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As of 22 Oct 2026, Jessica POLFJÄRD is a Sweden MEP in European People’s Party (EPP); WheresMyMEP records 95.1% roll-call attendance, 188 notable vote records, 20 disclosed lobby meetings and no paid outside activities declared (data as of 22 Oct 2026).

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Jessica POLFJÄRD

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EPP · Sweden

Moderaterna (Moderate Party)

95.1% attendance
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95.1%
Attendance · last 180 days
#274 of 717 on the leaderboard
1499
Votes Participated
10th Term
2024 – 2029

Attendance by month

EP · roll-call · last 180 days

Credited roll-call participation in each calendar month of the current 180-day window of the 10th term, from the same per-sitting counts as the headline figure. Officially excused sittings (Rule 162) are removed from that month's denominator — a gap in the line is a fully excused month. The dashed line is the mean of ranked MEPs' monthly rates. How this is calculated

Jessica POLFJÄRD monthly attendance compared with the EU mean0255075100100.0%98.8%99.6%80.3%99.6%May ’26Jun ’26Jul ’26Sept ’26Oct ’26

Missed votes by sitting

EP · attendance register · last 180 days

Every plenary sitting day on which this MEP missed at least one roll-call vote, newest first. “Officially excused” means the Parliament's own record excuses the absence; those sittings are already credited in the figure above. Links open the Parliament's record for that day. How this works

Voting Record

Main votes over the last 180 days · data as of 22 Oct 2026

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22 Oct 2026Escalation of Russian strikes in the EU, particularly on Bla…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Cohesion policy in the EU’s eastern border regions: strength…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AbstainADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AgainstREJECTED
22 Oct 2026Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for ch…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for ch…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AgainstREJECTED
22 Oct 2026Erasmus+ programme 2028-2034EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector: postpon…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector: postpon…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AgainstREJECTED
21 Oct 2026Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modif…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AgainstADOPTED

Voting against the party line

Share of recorded plenary roll-call votes where Jessica POLFJÄRD voted differently from the majority of their European Parliament political group, or of their national-party colleagues.

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Different from European People’s Party (EPP) majority

6.5% (12 of 185)

The European People’s Party (EPP) average on the same method is 5.1%. Counted only when Jessica POLFJÄRD cast For, Against or Abstain and the group had a unique leading position.

Different from national-party majority

0.5% (1 of 185)

Moderaterna (Moderate Party) · 4 sitting MEPs. Singleton delegations are excluded.

Largest breaks from the group majority
15 Sept 2026

Implementation of the Council Recommendation on a Bridge to Jobs – Reinforcing the Youth Guarantee

Jessica POLFJÄRD voted Against; 96% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (166 of 173) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Against
22 Oct 2026

Cohesion policy in the EU’s eastern border regions: strengthening territorial resilience and cross‑border cooperation

Jessica POLFJÄRD voted Abstain; 94% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (133 of 142) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Abstain
21 Oct 2026

Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States

Jessica POLFJÄRD voted Against; 92% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (157 of 170) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Against
17 Sept 2026

An EU health workforce crisis plan: sustainability of healthcare systems and employment and working conditions in the healthcare sector

Jessica POLFJÄRD voted Against; 92% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (144 of 156) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Against
8 Jul 2026

Objection pursuant to Rule 114(3): Trajectory to decrease the contribution of high indirect land-use change-risk biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels to renewable energy targets

Jessica POLFJÄRD voted Against; 92% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (158 of 172) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Against
17 Jun 2026

General arrangements for excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products

Jessica POLFJÄRD voted Against; 85% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (143 of 169) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Against
8 Oct 2026

Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2), (3) and (4)(c): Monacolins from red yeast rice

Jessica POLFJÄRD voted Against; 82% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (121 of 147) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Against
8 Oct 2026

Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2), (3) and (4)(c): Lead in gunshot

Jessica POLFJÄRD voted Abstain; 82% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (115 of 140) voted Against.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Abstain

Source: HowTheyVote.eu export of European Parliament roll-call results. This is a count of recorded positions, not a judgment of motive. How this is calculated · Who breaks with their group most often

Vote predictions

Vote model

Computed from Jessica POLFJÄRD’s own roll-call record and how their group actually voted, rules, not guesswork.

90% accurate on 5,744 held-out votes

Coming up in plenary, early prediction

EU agri-food promotion policy

2026-11-12 · European People’s Party (EPP) voted For in 65% of 475 agriculture votes

For likely

Institutional aspects of artificial intelligence in the context of European integration

2026-11-12 · European People’s Party (EPP) voted For in 97% of 1169 digital votes

For likely

From prototypes to capabilities – enabling new defence actors to scale up

2026-11-12 · European People’s Party (EPP) voted For in 62% of 1381 defence votes

For likely

Predicted stance by topic

  • climateFor 88% of 16
  • foreignFor 100% of 9
  • tradeFor 100% of 9
  • employmentFor 89% of 9
  • transportFor 88% of 8
  • defenceFor 63% of 8
  • economyFor 100% of 8
  • digitalFor 100% of 7
  • fisheriesFor 86% of 7
  • rule of lawFor 100% of 7
  • healthAgainst 80% of 5
  • budgetFor 100% of 4
  • energyFor 67% of 3
  • agricultureFor 67% of 3
  • migrationFor 67% of 3

Votes Jessica missed, how they would likely have voted

Strengthening global health resilience in partner countries

2026-09-17

For · 72%

95% of 101 European People’s Party (EPP) MEPs voted For · voted Against in 80% of 5 health votes · voted For in 65% of the last 20 cast votes

The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect EU’s external borders

2026-09-17

For · 95%

97% of 146 European People’s Party (EPP) MEPs voted For · voted For in 67% of 3 migration votes · voted For in 65% of the last 20 cast votes

EU-Pakistan Agreement: modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV

2026-06-17

For · 95%

99% of 142 European People’s Party (EPP) MEPs voted For · voted For in 100% of 9 trade votes · voted For in 65% of the last 20 cast votes

Rapporteur files

Files in the 2024–2029 term where Jessica POLFJÄRD was appointed to write the Parliament’s report or a committee opinion, or to follow the file for their political group as shadow rapporteur.

Rapporteur · 1

Writes the lead committee's report. Legislative files first, then own-initiative reports.

  • Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed, and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/625

    2023/0226(COD) ↗ · ENVI · appointed 24 Jul 2024

    Voted against on this file · 17 Jun 2026

Opinion rapporteur · 1

Writes another committee's opinion for the lead committee.

  • Amending Directives 2006/43/EC, 2013/34/EU, (EU) 2022/2464 and (EU) 2024/1760 as regards certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements

    2025/0045(COD) ↗ · ENVI · appointed 23 Apr 2025

Shadow rapporteur · 6

Follows the lead committee’s report for their political group.

  • Amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 1829/2003, (EC) No 1831/2003, (EC) No 852/2004, (EC) No 853/2004, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1099/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 528/2012, (EU) 2017/625 as regards the simplification and strengthening of food and feed safety requirements

    2025/0410(COD) ↗ · appointed 3 Jun 2026

  • Amending Directives 2001/18/EC and 2010/53/EU as regards the placing on the market of genetically modified micro-organisms and the processing of organs

    2025/0405(COD) ↗ · appointed 19 Mar 2026

  • Amending Council Directive 98/58/EC and Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the simplification and strengthening of food and feed safety requirements, and repealing Council Directives 82/711/EEC and 85/572/EEC

    2025/0409(COD) ↗ · appointed 6 Mar 2026

  • An EU cardiovascular diseases strategy

    2025/2132(INI) ↗ · appointed 19 Dec 2025

  • Conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction

    2025/0090(COD) ↗ · appointed 28 Aug 2025

  • Implementing Protocol (2025-2030) to the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Government of Greenland and the Government of Denmark

    2024/0263(NLE) ↗ · appointed 18 Dec 2024

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Follows another committee’s opinion for their political group.

  • Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Fisheries Policy, to the European Ocean Pact and of the Union’s maritime and aquaculture policy as part of the National and Regional Partnership Fund set out in Regulation (EU) […] [NRP Fund] for the period from 2028 to 2034

    2025/0235(COD) ↗ · appointed 19 Dec 2025

Dates are appointment dates. The Parliament’s data doesn’t mark rapporteurs who were later replaced, so a role listed here may have ended; the linked Legislative Observatory (OEIL) file is the authoritative record. Source: European Parliament Open Data Portal · CC BY 4.0 · data as of 31 Oct 2026 · How we compile this

Financial Declarations

Declared to the European Parliament · Self-reported by the MEP

No paid outside activities declared.

Previous occupations

member of the European Parliament

Source: European Parliament declarations · Self-reported · Last updated: 23 Mar 2026

View original declaration on europarl.europa.eu →

Events and gifts declared to the Parliament

Self-declared by the MEP, 10th term (since July 2024)

EP · self-declared · weekly

These lists link to declarations Jessica POLFJÄRD made to the European Parliament. They are self-declared by the MEP, and the linked EP document is the authoritative record. Having no declarations does not mean having no events: events paid for by EU institutions or bodies, national governments or political parties do not have to be declared, and a declaration can be missing or filed late.

Events paid for by third parties (self-declared)

No event declarations published on the EP website for this term. See Jessica POLFJÄRD's declarations on europarl.europa.eu ↗.

Gifts notified to the President (self-declared)

No entries for this MEP in the Parliament's register of gifts ↗ for this term.

Source: European Parliament website (MEP declarations; Register of gifts) · declarations retrieved 30 Sept 2026 · register retrieved 30 Sept 2026. What is listed

Recent Lobby Meetings

Most recent meetings disclosed on the EU Transparency Register. These meetings are self-declared by MEPs. Not every MEP publishes meeting declarations, so a missing entry is not evidence that no meeting took place. A disclosed meeting is a recorded contact, not evidence that it influenced a vote.

EU Transparency Register · Updated daily
21 Oct 2026Hyundai Motor Company Brussels OfficeAutomotive Policy · Member
20 Oct 2026Permanent Representation of Finland to the EUETS policy · Member ·2026/0212(COD)
13 Oct 2026VattenfallETS policy · Member ·2026/0212(COD)
13 Oct 2026Volvo Car Corporation ABAutomotive policy · Member
7 Oct 2026Korea Business Association Europe (KBA Europe)|Korea international trade association (KITA)|POSCOClimate policy · Member
30 Sept 2026Mölnlycke Health Care ABHealth Policy · Member ·2025/0404(COD)
30 Sept 2026LivsmedelsföretagenAgricultural policy · Member
29 Sept 2026Swedish Forest Industries FederationCircular policy · Member
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Meetings on legislative files

Declared meetings that name a file, the recorded role on that file, and the plenary roll-call, in date order.

Self-declared · last 6 months

4 meetings on 3 files

These meetings are self-declared by MEPs. Not every MEP publishes meeting declarations, so a missing entry is not evidence that no meeting took place. A disclosed meeting is a recorded contact, not evidence that it influenced a vote.

EU Emissions Trading System and market stability reserve: competitiveness and cost-effective decarbonisation

2026/0212(COD)
  1. VattenfallMemberTransparency Register: Vattenfall
  2. Permanent Representation of Finland to the EUMember

Amending Regulations (EU) 2017/745 and (EU) 2017/746 as regards simplifying and reducing the burden of the rules on medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices, and amending Regulation (EU) 2022/123 as regards the support of the European Medicines Agency for the expert panels on medical devices and Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 as regards the list of Union harmonisation legislation referred to in its Annex I

2025/0404(COD)
  1. Mölnlycke Health Care ABMemberTransparency Register: Mölnlycke Health Care AB

The future of agriculture and the post-2027 common agricultural policy

2025/2052(INI)
  1. LivsmedelsföretagenMember

Source: European Parliament meeting declarations · EU Transparency Register · HowTheyVote.eu / EP roll-call · EP Open Data Portal (roles) · How we match meetings to files

Parliamentary questions

Written questions to the Commission, the Council and other EU bodies, 10th term (since July 2024)

EP · open data · updated daily
15written and priority questions as author or co-author

Written 14 · Priority 1 · 6 co-authored

Latest 10

Show all 15 questions

Source: European Parliament Open Data Portal · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved from the EP 31 Oct 2026 · newest question tabled 26 Oct 2026. The Parliament publishes a question about one to two weeks after it is tabled, so the newest may not be listed yet. What is counted

About Jessica POLFJÄRD

Jessica Polfjärd is a Member of the European Parliament for Sweden, sitting with the European People’s Party (EPP), the centre-right group, and representing the national party Moderaterna. The current seat is in the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), which began on 16 July 2024. Since 23 July 2024, Polfjärd has been Vice-Chair of the Committee on Fisheries. Polfjärd also served in the 9th parliamentary term, from 2 July 2019, including as Vice-Chair of the Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee from 9 October 2019 to 15 July 2024.

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Summary grounded in cited sources

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Methodology

Attendance is calculated based on roll-call votes in plenary sessions of the European Parliament. Committee votes are excluded. Abstaining counts as present; not voting counts as absent. Sittings for which the Parliament officially excused a Member (Rule 162: illness, serious family reasons, official mission, or pregnancy and maternity leave, which the Parliament excuses for three months before and six months after a birth) are credited, not counted as absences. We credit only what the Parliament's own record shows: the “excused” list in each sitting's minutes, or leave documented in another official Parliament document. An absence the Parliament has not recorded as excused counts as an absence, even if leave has been reported in the press. Notable votes are selected based on significance, close outcomes, and high participation.

Some attendance figures carry a context note, such as maternity or parental leave, illness or an official mission. Each note cites a press or official report, with its source and date, and is reviewed by us before it appears. Context notes never change the attendance figure. MEPs who missed every sitting of an entire plenary session are checked by a person before they appear in any bottom-of-ranking list. Full attendance methodology →