14 Vice-Presidents and 5 Quaestors of the European Parliament elected

All 14 European Parliament Vice-Presidents were elected in the third round with a simple majority of the valid votes cast. Edward McMillan-Scott (ALDE, UK) was re-elected Vice-President. On Wednesday afternoon, five Quaestors were elected. Jim HIGGINS (EPP, IE) was re-elected Quaestor.

The 14 Vice-Presidents elected are:

Gianni PITTELLA (S&D, IT)	319 votes
Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ (S&D, ES)	295 votes
Anni PODIMATA (S&D, EL)	281 votes
Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS (EPP, ES)	269 votes
Georgios PAPASTAMKOS (EPP,EL)	248 votes
Roberta ANGELILLI (EPP,IT)	246 votes
Othmar KARAS (EPP, AT)	244 votes
Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT (ALDE, UK)	239 votes
Isabelle DURANT (Green/EFA, BE)	238 votes
Alexander ALVARO (ALDE, DE)	235 votes
Rainer WIELAND (EPP, DE)	230 votes
Oldřich VLASÁK (ECR, CZ)	223 votes
Jacek PROTASIEWICZ (EPP, PL)	206 votes
László SURJÁN (EPP, HU)	188 votes

Role of Vice-Presidents

Vice-Presidents are Members of the European Parliament Bureau. The Bureau is the body that lays down rules for Parliament. It draws up Parliament’s preliminary draft budget and decides administrative, staff and organisational matters.

Five Quaestors elected

On Wednesday afternoon, Parliament elected 5 Quaestors, Members of the Parliament who deal with administrative matters directly affecting MEPs themselves.

Quaestors were elected in the third ballot by simple majority of the votes. They are:

Astrid LULLING (EPP, LU)	273 votes
Jim HIGGINS (EPP, IE)	254 votes
Lidia GERINGER DE OEDENBERG (S&D, PL)	235 votes
Bogusław LIBERADZKI (S&D, PL)	216 votes
Jiří MAŠTÁLKA (GUE/NGL, CZ)	207 votes