Portrait of Hélder Sousa Silva
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Hélder Sousa Silva

Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)Intergroup on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
Member state
Portugal
Place of birth
Mafra
Member of the EP since
2024
Committee
Committee on Budgets
Substitute committee
Committee on Security and Defence · Committee on Culture and Education
Delegations
Delegation for relations with the Federative Republic of Brazil
Conference of Delegation Chairs
Delegation for relations with Mercosur
Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (subst.)
Voting record · 10th term
550
Final votes
roll-call recorded
81.8%
Turnout
450 of 550 voted
3
Excused days of absence
sitting days on which Parliament officially excused the absence
1
Vote corrections
submitted to the record afterwards
2.0%
Dissent rate
9 of 450 votes
EPP
Closest group
98% agreement
Visualisations

Vote distribution

How Sousa Silva voted in the 550 recorded final votes.

For: 401Abstention: 4Against: 45Excused: 10Did not vote: 9081.8%Turnout
For40172.9%
Abstention40.7%
Against458.2%
Excused 3 days101.8%
Did not vote9016.4%

Closeness to the groups

Share of votes in which Sousa Silva voted with the majority of the respective group. Most often aligned with Group of the European People's Party.

0255075100EPPGroup of the European People's Party: 98.0 %98.0 %RenewRenew Europe: 92.7 %92.7 %S&DProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats: 85.8 %85.8 %Greens/EFAGreens / European Free Alliance: 76.0 %76.0 %ECREuropean Conservatives and Reformists: 65.8 %65.8 %The LeftThe Left – GUE/NGL: 46.9 %46.9 %PfEPatriots for Europe: 39.6 %39.6 %ESNEurope of Sovereign Nations: 22.7 %22.7 %

Joint approval

Of Sousa Silva'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 Group of the European People's Party.

0255075100EPPGroup of the European People's Party: 99.5 %99.5 %RenewRenew Europe: 96.3 %96.3 %S&DProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats: 93.3 %93.3 %Greens/EFAGreens / European Free Alliance: 82.5 %82.5 %ECREuropean Conservatives and Reformists: 71.3 %71.3 %The LeftThe Left – GUE/NGL: 50.9 %50.9 %PfEPatriots for Europe: 42.6 %42.6 %ESNEurope of Sovereign Nations: 23.4 %23.4 %

On the winning side

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

92.4% on the winning side412 of 446 votes
Votes For → file adopted 395 / 401 · 99 %
Votes Against → file rejected 17 / 45 · 38 %

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 · 0% TurnoutOktober II · Straßburg · 21.10. – 24.10. · 9 votes · 100% TurnoutNovember I · Brüssel · 13.11. – 14.11. · 4 votes · 75% TurnoutNovember III · Straßburg · 25.11. – 28.11. · 19 votes · 100% TurnoutDezember · Straßburg · 16.12. – 19.12. · 16 votes · 94% 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 · 92% 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 · 95% TurnoutJuli · Straßburg · 07.07. – 10.07. · 27 votes · 96% TurnoutSeptember · Straßburg · 08.09. – 11.09. · 29 votes · 0% TurnoutOktober I · Straßburg · 06.10. – 09.10. · 24 votes · 0% TurnoutOktober II · Straßburg · 20.10. – 23.10. · 17 votes · 24% TurnoutNovember I · Brüssel · 12.11. – 13.11. · 12 votes · 100% TurnoutNovember II · Straßburg · 24.11. – 27.11. · 34 votes · 68% TurnoutDezember · Straßburg · 15.12. – 18.12. · 25 votes · 100% TurnoutJanuar I · Straßburg · 19.01. – 22.01. · 20 votes · 100% Turnout2026Februar I · Straßburg · 09.02. – 12.02. · 26 votes · 96% 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 · 100% TurnoutApril · Straßburg · 27.04. – 30.04. · 49 votes · 76% 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
60
Speeches
of which 0 procedural
86
Speaking time (min)
avg. 1.4 min per speech
91
Rank (speeches)
of 738 Members

Language spoken: Portuguese (58) · English (2)

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