Portrait of Hélder Sousa Silva
Member profile · European Parliament

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
650
Roll-call votes recorded
primary final votes
79.7%
Turnout
518 of 650 voted
6
Excused days of absence
sitting days on which Parliament officially excused the absence
1
Vote corrections
submitted to the record afterwards
2.3%
Dissent rate
12 of 518 votes
EPP
Closest group
98% agreement
Visualisations

Vote distribution

How Sousa Silva voted in the 650 recorded final votes.

For: 424Abstention: 6Against: 88Excused: 19Did not vote: 11379.7%Turnout
For42465.2%
Abstention60.9%
Against8813.5%
Excused 6 days192.9%
Did not vote11317.4%

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: 97.7 %97.7 %RenewRenew Europe: 91.5 %91.5 %S&DProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats: 83.4 %83.4 %Greens/EFAGreens / European Free Alliance: 74.1 %74.1 %ECREuropean Conservatives and Reformists: 64.3 %64.3 %The LeftThe Left – GUE/NGL: 48.3 %48.3 %PfEPatriots for Europe: 41.5 %41.5 %ESNEurope of Sovereign Nations: 24.9 %24.9 %

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.

93.2% on the winning side477 of 512 votes
Votes For → file adopted 419 / 424 · 99 %
Votes Against → file rejected 58 / 88 · 66 %

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. · 4 votes · 100% Turnout2024September · Straßburg · 16.09. – 19.09. · 11 votes · 91% TurnoutOktober I · Straßburg · 07.10. – 10.10. · 7 votes · 0% TurnoutOktober II · Straßburg · 21.10. – 24.10. · 13 votes · 100% TurnoutNovember I · Brüssel · 13.11. – 14.11. · 8 votes · 88% TurnoutNovember III · Straßburg · 25.11. – 28.11. · 23 votes · 91% TurnoutDezember · Straßburg · 16.12. – 19.12. · 18 votes · 89% TurnoutJanuar I · Straßburg · 20.01. – 23.01. · 9 votes · 78% Turnout2025Februar · Straßburg · 10.02. – 13.02. · 14 votes · 64% TurnoutMärz I · Straßburg · 10.03. – 13.03. · 18 votes · 89% TurnoutMärz II · Straßburg · 31.03. – 03.04. · 28 votes · 100% TurnoutMai I · Straßburg · 05.05. – 08.05. · 42 votes · 88% TurnoutMai II · Brüssel · 21.05. – 22.05. · 8 votes · 100% TurnoutJuni · Straßburg · 16.06. – 19.06. · 24 votes · 96% TurnoutJuli · Straßburg · 07.07. – 10.07. · 31 votes · 97% TurnoutSeptember · Straßburg · 08.09. – 11.09. · 30 votes · 0% TurnoutOktober I · Straßburg · 06.10. – 09.10. · 27 votes · 0% TurnoutOktober II · Straßburg · 20.10. – 23.10. · 26 votes · 27% TurnoutNovember I · Brüssel · 12.11. – 13.11. · 17 votes · 100% TurnoutNovember II · Straßburg · 24.11. – 27.11. · 38 votes · 71% TurnoutDezember · Straßburg · 15.12. – 18.12. · 33 votes · 100% TurnoutJanuar I · Straßburg · 19.01. – 22.01. · 24 votes · 100% Turnout2026Februar I · Straßburg · 09.02. – 12.02. · 29 votes · 97% TurnoutFebruar II · Brüssel · 24.02. · 1 votes · 100% TurnoutMärz I · Straßburg · 09.03. – 12.03. · 29 votes · 97% TurnoutMärz II · Brüssel · 25.03. – 26.03. · 16 votes · 100% TurnoutApril · Straßburg · 27.04. – 30.04. · 55 votes · 75% TurnoutMai · Straßburg · 18.05. – 21.05. · 29 votes · 100% TurnoutJuni · Straßburg · 15.06. – 18.06. · 38 votes · 100% Turnout
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