Bart van Kent
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Bart van Kent (born 18 December 1983) is a Dutch politician of the Socialist Party. Between March 2017 and November 2025, he was a member of the House of Representatives.[1]
In the 2006 municipal elections, Van Kent was elected to the Eindhoven municipal council. The next year, he resigned to move to The Hague. Between 2010 and 2017, Van Kent was a member of the municipal council of The Hague.[2] Since 2017, he has been a member of the House of Representatives for the Socialist Party.[3] He was re-elected in November 2023, and he has since served as the Socialist Party's spokesperson for labor, income, pensions, traffic, and defense.[4]
When in 2024 an early retirement scheme for workers in physically demanding occupations neared expiration and negotiations about its extension stalled, Van Kent and Luc Stultiens (GL/PvdA) filed an amendment to make the scheme permanent and to raise its maximum benefits. They planned to fund the expansion through canceling a planned broadening of the earnings stripping rule for large corporations.[5][6] Negotiations facilitated by social affairs minister Eddy van Hijum finally led to an agreement on a permanent scheme in October 2024.[7]
Van Kent did not run for re-election in 2025, and his term ended on 11 November 2025.[8][9]
Electoral history
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| Year | Body | Party | Pos. | Votes | Result | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party seats | Individual | |||||||
| 2012 | House of Representatives | Socialist Party | 38 | 149 | 15 | Lost | [10] | |
| 2017 | House of Representatives | Socialist Party | 9 | 957 | 14 | Won | [11] | |
| 2021 | House of Representatives | Socialist Party | 8 | 599 | 9 | Won | [12] | |
| 2023 | House of Representatives | Socialist Party | 3 | 1,580 | 5 | Won | [13] | |
References
- ↑ "B. (Bart) van Kent". www.parlement.com (in Dutch).
- ↑ "Nevenactiviteiten van Bart van Kent". Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ↑ van Outeren, Emilie (22 March 2017). "Dit zijn de nieuwe leden van de Tweede Kamer". NRC. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ↑ "Kamerleden" [Members of parliament]. Socialist Party (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ↑ Van Soest, Hans (22 August 2024). "GroenLinks-PvdA en SP willen blijvend vroegpensioen, belastingkorting grote bedrijven dan op de tocht" [GroenLinks–PvdA and SP want extension of early retirement, tax credit for large corporations would disappear]. Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ↑ "Amendement van de leden Stultiens en Van Kent over een verruiming van de RVU-drempelvrijstelling" [Amendment of members Stultiens and Van Kent for the expansion of the early retirement scheme threshold exemption]. House of Representatives (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ↑ Von Piekartz, Hessel (18 October 2024). "Akkoord over vroegpensioenregeling voor zware beroepen" [Agreement about early retirement scheme for physically demand occupations]. de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ↑ Den Hartog, Tobias (3 August 2025). "Weer vertrekt ervaren SP-Kamerlid: Van Kent uit Kamer" [Another experienced SP MP departs: Van Kant out of the House]. Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 November 2025.
- ↑ "Tromgeroffel en tranen: zeventig vertrekkende Kamerleden uitgezwaaid" [Drum rolls and tears: Seventy departing MPs sent off]. NOS (in Dutch). 11 November 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ↑ "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2012" [Results 2012 general election] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 17 September 2012. pp. 68–78, 153. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ↑ "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2017 (getekend exemplaar)" [Results House of Representatives 2017 (signed example)] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 21 March 2017. pp. 68–76, 204. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ↑ "Proces-verbaal verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer 2021" [Report of the election results House of Representatives 2021] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 29 March 2021. pp. 106–110, 231. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ↑ "Proces-verbaal van de uitslag van de verkiezing van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal 2023 d.d. 4 december 2023" [Report of the results of the election of the House of Representatives on 4 December 2023] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 4 December 2023. pp. 41–42. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
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