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Bart van Kent

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Van Kent in 2012

Bart van Kent (born 18 December 1983) is a Dutch politician of the Socialist Party. Since 23 March 2017, he has been a member of the House of Representatives.[1]

Political career

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In the 2006 municipal elections, Van Kent was elected to the Eindhoven municipal council. The next year, he resigned to move to The Hague. Between 2010 and 2017, Van Kent was a member of the municipal council of The Hague.[2] Since 2017, he has been a member of the House of Representatives for the Socialist Party.[3] He was re-elected in November 2023, and he has since served as the Socialist Party's spokesperson for labor, income, pensions, traffic, and defense.[4]

When in 2024 an early retirement scheme for workers in physically demanding occupations neared expiration and negotiations about its extension stalled, Van Kent and Luc Stultiens (GL/PvdA) filed an amendment to make the scheme permanent and to raise its maximum benefits. They planned to fund the expansion through canceling a planned broadening of the earnings stripping rule for large corporations.[5][6] Social affairs minister Eddy van Hijum subsequently said he believed the negotiations would lead to an agreement about the extension of the early retirement scheme.[7]

Electoral history

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Electoral history of Bart van Kent.
Year Body Party Pos. Votes Result Ref.
Party seats Individual
2012 House of Representatives Socialist Party 38 149 15 Lost [8]
2017 House of Representatives Socialist Party 9 957 14 Won [9]
2021 House of Representatives Socialist Party 8 599 9 Won [10]
2023 House of Representatives Socialist Party 3 1,580 5 Won [11]

References

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  1. ^ "B. (Bart) van Kent". www.parlement.com (in Dutch).
  2. ^ "Nevenactiviteiten van Bart van Kent". Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  3. ^ van Outeren, Emilie (22 March 2017). "Dit zijn de nieuwe leden van de Tweede Kamer". NRC. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Kamerleden" [Members of parliament]. Socialist Party (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  5. ^ Van Soest, Hans (22 August 2024). "GroenLinks-PvdA en SP willen blijvend vroegpensioen, belastingkorting grote bedrijven dan op de tocht" [GroenLinks–PvdA and SP want extension of early retirement, tax credit for large corporations would disappear]. Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Amendement van de leden Stultiens en Van Kent over een verruiming van de RVU-drempelvrijstelling" [Amendment of members Stultiens and Van Kent for the expansion of the early retirement scheme threshold exemption]. House of Representatives (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  7. ^ Kraijenoord, Henk (22 August 2024). "Minister Van Hijum: Vertrouwen in akkoord vroegpensioen zware beroepen" [Minister Van Hijum: Trust in agreement about early retirement physically demand occupations]. Reformatorisch Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2012" [Results 2012 general election] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 17 September 2012. pp. 68–78, 153. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2017 (getekend exemplaar)" [Results House of Representatives 2017 (signed example)] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 21 March 2017. pp. 68–76, 204. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  10. ^ "Proces-verbaal verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer 2021" [Report of the election results House of Representatives 2021] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 29 March 2021. pp. 106–110, 231. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  11. ^ "Proces-verbaal van de uitslag van de verkiezing van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal 2023 d.d. 4 december 2023" [Report of the results of the election of the House of Representatives on 4 December 2023] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 4 December 2023. pp. 41–42. Retrieved 21 December 2023.