Rihards Kols
European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) · TB/LNNK
Details
How they were elected
- List
- Nacionālā apvienība 'Visu Latvijai!'-'Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK'114,858 votes, 22.1%, 2 seats
- Candidate score
- 148,291
- Electoral rule
- In Latvia, 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).1 points. List votes, candidate score: Central Election Commission of Latvia (CVK, data.gov.lv, CC0); a candidate's score is the list's ballots, minus ballots that struck the candidate out, plus ballots that marked the candidate with a plus, collected on 13 October 2026.
Where the votes came from
Where the Nacionālā apvienība 'Visu Latvijai!'-'Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK' list won votes in the 2024 European election
The map shows the share of valid votes won by this list in each of the 43 municipalities: 113,817 votes, 22.4% of valid votes. The 1,041 votes cast abroad have no municipality and are not on the map.
Strongest areas (at least 1,000 valid votes)
- Talsu novads29.5% · 3,588
- Dienvidkurzemes novads29.5% · 3,022
- Tukuma novads28.9% · 4,222
- Ventspils novads28.4% · 809
- Siguldas novads28.0% · 3,159
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: Ministry of Smart Administration and Regional Development of Latvia (VARAM), Administrative territories 2021, CC0 1.0, simplified.
How Rihards Kols 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
38 of 301 comparable votes- General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027 - all sections
- Protection of adults: jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of measures and cooperation
- Establishing the Single Market and Customs Programme for the period 2028-2034
- Global role of the euro
- The EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027
- Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield
- Draft amending budget No 2/2026: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditure
- The threat of war crimes, the escalating violations of international humanitarian law and the human rights situation in El-Obeid, Sudan
- Temporary derogation from the ePrivacy directive
- Establishment of the digital euro
- A coherent tax framework for the EU's financial sector
- 2025 Commission report on North Macedonia
- 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
- Rule of law, fundamental rights and misuse of EU funds in Slovakia: the need for an EU response
- Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly
- The Commission's 2025 Rule of Law report
- Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025
- Discharge 2024: Agencies
- Discharge 2024: European Public Prosecutor's Office
- Discharge 2024: EU general budget - European Council and Council
- Discharge 2024: EU general budget - Commission
- Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU
- Activities of the European Ombudsman - annual report 2024
- Tackling barriers to the single market for defence
- EU enlargement strategy
- The upcoming European Research Area (ERA) Act
- Copyright and generative artificial intelligence - opportunities and challenges
- Increased efficiency of the External Action Guarantee
- 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
- Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy
- European Central Bank - annual report 2025
- Attempted takeover of Lithuania's public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania
- Addressing impunity through EU sanctions, including the EU Global Human Rights sanctions regime (so-called 'EU Magnitsky Act')
- Implementation of the common security and defence policy - annual report 2025
- Implementation of the common foreign and security policy - annual report 2025
- 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
No vote matches the filter.
Votes in 2026
Alignment with each group
Share of Rihards Kols's votes that matched each group's position
In Parliament
- Country
- Latvia
- Group
- European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR)
- National party
- TB/LNNK
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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