List of members of the European Parliament for the Netherlands, 2014–2019 explained

Below is a list of the 26 members of the European Parliament for the Netherlands in the 2014 to 2019 session.

Party representation

National party	EP Group	Seats ^[1]	±
Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP		0
Democrats 66	ALDE		1
Party for Freedom	ENF		1
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	ALDE		0
Labour Party	S&D		0
Socialist Party	EUL–NGL		0
Christian Union – Reformed Political Party	ECR		0
GroenLinks	G–EFA		1
Party for the Animals	EUL–NGL		1

Mutations

2014

• 22 May: Election for the European Parliament in the Netherlands.
• 11 June: The Party for the Animals joins the European United Left–Nordic Green Left group.
• 16 June: The Reformed Political Party leaves the Europe of Freedom and Democracy group and joins the European Conservatives and Reformists group.
• 26 June: The election committee elects Hans Jansen for the empty seat of Geert Wilders in the European Parliament, because Geert Wilders did not accept the seat. He has 10 days to accept or reject.^[2]
• 1 July: Beginning of the 8th European Parliament session. (2014–2019)
• 1 July: Hans Jansen is installed in the European Parliament as a replacement for Geert Wilders of the Party for Freedom. Geert Wilders never entered as an MEP.

2015

• 5 May: Hans Jansen of the Party for Freedom dies at 72 years.
• 2 June: The election committee elects Geert Wilders for the empty seat of Hans Jansen in the European Parliament. He has 28 days to accept or reject.^[3]
• 15 June: The Party for Freedom founds and joins the Europe of Nations and Freedom group.
• 23 July: The election committee elects Auke Zijlstra for the empty seat of Hans Jansen in the European Parliament, because Geert Wilders did not accept the seat. He has 28 days to accept or reject.^[4]
• 1 September: Auke Zijlstra is installed in the European Parliament as a replacement for Hans Jansen. Auke Zijlstra was the first inline after Geert Wilders did not accept his seat (based on preference votes and list order).
• 8 September: Auke Zijlstra joins the Europe of Nations and Freedom group.

2017

• 15 March: Vicky Maeijer of the Party for Freedom leaves the European Parliament to take her seat in the Dutch Parliament after the 2017 Dutch general election.
• 23 May: The election committee elects Geert Wilders for the empty seat of Vicky Maeijer in the European Parliament. He has 28 days to accept or reject.^[5]
• 2 June: The election committee elects André Elissen for the empty seat of Vicky Maeijer in the European Parliament, because Geert Wilders did not accept the seat. He has 28 days to accept or reject.^[6]
• 13 June: André Elissen is installed in the European Parliament as a replacement for Vicky Maeijer of the Party for Freedom.
• 25 October: Cora Nieuwenhuizen-Wijbenga left the European Parliament to become the Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management in the Netherlands
• 7 November: The election committee elects Caroline Nagtegaal-van Doorn for the empty seat of Cora Nieuwenhuizen-Wijbenga in the European Parliament. She has 28 days to accept or reject.^[7]
• 14 November: Caroline Nagtegaal-van Doorn is installed in the European Parliament as a replacement for Cora Nieuwenhuizen-Wijbenga of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy.^[8]

List

By name

| style="text-align:left;" colspan="11" | |-! Name! Sex! National party! EP Group! Period! Preference vote|-| style="text-align:left;" | Hans van Baalen| style="text-align:left;" | Male| style="text-align:left;" | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy| style="text-align:left;" | ALDE| style="text-align:left;" | 14 July 2009 – 2 July 2019^[9] | style="text-align:left;" | 358,029|-| style="text-align:left;" | Bas Belder| style="text-align:left;" | Male| style="text-align:left;" | Reformed Political Party| style="text-align:left;" | ECR| style="text-align:left;" | 20 July 1999 – 2 July 2019^[10] | style="text-align:left;" | 53,995|-| style="text-align:left;" | Wim van de Camp| style="text-align:left;" | Male| style="text-align:left;" | Christian Democratic Appeal| style="text-align:left;" | EPP| style="text-align:left;" | 14 July 2009 – 2 July 2019^[11] | style="text-align:left;" | 37,715|-| style="text-align:left;" | Peter van Dalen| style="text-align:left;" | Male| style="text-align:left;" | Christian Union| style="text-align:left;" | ECR| style="text-align:left;" | 14 July 2009 – Present^[12] | style="text-align:left;" | 253,620|-| style="text-align:left;" | Bas Eickhout| style="text-align:left;" | Male| style="text-align:left;" | GreenLeft| style="text-align:left;" | G–EFA| style="text-align:left;" | 14 July 2009 – Present^[13] | style="text-align:left;" | 184,154|-| style="text-align:left;" | André Elissen| style="text-align:left;" | Male| style="text-align:left;" | Party for Freedom| style="text-align:left;" | ENF| style="text-align:left;" | 13 June 2017 – 2 July 2019^[14] | style="text-align:left;" | 1,976|-| style="text-align:left;" | Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy| style="text-align:left;" | Male| style="text-align:left;" | Democrats 66| style="text-align:left;" | ALDE| style="text-align:left;" | 14 July 2009 – 2 July 2019^[15] | style="text-align:left;" | 31,326|-| style="text-align:left;" | Marcel de Graaff| style="text-align:left;" | Male| style="text-align:left;" | Party for Freedom| style="text-align:left;" | NI / ENF| style="text-align:left;" | 1 July 2014 – 2 July 2019^[16] | style="text-align:left;" | 276,680|-| style="text-align:left;" | Anja Hazekamp| style="text-align:left;" | Female| style="text-align:left;" | Party for the Animals| style="text-align:left;" | EUL–NGL| style="text-align:left;" | 1 July 2014 – Present^[17] | style="text-align:left;" | 131,093|-| style="text-align:left;" | Jan Huitema| style="text-align:left;" | Male| style="text-align:left;" | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy| style="text-align:left;" | ALDE| style="text-align:left;" | 1 July 2014 – 2 July 2019^[18] | style="text-align:left;" | 26,031|-| style="text-align:left;" | Hans Jansen| style="text-align:left;" | Male| style="text-align:left;" | Party for Freedom| style="text-align:left;" | NI / ENF| style="text-align:left;" | 1 July 2014 – 5 May 2015^[19] | style="text-align:left;" | 16,568|-| style="text-align:left;" | Dennis de Jong| style="text-align:left;" | Male| style="text-align:left;" | Socialist Party| style="text-align:left;" | EUL–NGL| style="text-align:left;" | 14 July 2009 – 2 July 2019^[20] | style="text-align:left;" | 300,782|-| style="text-align:left;" | Agnes Jongerius| style="text-align:left;" | Female| style="text-align:left;" | Labour Party| style="text-align:left;" | S&D| style="text-align:left;" | 1 July 2014 – Present^[21] | style="text-align:left;" | 170,119|-| style="text-align:left;" | Esther de Lange| style="text-align:left;" | Female| style="text-align:left;" | Christian Democratic Appeal| style="text-align:left;" | EPP| style="text-align:left;" | 12 April 2007 – Present^[22] | style="text-align:left;" | 415,011|-| style="text-align:left;" | Jeroen Lenaers| style="text-align:left;" | Male| style="text-align:left;" | Christian Democratic Appeal| style="text-align:left;" | EPP| style="text-align:left;" | 1 July 2014 – Present^[23] | style="text-align:left;" | 36,428|-| style="text-align:left;" | Vicky Maeijer| style="text-align:left;" | Female| style="text-align:left;" | Party for Freedom| style="text-align:left;" | NI / ENF| style="text-align:left;" | 1 July 2014 – 15 March 2017^[24] | style="text-align:left;" | 26,491|-| style="text-align:left;" | Matthijs van Miltenburg| style="text-align:left;" | Male| style="text-align:left;" | Democrats 66| style="text-align:left;" | ALDE| style="text-align:left;" | 1 July 2014 – 2 July 2019^[25] | style="text-align:left;" | 16,698|-| style="text-align:left;" | Anne-Marie Mineur| style="text-align:left;" | Female| style="text-align:left;" | Socialist Party| style="text-align:left;" | EUL–NGL| style="text-align:left;" | 1 July 2014 – 2 July 2019^[26] | style="text-align:left;" | 52,187|-| style="text-align:left;" | Caroline Nagtegaal-van Doorn| style="text-align:left;" | Female| style="text-align:left;" | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy| style="text-align:left;" | ALDE| style="text-align:left;" | 14 November 2017 – Present^[27] | style="text-align:left;" | 19,370|-| style="text-align:left;" | Cora van Nieuwenhuizen| style="text-align:left;" | Female| style="text-align:left;" | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy| style="text-align:left;" | ALDE| style="text-align:left;" | 1 July 2014 – 25 October 2017^[28] | style="text-align:left;" | 86,237|-| style="text-align:left;" | Lambert van Nistelrooij| style="text-align:left;" | Male| style="text-align:left;" | Christian Democratic Appeal| style="text-align:left;" | EPP| style="text-align:left;" | 20 July 2004 – 2 July 2019^[29] | style="text-align:left;" | 32,970|-| style="text-align:left;" | Kati Piri| style="text-align:left;" | Female| style="text-align:left;" | Labour Party| style="text-align:left;" | S&D| style="text-align:left;" | 1 July 2014 – Present^[30] | style="text-align:left;" | 10,351|-| style="text-align:left;" | Judith Sargentini| style="text-align:left;" | Female| style="text-align:left;" | GreenLeft| style="text-align:left;" | G–EFA| style="text-align:left;" | 14 July 2009 – 2 July 2019^[31] | style="text-align:left;" | 91,745|-| style="text-align:left;" | Marietje Schaake| style="text-align:left;" | Female| style="text-align:left;" | Democrats 66| style="text-align:left;" | ALDE| style="text-align:left;" | 14 July 2009 – 2 July 2019^[32] | style="text-align:left;" | 41,236|-| style="text-align:left;" | Annie Schreijer-Pierik| style="text-align:left;" | Female| style="text-align:left;" | Christian Democratic Appeal| style="text-align:left;" | EPP| style="text-align:left;" | 1 July 2014 – Present^[33] | style="text-align:left;" | 113,123|-| style="text-align:left;" | Olaf Stuger| style="text-align:left;" | Male| style="text-align:left;" | Party for Freedom| style="text-align:left;" | NI / ENF| style="text-align:left;" | 1 July 2014 – 2 July 2019^[34] | style="text-align:left;" | 4,021|-| style="text-align:left;" | Paul Tang| style="text-align:left;" | Male| style="text-align:left;" | Labour Party| style="text-align:left;" | S&D| style="text-align:left;" | 1 July 2014 – Present^[35] | style="text-align:left;" | 183,296|-| style="text-align:left;" | Sophie in 't Veld| style="text-align:left;" | Female| style="text-align:left;" | Democrats 66| style="text-align:left;" | ALDE| style="text-align:left;" | 20 July 2004 – Present^[36] | style="text-align:left;" | 568,185|-| style="text-align:left;" | Auke Zijlstra| style="text-align:left;" | Male| style="text-align:left;" | Party for Freedom| style="text-align:left;" | NI / ENF| style="text-align:left;" | 13 September 2011 – 1 July 2014
7 September 2015 – 2 July 2019^[37] | style="text-align:left;" | 4,509|-|-style="background-color:#dcdcdc"| style="text-align:left;" colspan="6" |Source:^[38] |-|}

By party

On the Democrats 66 list: (ALDE)

See also: List of Democrats 66 Members of the European Parliament.

1. Sophie in 't Veld (top candidate)
2. Marietje Schaake
3. Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy
4. Matthijs van Miltenburg

On the Christian Democratic Appeal list: (EPP Group)

See also: List of Christian Democratic Appeal Members of the European Parliament.

1. Esther de Lange (top candidate)
2. Annie Schreijer-Pierik
3. Wim van de Camp
4. Jeroen Lenaers
5. Lambert van Nistelrooij

On the Party for Freedom list: (Non-inscrits, since 15 June 2015 ENF)

See also: List of Party for Freedom Members of the European Parliament.

1. Marcel de Graaff (top candidate)
2. Vicky Maeijer (left the European Parliament on 15 March 2017. Replaced by: André Elissen)
3. Olaf Stuger
4. Hans Jansen (died at 72) (replaced by: Auke Zijlstra)

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

See also: List of People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Members of the European Parliament.

1. Hans van Baalen (top candidate)
2. Cora van Nieuwenhuizen (left the European Parliament on 25 October 2017. Replaced by: Caroline Nagtegaal-van Doorn)
3. Jan Huitema

On the Labour Party list: (S&D)

See also: List of Dutch Labour Party Members of the European Parliament.

1. Paul Tang (top candidate)
2. Agnes Jongerius
3. Kati Piri

On the Socialist Party list: (GUE/NGL Group)

See also: List of Socialist Party (Netherlands) Members of the European Parliament.

1. Dennis de Jong (top candidate)
2. Anne-Marie Mineur

On the Christian Union – Reformed Political Party list: (ECR Group)

See also: List of Christian Union – Reformed Political Party Members of the European Parliament.

1. Peter van Dalen (Christian Union) (top candidate)
2. Bas Belder (SGP)

On the GroenLinks list: (Greens-EFA)

See also: List of GreenLeft Members of the European Parliament.

1. Bas Eickhout (top candidate)
2. Judith Sargentini

On the Party for the Animals list: (GUE/NGL Group)

See also: List of Party for the Animals Members of the European Parliament.

1. Anja Hazekamp (top candidate)

Notes and References

1. News: Kiesraad: Europees Parlement 22 mei 2014. Kiesraad. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
2. Web site: Benoeming J.J.G. Jansen tot lid van het Europees Parlement. Kiesraad. www.kiesraad.nl.
3. Web site: Benoeming G. Wilders tot lid van het Europees Parlement. Kiesraad. www.kiesraad.nl.
4. Web site: Benoeming A.J. Zijlstra tot lid van het Europees Parlement. Kiesraad. www.kiesraad.nl.
5. Web site: Benoeming G. Wilders tot lid van het Europees Parlement. Kiesraad. www.kiesraad.nl.
6. Web site: Benoeming A. Elissen tot lid van het Europees Parlement. Kiesraad. www.kiesraad.nl.
7. Web site: Benoeming C.M.A.W. Nagtegaal-van Doorn tot lid Europees Parlement. Kiesraad. www.kiesraad.nl.
8. Web site: Incoming Members - MEPs - European Parliament. www.europarl.europa.eu.
9. News: Parlement.com: Mr.Drs. J.C. (Hans) van Baalen. Parlement.com. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
10. News: Parlement.com: Drs. B. (Bas) Belder. Parlement.com. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
11. News: Parlement.com: Mr.ing. W.G.J.M. (Wim) van de Camp. Parlement.com. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
12. News: Parlement.com: Drs. P. (Peter) van Dalen. Parlement.com. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
13. News: Parlement.com: Drs. B. (Bas) Eickhout. Parlement.com. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
14. News: Parlement.com: A. (André) Elissen. Parlement.com. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
15. News: Parlement.com: G.J.M. (Gerben-Jan) Gerbrandy. Parlement.com. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
16. News: Parlement.com: Drs. M.J.R.L. (Marcel) de Graaff. Parlement.com. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
17. News: Parlement.com: Drs. A.A.H. (Anja) Hazekamp. Parlement.com. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
18. News: Parlement.com: J. (Jan) Huitema MSc. Parlement.com. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
19. News: Parlement.com: Prof.Dr. J.J.G. (Hans) Jansen. Parlement.com. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
20. News: Parlement.com: Dr. C.D. (Dennis) de Jong. Parlement.com. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
21. News: Parlement.com: Drs. A.M. (Agnes) Jongerius. Parlement.com. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
22. News: Parlement.com: E.M.R. (Esther) de Lange. Parlement.com. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
23. News: Parlement.com: J. (Jeroen) Lenaers MA. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
24. News: Parlement.com: V. (Vicky) Maeijer MA. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
25. News: Parlement.com: Mr.Drs. M. (Matthijs) van Miltenburg. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
26. News: Parlement.com: Drs. A.M.C. (Anne-Marie) Mineur. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
27. News: Parlement.com: Drs. C.M.A.W. (Caroline) Nagtegaal-van Doorn. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
28. News: Parlement.com: Drs. C. (Cora) van Nieuwenhuizen-Wijbenga. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
29. News: Parlement.com: Drs. L.J.J. (Lambert) van Nistelrooij. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
30. News: Parlement.com: Drs. K. (Kati) Piri. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
31. News: Parlement.com: Drs. J. (Judith) Sargentini. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
32. News: Parlement.com: M.R. (Marietje) Schaake MA. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
33. News: Parlement.com: J.M.G. (Annie) Schreijer-Pierik. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
34. News: Parlement.com: Drs. O.F. (Olaf) Stuger. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
35. News: Parlement.com: Dr. P.J.G. (Paul) Tang. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
36. News: Parlement.com: Drs. S.H. (Sophie) in 't Veld. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
37. News: Parlement.com: Drs. A.J. (Auke) Zijlstra. nl-NL. 19 June 2019.
38. 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.