Portrait of Brando Benifei
Member profile · European Parliament

Brando Benifei

Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European ParliamentIntergroup on Children’s Rights
Member state
Italy
Place of birth
La Spezia
Member of the EP since
2014
Committee
Committee on International Trade · Committee on Constitutional Affairs
Substitute committee
Committee on Legal Affairs · Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Delegations
Conference of Delegation Chairs
Delegation for relations with the Federative Republic of Brazil
Delegation for relations with the United States
Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (subst.)
Delegation for relations with Mercosur (subst.)
Voting record · 10th term
550
Final votes
roll-call recorded
81.1%
Turnout
446 of 550 voted
4
Excused days of absence
sitting days on which Parliament officially excused the absence
1
Vote corrections
submitted to the record afterwards
0.4%
Dissent rate
2 of 446 votes
S&D
Closest group
100% agreement
Visualisations

Vote distribution

How Benifei voted in the 550 recorded final votes.

For: 405Abstention: 5Against: 36Excused: 26Did not vote: 7881.1%Turnout
For40573.6%
Abstention50.9%
Against366.5%
Excused 4 days264.7%
Did not vote7814.2%

Closeness to the groups

Share of votes in which Benifei voted with the majority of the respective group. Most often aligned with Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.

0255075100S&DProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats: 99.6 %99.6 %RenewRenew Europe: 92.4 %92.4 %Greens/EFAGreens / European Free Alliance: 88.3 %88.3 %EPPGroup of the European People's Party: 85.7 %85.7 %ECREuropean Conservatives and Reformists: 67.3 %67.3 %The LeftThe Left – GUE/NGL: 60.8 %60.8 %PfEPatriots for Europe: 40.8 %40.8 %ESNEurope of Sovereign Nations: 24.9 %24.9 %

Joint approval

Of Benifei's votes in favour, the share where the respective group majority also voted in favour — constructive agreement, excluding joint opposition. Most often jointly in favour with Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.

0255075100S&DProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats: 100.0 %100.0 %RenewRenew Europe: 96.0 %96.0 %EPPGroup of the European People's Party: 92.1 %92.1 %Greens/EFAGreens / European Free Alliance: 88.9 %88.9 %ECREuropean Conservatives and Reformists: 72.3 %72.3 %The LeftThe Left – GUE/NGL: 59.3 %59.3 %PfEPatriots for Europe: 43.2 %43.2 %ESNEurope of Sovereign Nations: 24.4 %24.4 %

On the winning side

How often Benifei’s vote matches the outcome — For on adopted, Against on rejected files. Abstentions count for neither side.

94.1% on the winning side415 of 441 votes
Votes For → file adopted 401 / 405 · 99 %
Votes Against → file rejected 14 / 36 · 39 %

Turnout & behaviour over time

One column per session week, height = number of votes, segments by position (For · Abstention · Against · did not vote).

Juli · Straßburg · 16.07. – 19.07. · 1 votes · 100% Turnout2024September · Straßburg · 16.09. – 19.09. · 8 votes · 100% TurnoutOktober I · Straßburg · 07.10. – 10.10. · 3 votes · 100% TurnoutOktober II · Straßburg · 21.10. – 24.10. · 9 votes · 100% TurnoutNovember I · Brüssel · 13.11. – 14.11. · 4 votes · 100% TurnoutNovember III · Straßburg · 25.11. – 28.11. · 19 votes · 95% TurnoutDezember · Straßburg · 16.12. – 19.12. · 16 votes · 0% TurnoutJanuar I · Straßburg · 20.01. – 23.01. · 6 votes · 83% Turnout2025Februar · Straßburg · 10.02. – 13.02. · 9 votes · 56% TurnoutMärz I · Straßburg · 10.03. – 13.03. · 13 votes · 69% TurnoutMärz II · Straßburg · 31.03. – 03.04. · 18 votes · 72% TurnoutMai I · Straßburg · 05.05. – 08.05. · 32 votes · 97% TurnoutMai II · Brüssel · 21.05. – 22.05. · 6 votes · 100% TurnoutJuni · Straßburg · 16.06. – 19.06. · 20 votes · 35% TurnoutJuli · Straßburg · 07.07. – 10.07. · 27 votes · 96% TurnoutSeptember · Straßburg · 08.09. – 11.09. · 29 votes · 97% TurnoutOktober I · Straßburg · 06.10. – 09.10. · 24 votes · 100% TurnoutOktober II · Straßburg · 20.10. – 23.10. · 17 votes · 88% TurnoutNovember I · Brüssel · 12.11. – 13.11. · 12 votes · 0% TurnoutNovember II · Straßburg · 24.11. – 27.11. · 34 votes · 100% TurnoutDezember · Straßburg · 15.12. – 18.12. · 25 votes · 96% TurnoutJanuar I · Straßburg · 19.01. – 22.01. · 20 votes · 60% Turnout2026Februar I · Straßburg · 09.02. – 12.02. · 26 votes · 92% TurnoutFebruar II · Brüssel · 24.02. · 1 votes · 100% TurnoutMärz I · Straßburg · 09.03. – 12.03. · 27 votes · 100% TurnoutMärz II · Brüssel · 25.03. – 26.03. · 12 votes · 0% TurnoutApril · Straßburg · 27.04. – 30.04. · 49 votes · 96% TurnoutMai · Straßburg · 18.05. – 21.05. · 21 votes · 95% TurnoutJuni · Straßburg · 15.06. – 18.06. · 33 votes · 58% TurnoutJuli · Straßburg · 06.07. – 09.07. · 29 votes · 90% Turnout
Plenary speeches
59
Speeches
of which 0 procedural
81
Speaking time (min)
avg. 1.4 min per speech
98
Rank (speeches)
of 738 Members

Language spoken: Italian (51) · English (8)

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