (Judith) Sargentini. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
31. News: Parlement.com: M.R. (Marietje) Schaake MA. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
32. [Geert Wilders]
33. Withdrew her membership of the Party for Freedom on 21 March 2014 after allegedly discriminatory remarks by party leader Wilders. Sits as an independent.
34. News: Parlement.com: L.J.A.J. (Laurence) Stassen. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
35. 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.
36. News: Parlement.com: Drs. D.T. (Daniël) van der Stoep. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
37. News: Parlement.com: Drs. S.H. (Sophie) in 't Veld. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
38. News: Parlement.com: Drs. C.M. (Corien) Wortmann-Kool. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
39. News: Parlement.com: Drs. A.J. (Auke) Zijlstra. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.