Portrait of Rihards Kols
Member profile · European Parliament

Rihards Kols

European Conservatives and Reformists GroupNacionālā apvienība "Visu Latvijai!" - "Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK"
Member state
Latvia
Place of birth
Riga
Member of the EP since
2024
Committee
Committee on Foreign Affairs · Committee on International Trade · Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee
Substitute committee
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy · Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee
Delegations
Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (subst.)
Delegation for relations with the United States (subst.)
Voting record · 10th term
550
Final votes
roll-call recorded
93.8%
Turnout
516 of 550 voted
0
Vote corrections
submitted to the record afterwards
13.4%
Dissent rate
69 of 516 votes
ECR
Closest group
87% agreement
Visualisations

Vote distribution

How Kols voted in the 550 recorded final votes.

For: 398Abstention: 66Against: 52Did not vote: 3493.8%Turnout
For39872.4%
Abstention6612.0%
Against529.5%
Did not vote346.2%

Closeness to the groups

Share of votes in which Kols voted with the majority of the respective group. Most often aligned with European Conservatives and Reformists.

0255075100ECREuropean Conservatives and Reformists: 86.6 %86.6 %S&DProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats: 73.6 %73.6 %RenewRenew Europe: 73.1 %73.1 %EPPGroup of the European People's Party: 72.7 %72.7 %Greens/EFAGreens / European Free Alliance: 63.6 %63.6 %PfEPatriots for Europe: 54.1 %54.1 %The LeftThe Left – GUE/NGL: 45.3 %45.3 %ESNEurope of Sovereign Nations: 36.2 %36.2 %

Joint approval

Of Kols'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: 92.5 %92.5 %EPPGroup of the European People's Party: 91.5 %91.5 %RenewRenew Europe: 91.5 %91.5 %ECREuropean Conservatives and Reformists: 91.2 %91.2 %Greens/EFAGreens / European Free Alliance: 79.6 %79.6 %PfEPatriots for Europe: 57.3 %57.3 %The LeftThe Left – GUE/NGL: 52.3 %52.3 %ESNEurope of Sovereign Nations: 34.4 %34.4 %

On the winning side

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

89.8% on the winning side404 of 450 votes
Votes For → file adopted 391 / 398 · 98 %
Votes Against → file rejected 13 / 52 · 25 %

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 · 0% TurnoutNovember III · Straßburg · 25.11. – 28.11. · 19 votes · 100% TurnoutDezember · Straßburg · 16.12. – 19.12. · 16 votes · 100% TurnoutJanuar I · Straßburg · 20.01. – 23.01. · 6 votes · 100% Turnout2025Februar · Straßburg · 10.02. – 13.02. · 9 votes · 100% TurnoutMärz I · Straßburg · 10.03. – 13.03. · 13 votes · 100% TurnoutMärz II · Straßburg · 31.03. – 03.04. · 18 votes · 100% TurnoutMai I · Straßburg · 05.05. – 08.05. · 32 votes · 100% TurnoutMai II · Brüssel · 21.05. – 22.05. · 6 votes · 100% TurnoutJuni · Straßburg · 16.06. – 19.06. · 20 votes · 90% TurnoutJuli · Straßburg · 07.07. – 10.07. · 27 votes · 96% TurnoutSeptember · Straßburg · 08.09. – 11.09. · 29 votes · 100% TurnoutOktober I · Straßburg · 06.10. – 09.10. · 24 votes · 100% TurnoutOktober II · Straßburg · 20.10. – 23.10. · 17 votes · 100% TurnoutNovember I · Brüssel · 12.11. – 13.11. · 12 votes · 100% TurnoutNovember II · Straßburg · 24.11. – 27.11. · 34 votes · 94% TurnoutDezember · Straßburg · 15.12. – 18.12. · 25 votes · 100% TurnoutJanuar I · Straßburg · 19.01. – 22.01. · 20 votes · 95% Turnout2026Februar I · Straßburg · 09.02. – 12.02. · 26 votes · 100% TurnoutFebruar II · Brüssel · 24.02. · 1 votes · 0% 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 · 78% TurnoutMai · Straßburg · 18.05. – 21.05. · 21 votes · 100% TurnoutJuni · Straßburg · 15.06. – 18.06. · 33 votes · 100% TurnoutJuli · Straßburg · 06.07. – 09.07. · 29 votes · 100% Turnout
Plenary speeches
57
Speeches
of which 0 procedural
74
Speaking time (min)
avg. 1.3 min per speech
108
Rank (speeches)
of 738 Members

Language spoken: English (51) · Latvian (6)

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