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As of 8 Oct 2026, Elena YONCHEVA is a Bulgaria MEP in European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR); WheresMyMEP records 25.5% roll-call attendance, 211 notable vote records, 1 disclosed lobby meetings and no paid outside activities declared (data as of 8 Oct 2026).

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Elena YONCHEVA

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ECR · Bulgaria

Движение за права и свободи (Movement for Rights and Freedoms)

25.5% attendance
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25.5%
Attendance · last 180 days
#714 of 717 on the leaderboard
487
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

Elena YONCHEVA monthly attendance compared with the EU mean02550751000.0%35.8%53.7%40.0%46.9%0.0%Apr ’26May ’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 8 Oct 2026

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Voting against the party line

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

EP roll-call · HowTheyVote.eu

Different from ECR majority

28.2% (22 of 78)

The ECR average on the same method is 16.8%. Counted only when Elena YONCHEVA cast For, Against or Abstain and the group had a unique leading position.

Different from national-party majority

10.4% (8 of 77)

Движение за права и свободи (Movement for Rights and Freedoms) · 3 sitting MEPs. Singleton delegations are excluded.

Largest breaks from the group majority
16 Jun 2026

Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain

Elena YONCHEVA voted Abstain; 99% of voting ECR members (77 of 78) voted For.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
Abstain
16 Sept 2026

Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditions

Elena YONCHEVA voted For; 93% of voting ECR members (70 of 75) voted Against.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
For
15 Sept 2026

Temporary trade-liberalisation measures applicable to Armenian products

Elena YONCHEVA voted Against; 92% of voting ECR members (69 of 75) voted For.

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

Recommendation on promoting transnational governance on water in the interests of conflict prevention and peace

Elena YONCHEVA voted For; 91% of voting ECR members (72 of 79) voted Abstain.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
For
15 Sept 2026

Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measures

Elena YONCHEVA voted For; 86% of voting ECR members (67 of 78) voted Abstain.

EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗
For
20 May 2026

EU-Uzbekistan Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (resolution)

Elena YONCHEVA voted For; 85% of voting ECR members (66 of 78) voted Abstain.

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

Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified soybean MON 87705

Elena YONCHEVA voted Against; 82% of voting ECR members (59 of 72) voted For.

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

Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)

Elena YONCHEVA voted For; 79% of voting ECR members (62 of 78) voted Abstain.

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 Elena YONCHEVA’s own roll-call record and how their group actually voted, rules, not guesswork.

91% accurate on 5,736 held-out votes

Coming up in plenary, early prediction

Suspending the application of the rules on extended producer responsibility for waste, waste electrical and electronical equipment and single use plastic waste (Omnibus VIII on environmental legislation)

2026-10-20 · European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) voted For in 43% of 817 climate votes

For likely

Suspending the application of the rules on extended producer responsibility for batteries and waste batteries and packaging and packaging waste (Omnibus VIII on environmental legislation)

2026-10-20 · European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) voted For in 43% of 817 climate votes

For likely

Transport: enforcement of passenger rights in the Union

2026-10-20 · European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) voted For in 71% of 597 transport votes

For likely

Predicted stance by topic

  • tradeFor 71% of 7
  • fisheriesFor 100% of 6
  • digitalAgainst 60% of 5
  • economyAbstain 50% of 4
  • climateFor 67% of 3
  • energyFor 100% of 3
  • transportFor 100% of 3

Votes Elena missed, how they would likely have voted

The need for an EU strategy to counter Islamist entryism and the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood network

2026-10-08

For · 95%

100% of 72 European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) MEPs voted For · voted For in 75% of the last 20 cast votes

The 2026 undemocratic elections to the Russian State Duma and its implications on civil society

2026-10-08

For · 95%

96% of 71 European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) MEPs voted For · voted For in 75% of the last 20 cast votes

Pilot project on European Schools Alliances and its contribution to citizenship education, democratic competences and European values

2026-10-08

For · 95%

57% of 72 European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) MEPs voted For · voted For in 75% of the last 20 cast votes

The cases of Ali Karimli, Anar Mammadli and other political prisoners in Azerbaijan

2026-10-08

For · 95%

54% of 69 European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) MEPs voted For · voted For in 75% of the last 20 cast votes

Attempts by the ruling party Georgian Dream to ban opposition parties in Georgia

2026-10-08

For · 95%

64% of 70 European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) MEPs voted For · voted For in 75% of the last 20 cast votes

Rapporteur files

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

Show more: shadow rapporteur for opinions (1)

Follows another committee’s opinion for their political group.

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 20 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

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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 Elena YONCHEVA 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)

Gifts notified to the President (self-declared)

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

All filings: Elena YONCHEVA's declarations on europarl.europa.eu ↗

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

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
9 Jun 2026Assemblée des Exportateurs de Türkiye Bureau de liaison de BruxellesMeeting with Turkish Exporters Assemble Representatives · Member

None of Elena YONCHEVA’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).

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Parliamentary questions

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

EP · open data · updated daily
2written and priority questions as author or co-author

Written 2 · Priority 0 · 1 co-authored

Not in this count: 1 oral question

Latest 2

  • 6 Oct 2026Public identification of final honey packing establishmentsWritten question E-004017/2026To the CommissionAwaiting answerQuestion ↗PDF ↗
  • 13 Jul 2026Alleged unlawful disclosure and misuse of PNR data in BulgariaWritten question E-002896/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 1Answered 12 Oct 2026Question ↗PDF ↗Answer ↗Answer PDF ↗
Show the 1 oral question
  • 3 Mar 2026Three years since the railway accident in Tempi, GreeceOral question O-000010/2026To the Commissionco-authored with 35Question ↗PDF ↗

Source: European Parliament Open Data Portal · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved from the EP 19 Oct 2026 · newest question tabled 15 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 Elena YONCHEVA

Elena Yoncheva is a Member of the European Parliament for Bulgaria, belonging to the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the right-wing Eurosceptic group, and to the national party Movement for Rights and Freedoms. Yoncheva has served in the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029) since 16 July 2024 and was also a Member in the 9th term. During the 9th term, Yoncheva was Vice-Chair of the Delegation for relations with Israel from 26 September 2019 to 6 May 2024. Over the same term, the offices held included Vice-Chair of the Delegation for relations with Afghanistan from 21 April 2022 to 6 May 2024.

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 →