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As of 22 Oct 2026, Niclas HERBST is a Germany MEP in European People’s Party (EPP); WheresMyMEP records 96.6% roll-call attendance, 188 notable vote records, 16 disclosed lobby meetings and declared outside income of €0–€0/year (data as of 22 Oct 2026).

Cite this: WheresMyMEP, data as of 22 Oct 2026, source European Parliament

Niclas HERBST

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EPP · Germany

Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands (Christian Democratic Union)

96.6% attendance
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96.6%
Attendance · last 180 days
#241 of 717 on the leaderboard
1522
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

Niclas HERBST monthly attendance compared with the EU mean025507510097.5%98.4%95.8%96.1%96.1%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

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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 ↗ForADOPTED
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 Niclas HERBST voted differently from the majority of their European Parliament political group, or of their national-party colleagues.

EP roll-call · HowTheyVote.eu

Different from European People’s Party (EPP) majority

2.7% (5 of 186)

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

Different from national-party majority

1.1% (2 of 186)

Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands (Christian Democratic Union) · 23 sitting MEPs. Singleton delegations are excluded.

Largest breaks from the group majority
16 Sept 2026

Defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for the defence industry (Omnibus V)

Niclas HERBST voted Against; 99% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (173 of 175) voted For.

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

The threat of war crimes, the escalating violations of international humanitarian law and the human rights situation in El-Obeid, Sudan

Niclas HERBST voted Abstain; 88% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (142 of 162) voted For.

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

Protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens, mutagens or reprotoxic substances at work

Niclas HERBST voted Against; 85% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (142 of 167) voted For.

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

Psychosocial risks, stress and mental health at work

Niclas HERBST voted Against; 77% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (130 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): Lead in gunshot

Niclas HERBST voted For; 68% of voting European People’s Party (EPP) members (97 of 143) voted Against.

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

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 Niclas HERBST’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
  • tradeFor 100% of 10
  • foreignFor 100% of 9
  • employmentFor 89% of 9
  • transportFor 88% of 8
  • defenceFor 50% of 8
  • economyFor 100% of 8
  • digitalFor 100% of 7
  • fisheriesFor 86% of 7
  • rule of lawFor 86% of 7
  • healthFor 67% of 6
  • migrationFor 100% of 4
  • budgetFor 100% of 4
  • energyFor 100% of 3
  • agricultureFor 67% of 3

Votes Niclas missed, how they would likely have voted

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

2026-10-08

For · 95%

82% of 147 European People’s Party (EPP) MEPs voted For · voted For in 75% of the last 20 cast votes

The EU Youth Strategy 2019–2027

2026-09-15

For · 95%

98% of 176 European People’s Party (EPP) MEPs voted For · voted For in 75% of the last 20 cast votes

Rapporteur files

Files in the 2024–2029 term where Niclas HERBST 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 · 5

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

  • 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) ↗ · PECH · appointed 13 Mar 2026

  • Establishing a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework and other horizontal rules for the Union programmes and activities

    2025/0545(COD) ↗ · CONT · appointed 12 Jan 2026

  • Institutional aspects of the Common European Defence Union

    2025/2212(INI) ↗ · SEDE · appointed 13 Jan 2026

  • 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - Commission

    2024/2019(DEC) ↗ · CONT · appointed 25 Jul 2024

  • General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 - all sections

    2024/0176(BUD) ↗ · BUDG · appointed 23 Jul 2024

Opinion rapporteur · 2

Writes another committee's opinion for the lead committee.

  • General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 - all sections

    2025/0210(BUD) ↗ · CONT · appointed 26 Jun 2025

  • Guidelines for the 2026 Budget - Section III

    2024/2110(BUI) ↗ · CONT · appointed 14 Feb 2025

Shadow rapporteur · 2

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

  • Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - European Parliament

    2025/2146(DEC) ↗ · appointed 3 Nov 2025

  • The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward

    2024/2127(INI) ↗ · appointed 3 Nov 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

Estimated outside income

€0–0/year

Based on declared income bands

0 declared activities

1 board membership

Deputy state chairman Europa Union SHUnpaidBoard

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 Niclas HERBST 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 Niclas HERBST'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
14 Jul 2026ConocoPhillipsNatural Gas & LNG Policies & Supply Chain Security · Member
8 Jul 2026AirbusEuropean Competitiveness Fund, Security & Defense · Member
3 Jul 2026meddevs GmbHIT-Sicherheit · Member
25 Jun 2026Rhode & SchwarzEU Readiness & Competitiveness Fund · Member
24 Jun 2026Rheinmetall GroupSicherheit & Verteidigung · Member
16 Jun 2026Axon Enterprise Inc.Europe’s operational readiness, defense innovation, and industrial competitivene…
2 Jun 2026Deutsche Bank AGEuropa´s Wettbewerbsfähigkeit · Member
7 May 2026Bayerischer BauernverbandMultiannual Financial Framework, GAP-Budget · Member
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None of Niclas HERBST’s recent declarations named a legislative file we could match with confidence. A meeting is listed on a file only when the declaration names that procedure (a reference such as 2025/0241(COD), or a title that uniquely matches one file).

Parliamentary questions

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

EP · open data · updated daily
13written and priority questions as author or co-author

Written 13 · Priority 0 · 9 co-authored

Latest 10

Show all 13 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 Niclas HERBST

Niclas Herbst is a Member of the European Parliament for Germany, belonging to the European People's Party (EPP), the centre-right group, and to the Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands. Herbst was Chair of the Committee on Budgetary Control from 23 July 2024 to 8 February 2026, and was Vice-Chair of the Committee on Budgets in the 9th parliamentary term. Before joining the Parliament, Herbst was a Member of the Schleswig-Holstein Legislative Assembly (Landtag Schleswig-Holstein) from 2005 to 2012 and Head of Executive Department at the State Chancellery from 2017 to 2019. The current term, the 10th, began on 16 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 →