Sander Smit
European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) · BBB
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94%participation, 342 of 364 votesMedian: ECR 87% · Netherlands 96% · all MEPs 89%
77%of votes matched the position of ECR
77%of For and Against votes on the winning side
79votes off the group line, of 341 comparable
Details
How they were elected
- List
- BoerBurgerBeweging (BBB)336,953 votes, 5.4%, 2 seats
- Position on the list
- 1
- Personal votes
- 218,66964.9% of the list's votes
- Electoral rule
- In the Netherlands, personal votes for candidates decide, fully or in part, which of a list's candidates win its seats.
List share and seats: European Parliament, 2024 European election results (results.elections.europa.eu). List votes, position on the list and personal votes: Kiesraad (Electoral Council), official result of 19 June 2024 and EML open data, CC0 1.0, with appointments published in the Staatscourant, collected on 13 October 2026. Shares of the list's votes calculated by Parliament Radar.
Where the votes came from
Where the BoerBurgerBeweging (BBB) list won votes in the 2024 European election
The map shows the share of valid votes won by this list in each of the 342 municipalities: 336,056 votes, 5.4% of valid votes. The 897 votes cast abroad or in the Caribbean Netherlands have no municipality and are not on the map.
0.9% to 3.1%3.1% to 4.8%4.8% to 7.0%7.0% to 10.8%10.8% to 26.5%% of valid votes
Strongest areas (at least 1,000 valid votes)
- Hof van TwenteOverijssel26.5% · 4,013
- TubbergenOverijssel24.7% · 2,260
- RaalteOverijssel22.8% · 3,513
- DalfsenOverijssel22.8% · 3,036
- Hollands KroonNoord-Holland22.2% · 3,842
Results by municipality: BLUE_EP (Hublet, F. (2024). BLUE_EP: A Dataset of Municipality-Level Results of European Parliament Elections. Codebook v1. Paris: Groupe d'études géopolitiques. 10.5281/zenodo.14569325, CC BY 4.0), compiled from the official results. Municipal boundaries: Kadaster, Bestuurlijke Gebieden 2024, CC BY 4.0, simplified.
How Sander Smit voted
Most recent first- Escalation of Russian strikes in the EU, particularly on Black Sea shipping, threatening human life, regional stability and food security
- Cohesion policy in the EU's eastern border regions: strengthening territorial resilience and cross‑border cooperation
- Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030
- Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030: Proposal for rejection (amendment 6= 7=)
- Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products
- Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products: Proposal for rejection (amendment 119)
- Erasmus+ programme 2028-2034
- Reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector: postponement of certain obligations
- Reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector: postponement of certain obligations: Proposal for rejection (amendment 1= 2=)
- Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified soybean MON 87769
- Boosting skills in the Union - opportunities for vocational education and training in times of transition
- Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States
- Pericles V exchange, assistance and training programme for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting 2028-2034
- Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2026/004 FI/Etelä-Suomi and Helsinki-Uusimaa paper - Finland
- Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Malta, Italy, Portugal and Spain with regard to storms in 2026
- Discharge 2024: EU general budget - European Council and Council
- General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027 - all sections
- Objection pursuant to Rule 114(3): Certification methodologies for carbon farming activities
- Connecting Europe through high-speed rail
- Combating VAT fraud - the effectiveness of cross-border cooperation when it comes to VAT fraud and its impact on the EU budget
No vote matches the filter.
Source: European Parliament roll-call votes, via HowTheyVote (ODbL). Collected 8 November 2026.
Off the group line
79 of 341 comparable votes- Cohesion policy in the EU's eastern border regions: strengthening territorial resilience and cross‑border cooperation
- Erasmus+ programme 2028-2034
- Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified soybean MON 87769
- Cohesion policy - the driving force in implementing the EU agenda for cities
- Protection of adults: jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of measures and cooperation
- Consular protection for unrepresented citizens of the Union in third countries
- Psychosocial risks, stress and mental health at work
- Funding arrangements and the use of a diversified funding strategy
- Strengthening global health resilience in partner countries
- Impact of social media and the online environment on young people
- An EU health workforce crisis plan: sustainability of healthcare systems and employment and working conditions in the healthcare sector
- Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified maize MON 87460
- Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified soybean GMB151 x DAS-44406-6
- Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified soybean MON 94313
- Global role of the euro
- Implementation of the Council Recommendation on a Bridge to Jobs - Reinforcing the Youth Guarantee
- Feasibility of a 28th tax regime and its potential to support EU competitiveness
- Temporary derogation from the ePrivacy directive: Proposal for rejection
- Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified maize DP202216 x NK603 x DAS-40278-9 and its sub-combinations DP 202216 x NK603, DP202216 x DAS-40278-9
- Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified soybean MON 87705
- Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified maize NK603 × T25
- 2025 Commission report on Serbia
- 2025 Commission report on Moldova
- 2025 Commission report on Ukraine
- Protection of the environment through criminal law
- A coherent tax framework for the EU's financial sector
- Financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group - annual report 2025
- Draft amending budget No 1/2026: entering the surplus of the financial year 2025
- Coordination of social security systems
- Wednesday's agenda - Request by the Verts/ALE and The Left groups - Surveillance by illegal spyware
- Implementation of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD) and risks to the security of supply of medicines
- 2025 Commission report on Georgia
- 2025 Commission report on Kosovo
- 2025 Commission report on Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 2025 Commission report on Albania
- 2025 Commission report on Montenegro
- Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)
- European political parties and foundations - 2026 report on the application of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2025/2445 and on the activities funded
- Rule of law, fundamental rights and misuse of EU funds in Slovakia: the need for an EU response
- EU-Canada Agreement laying down the conditions for the participation of Canadian legal entities and products originating in Canada to procurement under the SAFE Instrument
- EU-Uzbekistan Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement
- Women's entrepreneurship in rural and island areas and outermost regions
- Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified soybean MON 94637
- Discharge 2024: Agencies
- Discharge 2024: European Public Prosecutor's Office
- Discharge 2024: EU general budget - European Data Protection Supervisor
- Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU
- Generalised scheme of tariff preferences
- Global Gateway - past impacts and future orientation
- Objection pursuant to Rule 114(3): Union framework for the national calculation of life-cycle global warming potential
- Thursday's agenda - Request by the Verts/ALE Group - Request for withdrawal from voting time
- Wednesday's agenda - Request by The Left Group - Australia
- Activities of the European Ombudsman - annual report 2024
- Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law
- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application
- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application: Proposal for rejection
- Copyright and generative artificial intelligence - opportunities and challenges
- Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing
- Increased efficiency of the External Action Guarantee
- Establishing an EU talent pool: Proposal for rejection (amendment 164= 165= 166=)
- Establishing an EU talent pool
- Situation in Northeast Syria, the violence against civilians and the need to maintain a sustainable ceasefire
- Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
- Addressing subcontracting chains and the role of intermediaries in order to protect workers' rights
- Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy
- Amending the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027
- Regulation implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the Ukraine Support Loan for 2026 and 2027
- Amending Regulation (EU) 2024/792 establishing the Ukraine Facility
- Framework for achieving climate neutrality
- Framework for achieving climate neutrality: Proposal for rejection (amendment 72)
- Motion of censure on the Commission
- Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union's policy on the matter - annual report 2025
- Implementation of the common security and defence policy - annual report 2025
- Implementation of the common foreign and security policy - annual report 2025
- Request for opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement (EMPA) and Interim Trade Agreement (ITA): Motion for a resolution
- Request for opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement (EMPA) and Interim Trade Agreement (ITA)
- Reform of the European Electoral Act - hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States
- Humanitarian aid in a time of polycrisis - reaffirming our principles for a more effective and ambitious response to humanitarian crises
- Just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economies
No vote matches the filter.
Votes in 2026
For 198Abstain 79Against 65Did not vote 22
Alignment with each group
Share of Sander Smit's votes that matched each group's position
In Parliament
- Country
- Netherlands
- Group
- European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR)
- National party
- BBB
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Method
Participation: Share of the votes the Radar follows (HowTheyVote main votes and final roll-call votes) in which the MEP voted. Not attendance; excused absences are not counted. Winning side: Of the For and Against votes, the share on the side of the result: For when adopted, Against when rejected. Abstentions and absences are left out. Off the group line: a vote different from the position of the MEP's own group on that day; divided groups and non-attached members are left out. Full method