Eva van Esch
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Dutch politician
Eva Maria van Esch (born 12 May 1986 in Rossum) is a Dutch politician, who served as a Member of Parliament for the Party for the Animals (Dutch: Partij voor de Dieren, PvdD) between 2019 and 2023. She previously served as the party's parliamentary leader in the municipal council of Utrecht.[1][2] Since March 2025 she has served as Alderman (wethouder) in the city of Arnhem.[3]
Van Esch proposes that dogs should be allowed into hospitals to visit their owners' deathbeds, and should also be permitted into funeral homes to say a last goodbye.[4] She favours tighter regulations for wood-burning.[5]
Electoral history
| Year | Body | Party | Pos. | Votes | Result | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party seats | Individual | |||||||
| 2021 | House of Representatives | Party for the Animals | 6 | 14,744 | 6 | Won | [6] | |
| 2024 | European Parliament | 38[a] | 880 | 1 | Lost | [7] | ||
| 2025 | House of Representatives | 47[a] | 522 | 3 | Lost | [8] | ||
Notes
- 1 2 Van Esch participated as a lijstduwer.
References
- ↑ "Animal party leader leaves parliament after 13 years". NL Times. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ↑ "Utrechts raadslid neemt plek Marianne Thieme in Tweede Kamer over". De Utrechtse Internet Courant. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ↑ "College van Burgemeester en Wethouders". Retrieved 3 April 2025.
- ↑ "Partij voor de Dieren wil bezoekrecht honden aan overleden baas". Dogzine.nl (in Dutch). 19 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- ↑ "Tweede Kamer vindt het te vroeg voor strengere regels houtstook". De Gelderlander (in Dutch). 2 February 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ↑ "Tweede Kamer 17 maart 2021". Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 April 2025.
- ↑ "Proces-verbaal centraal stembureau uitslag verkiezing Europees Parlement Model P22-1" [Central electoral council report of the results of the election of the European Parliament Model P22-1] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 19 June 2024. pp. 19–20, 41. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ↑ "Proces-verbaal van het centraal stembureau met de uitslag van de verkiezing van de Tweede Kamer 2025 d.d. 7 november 2025" [Report of the central electoral committee with the results of the 2025 election of the House of Representatives dated 7 November 2025] (PDF). Electoral Council (in Dutch). 7 November 2025. pp. 47–48, 139. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
External links
- E.M. (Eva) van Esch, Parlement.com
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