Portrait of Jonas Sjöstedt
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Jonas Sjöstedt

The Left group in the European Parliament - GUE/NGLIntergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals
Member state
Sweden
Place of birth
Göteborg
Member of the EP since
1995
Committee
Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Association Committee · Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee · Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety · Committee on Budgetary Control
Substitute committee
Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield · Committee on Foreign Affairs
Delegations
Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly
Delegation for relations with Central Asia
Voting record · 10th term
550
Final votes
roll-call recorded
88.2%
Turnout
485 of 550 voted
0
Vote corrections
submitted to the record afterwards
23.3%
Dissent rate
113 of 485 votes
The Left
Closest group
77% agreement
Visualisations

Vote distribution

How Sjöstedt voted in the 550 recorded final votes.

For: 313Abstention: 40Against: 132Did not vote: 6588.2%Turnout
For31356.9%
Abstention407.3%
Against13224.0%
Did not vote6511.8%

Closeness to the groups

Share of votes in which Sjöstedt voted with the majority of the respective group. Most often aligned with The Left – GUE/NGL.

0255075100The LeftThe Left – GUE/NGL: 76.7 %76.7 %Greens/EFAGreens / European Free Alliance: 73.8 %73.8 %S&DProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats: 69.5 %69.5 %RenewRenew Europe: 63.5 %63.5 %EPPGroup of the European People's Party: 57.7 %57.7 %ECREuropean Conservatives and Reformists: 49.9 %49.9 %PfEPatriots for Europe: 39.6 %39.6 %ESNEurope of Sovereign Nations: 31.3 %31.3 %

Joint approval

Of Sjöstedt'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: 97.8 %97.8 %Greens/EFAGreens / European Free Alliance: 96.5 %96.5 %RenewRenew Europe: 92.7 %92.7 %EPPGroup of the European People's Party: 87.9 %87.9 %The LeftThe Left – GUE/NGL: 76.0 %76.0 %ECREuropean Conservatives and Reformists: 71.2 %71.2 %PfEPatriots for Europe: 42.5 %42.5 %ESNEurope of Sovereign Nations: 24.6 %24.6 %

On the winning side

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

70.1% on the winning side312 of 445 votes
Votes For → file adopted 304 / 313 · 97 %
Votes Against → file rejected 8 / 132 · 6 %

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 · 100% TurnoutDezember · Straßburg · 16.12. – 19.12. · 16 votes · 0% TurnoutJanuar I · Straßburg · 20.01. – 23.01. · 6 votes · 100% Turnout2025Februar · Straßburg · 10.02. – 13.02. · 9 votes · 78% TurnoutMärz I · Straßburg · 10.03. – 13.03. · 13 votes · 77% 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 · 70% TurnoutJuli · Straßburg · 07.07. – 10.07. · 27 votes · 100% 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 · 76% TurnoutNovember I · Brüssel · 12.11. – 13.11. · 12 votes · 100% TurnoutNovember II · Straßburg · 24.11. – 27.11. · 34 votes · 100% TurnoutDezember · Straßburg · 15.12. – 18.12. · 25 votes · 76% TurnoutJanuar I · Straßburg · 19.01. – 22.01. · 20 votes · 100% Turnout2026Februar I · Straßburg · 09.02. – 12.02. · 26 votes · 69% TurnoutFebruar II · Brüssel · 24.02. · 1 votes · 100% TurnoutMärz I · Straßburg · 09.03. – 12.03. · 27 votes · 78% TurnoutMärz II · Brüssel · 25.03. – 26.03. · 12 votes · 0% TurnoutApril · Straßburg · 27.04. – 30.04. · 49 votes · 100% TurnoutMai · Straßburg · 18.05. – 21.05. · 21 votes · 95% TurnoutJuni · Straßburg · 15.06. – 18.06. · 33 votes · 97% TurnoutJuli · Straßburg · 06.07. – 09.07. · 29 votes · 100% Turnout
Plenary speeches
59
Speeches
of which 0 procedural
80
Speaking time (min)
avg. 1.4 min per speech
98
Rank (speeches)
of 738 Members

Language spoken: Swedish (57) · English (2)

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