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As of 22 Oct 2026, Thomas GEISEL is a Germany MEP in Non-attached Members (Non-attached); WheresMyMEP records 87.1% roll-call attendance, 239 notable vote records, 7 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

Thomas GEISEL

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NI · Germany

Sits as an independent, with no national party affiliation

87.1% attendance
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87.1%
Attendance · last 180 days
#466 of 717 on the leaderboard
1888
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

Thomas GEISEL monthly attendance compared with the EU mean025507510097.8%49.8%97.6%75.4%75.6%99.8%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 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 ↗AgainstADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Cohesion policy in the EU’s eastern border regions: strength…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AgainstADOPTED
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 ↗AbstainADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for ch…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForREJECTED
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 ↗AgainstADOPTED
22 Oct 2026Reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector: postpon…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗AbstainREJECTED
21 Oct 2026Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modif…EP roll-call results ↗via HowTheyVote.eu ↗ForADOPTED

Voting against the party line

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

EP roll-call · HowTheyVote.eu

No group figure: non-attached members have no political-group majority to compare with. A national-party figure is shown only when at least two sitting MEPs share that party.

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

90% accurate on 5,752 held-out votes

Coming up in plenary, early prediction

EU agri-food promotion policy

2026-11-12 · Non-attached Members (Non-attached) voted For in 56% of 123 agriculture votes

For likely

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

2026-11-12 · Non-attached Members (Non-attached) voted Against in 52% of 211 defence votes

Against likely

Institutional aspects of artificial intelligence in the context of European integration

2026-11-12 · Non-attached Members (Non-attached) voted Against in 43% of 284 digital votes

Against likely

Predicted stance by topic

  • climateAbstain 44% of 16
  • budgetAgainst 57% of 14
  • foreignAgainst 83% of 12
  • tradeFor 45% of 11
  • employmentFor 45% of 11
  • transportFor 50% of 10
  • economyAgainst 60% of 10
  • digitalAgainst 44% of 9
  • defenceAgainst 63% of 8
  • rule of lawAgainst 63% of 8
  • agricultureFor 40% of 5
  • fisheriesFor 40% of 5
  • healthAbstain 60% of 5
  • institutionalFor 50% of 4
  • energyFor 33% of 3
  • justiceAbstain 100% of 3

Votes Thomas missed, how they would likely have voted

Strengthening global health resilience in partner countries

2026-09-17

Against · 54%

63% of 19 Non-attached Members (Non-attached) MEPs voted Against · voted Abstain in 60% of 5 health votes · voted For in 45% 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%

57% of 21 Non-attached Members (Non-attached) MEPs voted For · voted For in 45% of the last 20 cast votes

Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officers

2026-09-17

For · 95%

82% of 22 Non-attached Members (Non-attached) MEPs voted For · voted For in 45% of the last 20 cast votes

Global role of the euro

2026-09-15

Against · 84%

59% of 22 Non-attached Members (Non-attached) MEPs voted Against · voted Against in 60% of 10 economy votes · voted For in 45% of the last 20 cast votes

Feasibility of a 28th tax regime and its potential to support EU competitiveness

2026-07-09

Against · 76%

58% of 24 Non-attached Members (Non-attached) MEPs voted Against · voted For in 45% of the last 20 cast votes

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

Member of the board of trustees Duesseldorf Festival!UnpaidBoard

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 Thomas GEISEL 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: Thomas GEISEL'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
16 Sept 2026Embassy of Pakistan to BelgiumEU-Pakistan relations · Member
16 Sept 2026Gerber Steel GmbHSteel industry in Europe and SMEs · Member
10 Sept 2026Embassy of ChinaEU-China relations · Member
1 Sept 2026Embassy of MongoliaEU-Mongolia relations · Member
16 Jul 2026State DumaEU-Russia relations · Member
16 Jun 2026Philip Morris International Inc.Health in Germany · Member

None of Thomas GEISEL’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
12written and priority questions as author or co-author

Written 11 · Priority 1 · 12 co-authored

Not in this count: 1 oral question

Latest 10

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  • 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 24 Oct 2026 · newest question tabled 20 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 Thomas GEISEL

Thomas Geisel is a Member of the European Parliament for Germany, belonging to the Non-attached Members (Non-attached) and sitting as an independent with no national party affiliation. Geisel has served in the 10th parliamentary term since 16 July 2024 and was affiliated with Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht – Vernunft und Gerechtigkeit until 7 July 2026. Before joining the Parliament, Geisel was Mayor of Düsseldorf from September 2014 to October 2020. Earlier roles include Speaker of the SPD Group in the GDR People's Chamber in 1990 and Purchasing Director at Ruhrgas Aktiengesellschaft / E.ON Ruhrgas AG / E.ON Global Commodities SE from 2000 to 2014. Since November 2021, Geisel has been Managing Partner of Thomas Geisel Beratung GmbH.

European Parliament CVEuropean Parliament, 10th term

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 →