Eva van Esch

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Esch, not Esch.

Van Esch in 2020

Eva Maria van Esch (born 12 May 1986 in Rossum) is a Dutch politician, who served as a Member of Parliament for the Party for the Animals (Dutch : Partij voor de Dieren, PvdD) between 2019 and 2023. She previously served as the party's parliamentary leader in the municipal council of Utrecht. ^{[1] [2]} Since March 2025 she has served as Alderman (wethouder) in the city of Arnhem. ^[3]

Political positions

Van Esch proposes that dogs should be allowed into hospitals to visit their owners' deathbeds, and should also be permitted into funeral homes to say a last goodbye. ^[4] She favours tighter regulations for wood-burning. ^[5]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Eva van Esch

Year	Body	Party		Pos.	Votes	Result		Ref.
						Party seats	Individual
2021	House of Representatives		Party for the Animals	6	14,744	6	Won	[6]
2024	European Parliament			38 [a]	880	1	Lost	[7]
2025	House of Representatives			47 [a]	522	3	Lost	[8]

Notes

1. Van Esch participated as a lijstduwer .

References

1. "Animal party leader leaves parliament after 13 years". NL Times. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
2. "Utrechts raadslid neemt plek Marianne Thieme in Tweede Kamer over". De Utrechtse Internet Courant. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
3. "College van Burgemeester en Wethouders" . Retrieved 3 April 2025.
4. "Partij voor de Dieren wil bezoekrecht honden aan overleden baas". Dogzine.nl (in Dutch). 19 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
5. "Tweede Kamer vindt het te vroeg voor strengere regels houtstook". De Gelderlander (in Dutch). 2 February 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
6. "Tweede Kamer 17 maart 2021". Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 April 2025.
7. "Proces-verbaal centraal stembureau uitslag verkiezing Europees Parlement Model P22-1" [Central electoral council report of the results of the election of the European Parliament Model P22-1](PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 19 June 2024. pp. 19–20, 41. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
8. "Proces-verbaal van het centraal stembureau met de uitslag van de verkiezing van de Tweede Kamer 2025 d.d. 7 november 2025" [Report of the central electoral committee with the results of the 2025 election of the House of Representatives dated 7 November 2025](PDF). Electoral Council (in Dutch). 7 November 2025. pp. 47–48, 139. Retrieved 21 November 2025.

External links

• E.M. (Eva) van Esch, Parlement.com