The VU split along ideological lines in 2001 and Vandenbroucke joined the centristToekomstgroep (Future Group),which would later become Spirit.[4] He was spokesperson for Flemish minister of Gilbert Bossuyt (SP.A) from 2003 to 2004.[3]
Vandenbroucke moved from Borgloon to Beringen in 2005 in order to pursue politics there.[9] He contested the 2006 local election as the SP.A-Spirit electoral alliance's 25th placed candidate in Beringen but was not elected.[10] He contested the 2006 provincial election as the SP.A-Spirit electoral alliance's 10th placed candidate in Beringen but was not elected.[11] He was appointed to the Public Centre for Social Welfare (OCMW) in Beringen in 2007 and the municipal council in Beringen in 2008.[12][13]
Vandenbroucke left the Flemish Progressives (Vl.Pro) in December 2008 over its decision to end the electoral alliance with SP.A.[14][15]
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Vandenbroucke joined the SP.A in January 2009.[12] He contested the 2009 regional election as the SP.A's fourth placed substitute candidate in Limburg and received 4,187 preference votes.[16] He was chief of staff for Flemish minister Freya Van den Bossche (SP.A) from 2010 to 2014.[17][18] In 2010 he moved to Ghent where his wife worked.[13]
Vandenbroucke contested the 2018 local election as the SP.A-Groen electoral alliance's ninth placed candidate in Ghent but was not elected.[24] He contested the 2018 provincial election as SP.A's 10th placed candidate in Aalst-Oudenaarde but was not elected.[25][26] He was appointed to the municipal council in Ghent in January 2019 after incumbent mayor Daniël Termont declined to take up his seat.[27][28]
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