Dirk Gotink
European People's Party (EPP) · Independent
Details
How they were elected
- List
- Nieuw Sociaal Contract (NSC)233,564 votes, 3.8%, 1 seat
- Position on the list
- 1
- Personal votes
- 136,17658.3% 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 Nieuw Sociaal Contract (NSC) 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: 232,398 votes, 3.8% of valid votes. The 1,166 votes cast abroad or in the Caribbean Netherlands have no municipality and are not on the map.
Strongest areas (at least 1,000 valid votes)
- BorneOverijssel15.0% · 1,399
- OldenzaalOverijssel14.2% · 1,601
- HaaksbergenOverijssel13.5% · 1,286
- LosserOverijssel13.5% · 1,148
- DinkellandOverijssel12.5% · 1,415
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 Dirk Gotink 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 351 comparable votes- Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2), (3) and (4)(c): Lead in gunshot
- 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
- Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2026 High-Level Political Forum
- Coordination of social security systems
- Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain
- New Chinese law on 'ethnic unity and progress' and the intensified suppression of ethnic identities
- Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III
- Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034
- EU enlargement strategy
No vote matches the filter.
Votes in 2026
Alignment with each group
Share of Dirk Gotink's votes that matched each group's position
In Parliament
- Country
- Netherlands
- Group
- European People's Party (EPP)
- National party
- Independent
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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