Bart van Kent

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

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]} Negotiations facilitated by social affairs minister Eddy van Hijum finally led to an agreement on a permanent scheme in October 2024. ^[7]

Electoral history

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

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. Von Piekartz, Hessel (18 October 2024). "Akkoord over vroegpensioenregeling voor zware beroepen" [Agreement about early retirement scheme for physically demand occupations]. de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 October 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.