Between 20 September 2012 and 22 March 2017, 192 representatives served as representatives in the House of Representatives, the 150-seat lower house of the States-General of the Netherlands. Anouchka van Miltenburg was first elected Speaker of the House of Representatives, but was succeeded after the 2016 Speaker election by Khadija Arib. 43 members (temporarily) left the House of Representatives during this term, mostly for personal reasons (15) or to join the cabinet (13).[1]
The members were elected at the general election of 15 March 2017. After the election, the second Rutte cabinet was formed for this term, consisting of People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD, 41 seats) and Labour Party (PvdA, 38 seats). The opposition consisted of Party for Freedom (PVV, 15 seats), Socialist Party (SP, 15 seats), Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA, 13 seats), Democrats 66 (D66, 12 seats), Christian Union (CU, 5 seats), GroenLinks (GL, 4 seats), Reformed Political Party (SGP, 3 seats), Party for the Animals (PvdD, 2 seats) and 50PLUS (50+, 2 seats).
During the term, several members switched their parliamentary group affiliation, changing the party composition of the House of Representatives. On 3 June 2014, the 50+ group split into two, with both claiming the name 50+, resulting in 50+/Baay and 50+/Klein, until Norbert Klein decided to continue as independent on 13 November 2014. Houwers (VVD) left parliament in 2013 due to fraud allegiations. He returned on 25 March 2015, but was not allowed back into the VVD group and continued as independent. Three members left the PVV - Roland van Vliet (21 March 2014), Louis Bontes (29 October 2013) and Joram van Klaveren (22 March 2014) - and continued independently. Bontes and Van Klaveren formed a group starting 15 April 2014. On 14 November 2014, Tunahan Kuzu and Selçuk Öztürk left the PvdA to continue as independent group. Jacques Monasch left the PvdA on 8 November 2016.
All members are sworn in at the start of the term,[2] even if they are not new. Assumed office in this list therefore refers to the swearing in during this term (or return date of members who went on parental or sick leave), while all members are automatically considered to have left office at the end of the term.
Parliamentary group | scope=col | Assumed office | scope=col | Left office | scope=col class="unsortable" | |
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PVV | 20 September 2012 | 12 January 2015 | [3] | |||
5 May 2015 | 22 March 2017 | |||||
CDA | 12 January 2016 | 22 March 2017 | [4] | |||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [5] | |||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [6] | |||
PvdA | 7 September 2016 | 22 March 2017 | [7] | |||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [8] | |||
50+ | 29 October 2013 | 9 September 2014 | [9] | |||
50+/Baay | ||||||
SP | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [10] | |||
PVV | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [11] | |||
D66 | 26 January 2016 | 22 March 2017 | [12] | |||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [13] | |||
D66 | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [14] | |||
D66 | 20 September 2012 | 31 October 2015 | [15] | |||
SGP | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [16] | |||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 4 November 2012 | [17] | |||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [18] | |||
SP | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [19] | |||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 12 June 2013 | [20] | |||
PVV | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [21] | |||
Bontes | ||||||
Bontes/Van Klaveren | ||||||
PVV | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [22] | |||
VVD | 1 March 2016 | 22 March 2017 | [23] | |||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [24] | |||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 13 May 2013 | [25] | |||
3 September 2013 | 29 February 2016 | |||||
10 June 2016 | 22 March 2017 | |||||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [26] | |||
PvdA | 1 March 2016 | 9 June 2016 | [27] | |||
6 July 2016 | 22 March 2017 | |||||
CDA | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [28] | |||
CU | 2 December 2015 | 22 March 2017 | [29] | |||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [30] | |||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [31] | |||
SP | 18 June 2013 | 21 August 2013 | [32] | |||
12 December 2013 | 22 March 2017 | |||||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 2 November 2015 | [33] | |||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [34] | |||
PVV | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [35] | |||
SP | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [36] | |||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 5 July 2016 | [37] | |||
SGP | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [38] | |||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 20 March 2015 | [39] | |||
D66 | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [40] | |||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [41] | |||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 4 November 2012 | [42] | |||
CU | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [43] | |||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 24 October 2016 | [44] | |||
15 February 2017 | 22 March 2017 | |||||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [45] | |||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [46] | |||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [47] | |||
GL | 18 November 2014 | 8 March 2015 | [48] | |||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 21 September 2015 | [49] | |||
12 January 2016 | 22 March 2017 | |||||
PVV | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [50] | |||
PVV | 13 January 2015 | 4 May 2015 | [51] | |||
SP | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [52] | |||
VVD | 30 November 2016 | 22 March 2017 | [53] | |||
CDA | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [54] | |||
PVV | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [55] | |||
GL | 20 May 2015 | 22 March 2017 | [56] | |||
PVV | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [57] | |||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [58] | |||
PvdA | 8 November 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [59] | |||
D66 | 20 September 2012 | 19 January 2016 | [60] | |||
CDA | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [61] | |||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 9 September 2014 | [62] | |||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [63] | |||
VVD | 3 September 2013 | 22 March 2017 | [64] | |||
CDA | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [65] | |||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 31 August 2013 | [66] | |||
PVV | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [67] | |||
CDA | 12 November 2014 | 22 March 2017 | [68] | |||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 4 November 2012 | [69] | |||
CDA | 20 September 2012 | 11 November 2014 | [70] | |||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 28 August 2013 | [71] | |||
PvdA | 8 November 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [72] | |||
VVD | 8 November 2012 | 22 July 2013 | [73] | |||
Houwers | 25 March 2015 | 22 March 2017 | ||||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 6 December 2013 | [74] | |||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [75] | |||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 6 September 2016 | [76] | |||
SP | 20 September 2012 | 13 May 2014 | [77] | |||
SP | 20 September 2012 | 4 August 2013 | [78] | |||
26 November 2013 | 22 March 2017 | |||||
CDA | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [79] | |||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [80] | |||
GL | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [81] | |||
PVV | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [82] | |||
Klaveren | ||||||
Bontes/Van Klaveren | ||||||
50+ | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [83] | |||
50+/Klein | ||||||
Klein | ||||||
PVV | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [84] | |||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 4 November 2012 | [85] | |||
SP | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [86] | |||
D66 | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [87] | |||
50+ | 20 September 2012 | 3 October 2013 | [88] | |||
50+/Baay | 10 September 2014 | 22 March 2017 | ||||
50+ | ||||||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [89] | |||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [90] | |||
Kuzu/Öztürk | ||||||
PvdA | 14 May 2013 | 22 March 2017 | [91] | |||
VVD | 31 March 2015 | 22 March 2017 | [92] | |||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 23 March 2015 | [93] | |||
PvdA | 3 September 2013 | 11 December 2013 | [94] | |||
10 September 2014 | 22 March 2017 | |||||
SP | 20 September 2012 | 5 February 2014 | [95] | |||
14 May 2014 | 22 March 2017 | |||||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 18 February 2016 | [96] | |||
VVD | 8 November 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [97] | |||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 24 June 2014 | [98] | |||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [99] | |||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 6 September 2016 | [100] | |||
PVV | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [101] | |||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [102] | |||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [103] | |||
D66 | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [104] | |||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [105] | |||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [106] | |||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [107] | |||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [108] | |||
Monasch | ||||||
VVD | 14 January 2014 | 22 March 2017 | [109] | |||
CDA | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [110] | |||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [111] | |||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [112] | |||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 30 June 2014 | [113] | |||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [114] | |||
VVD | 31 March 2015 | 22 March 2017 | [115] | |||
SP | 2 April 2014 | 22 March 2017 | [116] | |||
GL | 20 September 2012 | 9 May 2015 | [117] | |||
CDA | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [118] | |||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [119] | |||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [120] | |||
CDA | 20 September 2012 | 3 January 2016 | [121] | |||
PvdD | 20 September 2012 | 16 November 2015 | [122] | |||
18 October 2016 | 22 March 2017 | |||||
PvdA | 8 November 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [123] | |||
Kuzu/Öztürk | ||||||
D66 | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [124] | |||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 4 November 2012 | [125] | |||
VVD | 8 November 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [126] | |||
SP | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [127] | |||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [128] | |||
VVD | 7 September 2016 | 22 March 2017 | [129] | |||
SP | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [130] | |||
CDA | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [131] | |||
CDA | 20 May 2015 | 22 March 2017 | [132] | |||
PVV | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [133] | |||
CDA | 20 September 2012 | 19 May 2015 | [134] | |||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [135] | |||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 4 November 2012 | [136] | |||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 13 december 2016 | [137] | |||
GL | 20 September 2012 | 22 October 2012 | [138] | |||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 4 November 2012 | [139] | |||
CU | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [140] | |||
D66 | 20 September 2012 | 31 July 2015 | [141] | |||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [142] | |||
CU | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [143] | |||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [144] | |||
SP | 3 september 2013 | 25 November 2013 | [145] | |||
6 February 2014 | 22 March 2017 | |||||
D66 | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [146] | |||
CU | 20 September 2012 | 1 December 2015 | [147] | |||
SP | 14 May 2013 | 22 March 2017 | [148] | |||
SP | 20 September 2012 | 13 May 2013 | [149] | |||
SGP | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [150] | |||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 19 March 2015 | [151] | |||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [152] | |||
SP | 14 May 2014 | 28 May 2014 | [153] | |||
D66 | 3 November 2015 | 22 March 2017 | [154] | |||
PvdA | 8 November 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [155] | |||
VVD | 8 November 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [156] | |||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 4 November 2012 | [157] | |||
26 March 2015 | 22 March 2017 | |||||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [158] | |||
PvdD | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [159] | |||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 4 November 2012 | [160] | |||
GL | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [161] | |||
CDA | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [162] | |||
SP | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [163] | |||
PvdA | 14 December 2016 | 14 Februari 2017 | [164] | |||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 29 November 2016 | [165] | |||
PvdA | 25 October 2016 | 22 March 2017 | [166] | |||
D66 | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [167] | |||
VVD | 25 June 2014 | 22 March 2017 | [168] | |||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 26 Februari 2015 | [169] | |||
D66 | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [170] | |||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [171] | |||
PvdA | 22 September 2015 | 22 March 2017 | [172] | |||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [173] | |||
PVV | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [174] | |||
Van Vliet | ||||||
PvdA | 3 September 2013 | 22 March 2017 | [175] | |||
CU | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [176] | |||
GL | 30 October 2012 | 17 November 2014 | [177] | |||
18 November 2014 | 8 March 2015 | |||||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [178] | |||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [179] | |||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [180] | |||
VVD | 8 November 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [181] | |||
VVD | 8 November 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [182] | |||
PvdD | 17 November 2015 | 17 October 2016 | [183] | |||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 4 November 2012 | [184] | |||
D66 | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [185] | |||
VVD | 1 July 2014 | 22 March 2017 | [186] | |||
PVV | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [187] | |||
SP | 20 September 2012 | 1 April 2014 | [188] | |||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [189] | |||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [190] | |||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [191] | |||
PvdA | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [192] | |||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [193] | |||
VVD | 20 September 2012 | 22 March 2017 | [194] |