Tom Vandendriessche
Patriots for Europe (PfE) · Vlaams Belang
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96%participation, 348 of 364 votesMedian: PfE 87% · Belgium 92% · all MEPs 89%
79%of votes matched the position of PfE
47%of For and Against votes on the winning side
72votes off the group line, of 347 comparable
Details
How they were elected
- List
- Vlaams Belang (VB)1,034,112 votes, 22.9% in the constituency, 3 seats
- Position on the list
- 1
- Personal votes
- 318,15130.8% of the list's votes
- Constituency
- Dutch-speaking electoral college
- Electoral rule
- In Belgium, 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: FPS Home Affairs (SPF Intérieur), final result tables (https://elections.fgov.be), collected on 13 October 2026. Shares of the list's votes calculated by Parliament Radar.
Where the votes came from
Where the Vlaams Belang (VB) list won votes in the 2024 European election
The map shows the share of valid votes won by this list in each of the 581 municipalities: 1,031,702 votes, 14.5% of valid votes. The 2,410 votes cast abroad have no municipality and are not on the map.
0.0% to 0.0%0.0% to 0.0%0.0% to 20.5%20.5% to 27.0%27.0% to 39.9%% of valid votes
Strongest areas (at least 1,000 valid votes)
- HouthulstDiksmuide, West-Vlaanderen39.9% · 2,763
- VleterenIeper, West-Vlaanderen36.4% · 920
- NinoveAalst, Oost-Vlaanderen35.6% · 9,711
- Langemark-PoelkapelleIeper, West-Vlaanderen35.0% · 1,986
- OostrozebekeTielt, West-Vlaanderen34.8% · 1,943
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: AdminVector, © NGI-IGN, 2026, CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); the 2024 municipalities were rebuilt from the municipal sections and simplified by Parliament Radar.
How Tom Vandendriessche 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
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Source: European Parliament roll-call votes, via HowTheyVote (ODbL). Collected 8 November 2026.
Off the group line
72 of 347 comparable votes- Cohesion policy in the EU's eastern border regions: strengthening territorial resilience and cross‑border cooperation
- Boosting skills in the Union - opportunities for vocational education and training in times of transition
- 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
- Amendments to the Critical Raw Materials Act
- The 2026 undemocratic elections to the Russian State Duma and its implications on civil society
- Human rights situation in Iran, notably the cases of Taraneh Rahimi and Leila Abolhasani
- Recommendation on EU-China political relations
- The EU's approach to corporate tax policy in a changing international environment
- Alignment with the EU economic governance framework and further simplification of that framework
- Protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens, mutagens or reprotoxic substances at work
- Impact of social media and the online environment on young people
- Post-electoral repression in Zambia and the killing of Mutotwe Kafwaya
- Deteriorating situation of media freedom and freedom of expression in Hong Kong following the recent arrest of bookseller Leticia Wong and the convictions of Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung
- Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified soybean GMB151 x DAS-44406-6
- Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditions
- Nuclear decommissioning assistance programme of the Ignalina nuclear power plant in Lithuania for the period 2028-2034
- Defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for the defence industry (Omnibus V)
- Acceleration of permit-granting for defence readiness projects (Omnibus V)
- Simplification of intra-EU transfers of defence-related products and simplification of security and defence procurement (Omnibus V)
- Temporary trade-liberalisation measures applicable to Armenian products
- Implementation into Union law of measures adopted by regional fisheries management organisations
- Market stability reserve for the buildings, road transport and additional sectors
- Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measures
- Protection of the environment through criminal law
- Competition policy - annual report 2025
- Recommendation on the changing geopolitical situation in East Asia and the need for closer cooperation with like-minded partners in the region
- Coordination of social security systems
- Russia's unacceptable provocative actions and drone incursions into Romania, the Baltic states and Finland
- Continued crackdown on civic space and fundamental freedoms in Burkina Faso
- Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)
- EU-Liberia Voluntary Partnership Agreement on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products: termination (Resolution)
- Role of trade in strengthening the EU's economic security
- Measures necessary for the implementation of the Protocol, annexed to the TEU and to the TFEU, on the financial consequences of the expiry of the ECSC Treaty and on the Research Fund for Coal and Steel
- Rights, support and protection of victims of crime
- The cases of human rights and environmental defenders Andrie Yunus and Muhammad Rosidi in Indonesia
- Situation of women and girls in Afghanistan following the Taliban's adoption of the Criminal Procedure Code for Courts
- EC-São Tomé and Príncipe Fisheries Partnership Agreement (2025-2029): Implementing Protocol
- EU-Uzbekistan Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (resolution)
- EU-Uzbekistan Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement
- Research Fund for Coal and Steel: research programme and multiannual technical and financial guidelines
- Screening of foreign investments in the Union
- Negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel market
- Supporting democratic resilience in Armenia
- Ensuring accountability and justice in response to Russia's continued attacks against the civilian population in Ukraine
- New Chinese law on 'ethnic unity and progress' and the intensified suppression of ethnic identities
- Escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in Haiti
- EU-USA-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agreement, and EU-Iceland-Norway Ancillary Agreement on the application of the Air Transport Agreement
- Discharge 2024: EU general budget - European Data Protection Supervisor
- Discharge 2024: EU general budget - European Economic and Social Committee
- Discharge 2024: EU general budget - Court of Auditors
- Discharge 2024: EU general budget - Court of Justice of the European Union
- Enhancing connectivity, preserving cultural heritage and driving local excellence in European tourism - destination management and regional tourism growth
- Control, transparency and traceability of performance-based instruments
- Generalised scheme of tariff preferences: Proposal for rejection (amendment 131)
- 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
- Combating corruption
- Wednesday's agenda - Request by the PPE Group - Iran
- Flagship European defence projects of common interest
- 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
- Increased efficiency of the External Action Guarantee
- Harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law
- Post-election situation in Uganda and threats against opposition leader Bobi Wine
- EU strategic defence and security partnerships
- Interim report in view of the consent procedure on the Agreement establishing an association between the EU and the Principality of Andorra and the Republic of San Marino
- Wednesday's agenda - Request by The Left Group - Israel
- Choice of performance indicators for audit and budgetary control in the context of financing measures to support the implementation of future European competitiveness
- Drones and new systems of warfare - the EU's need to adapt to be fit for today's security challenges
- Conviction and imminent sentencing of Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong
- Safeguarding and promoting financial stability amid economic uncertainties
- Framework for strengthening the availability and security of supply of critical medicinal products as well as the availability of, and accessibility of, medicinal products of common interest
- Framework for strengthening the availability and security of supply of critical medicinal products as well as the availability of, and accessibility of, medicinal products of common interest: Proposal for rejection (amendment 258)
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Votes in 2026
For 144Abstain 53Against 151Did not vote 16
Alignment with each group
Share of Tom Vandendriessche's votes that matched each group's position
In Parliament
- Country
- Belgium
- Group
- Patriots for Europe (PfE)
- National party
- Vlaams Belang
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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