Liesbet Sommen
European People's Party (EPP) · CD&V
Details
How they were elected
- List
- Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams (CD&V)594,968 votes, 13.2% in the constituency, 2 seats
- Position on the list
- 2
- Personal votes
- 48,5128.2% 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 Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams (CD&V) 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: 593,372 votes, 8.4% of valid votes. The 1,596 votes cast abroad have no municipality and are not on the map.
Strongest areas (at least 1,000 valid votes)
- KinrooiMaaseik, Limburg34.3% · 2,510
- Lo-ReningeDiksmuide, West-Vlaanderen28.2% · 620
- HerneHalle-Vilvoorde, Vlaams-Brabant25.7% · 1,226
- PeerMaaseik, Limburg25.6% · 2,964
- PittemTielt, West-Vlaanderen25.3% · 1,243
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 Liesbet Sommen 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
10 of 352 comparable votes- Combating VAT fraud - the effectiveness of cross-border cooperation when it comes to VAT fraud and its impact on the EU budget
- Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2), (3) and (4)(c): Lead in gunshot
- The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU's external borders
- Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditions
- Objection pursuant to Rule 114(3): Trajectory to decrease the contribution of high indirect land-use change-risk biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels to renewable energy targets
- General arrangements for excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products
- Structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast)
- Protection of the European Union's financial interests - combating fraud - annual report 2024
- Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation)
- 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)
No vote matches the filter.
Votes in 2026
Alignment with each group
Share of Liesbet Sommen's votes that matched each group's position
In Parliament
- Country
- Belgium
- Group
- European People's Party (EPP)
- National party
- CD&V
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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