Accountability
How the voting guide works
Everything the voting guide shows can be checked. This page explains where the statements come from, how we determine the parties’ positions and how the result is calculated.
This page is a translation by Stemgids Hilversum. The official information is in Dutch; if anything differs, the information from the municipality applies.
Independent and not official
Stemgids Hilversum is an independent initiative. It is not an official voting guide and is not affiliated with the municipality of Hilversum, the municipality of Wijdemeren or any political party.
The voting guide does not give voting advice. It shows which parties share your positions, and where those positions come from.
The statements
Every statement comes from a vote in the municipal council of Hilversum or Wijdemeren: the statement follows what the motion, amendment or council proposal said. That way it is certain how each council group voted.
We drew up 38 statements. The voting guide contains the 18 statements for which we know the position of most parties. A statement on which only one party has a different position is dropped: it shows little difference between parties. In addition you get two statements about where you live: Hilversum or the villages of Wijdemeren.
Every statement is also available in plain language, with a short explanation that shows both sides.
All statements in the voting guide
| No. | Statement | Topic | From the council | Left – right | Progressive – conservative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The municipality must help first-time buyers buy a home with a starter loan. | Housing | M25-122 - Geef starters in Hilversum een kans - invoering SVn StartersleningHilversum, 12 November 2025 | agree → right (0.3) | – |
| 6 | Offices and business premises may only become homes if space for work is added elsewhere. | Housing | A26-58 Geen transformatie zonder compensatieHilversum, 10 June 2026 | agree → right (0.3) | – |
| 7 | The extension of paid parking to more neighbourhoods must be reviewed and reversed where necessary. | Traffic and parking | A26-60 Parkeerbeleid heroverwegen moet ook kunnenHilversum, 10 June 2026 | agree → right (0.4) | agree → conservative (0.5) |
| 10 | Hilversum must not give up the plan for a zero-emission zone in the centre: an area that only vans and lorries without emissions may enter. | Traffic and parking | M25-021 - Zero-emissiezones niet definitief van tafelHilversum, 2 April 2025 | agree → left (0.2) | agree → progressive (0.7) |
| 11 | Visitors of residents must be able to park for free in neighbourhoods with paid parking. | Traffic and parking | A25-108 - Bezoekersregeling betaald parkeren gratisHilversum, 12 November 2025 | agree → left (0.3) | agree → conservative (0.3) |
| 14 | Housing-related taxes (property tax, waste charge and sewerage charge together) must not rise faster than inflation. | Money | M24-104 - Woonlasten laag houdenHilversum, 12 June 2024 | agree → right (0.6) | – |
| 15 | The waste charge must not rise any further, even if the municipality then has to pay part of the waste costs from other income. | Money | M25-125 - Eerlijkere verdeling lokale lastenHilversum, 12 November 2025 | agree → right (0.2) | agree → conservative (0.3) |
| 17 | The municipality must spend more money on arts and culture. | Money | A22-93 - Meer geld naar cultuurHilversum, 9 November 2022 | agree → left (0.4) | agree → progressive (0.5) |
| 18 | Advertising for fossil fuels, such as for petrol cars and flights, must disappear from public space. | Energy and climate | M25-043 - Motie VADO Hilversum vrij van fossiele reclamesHilversum, 11 June 2025 | agree → left (0.3) | agree → progressive (0.7) |
| 19 | The municipality must have a study done into whether a small nuclear power plant is possible in Hilversum or the region. | Energy and climate | M25-105 - Verkenning Small Modular Reactor (SMR) begroting 2025Hilversum, 12 November 2025 | agree → right (0.3) | agree → conservative (0.6) |
| 20 | The municipality must oppose the arrival of large wind turbines close to the villages, such as at Nederhorst den Berg. | Energy and climate | M-V-1 Stop de windmolens (M-V-1 is aangenomen, na hoofdelijke stemming, met 15 stemmen voor en 4 stemmen tegen.)Wijdemeren, 12 February 2026Motie (1): Zorgen rond windturbines nabij Nederhorst (CDA)Wijdemeren, 5 June 2025M25-002 - Wervelende provincie stuit op tegenwindHilversum, 29 January 2025 | agree → right (0.2) | agree → conservative (0.6) |
| 22 | The municipality must make a plan with clear interim targets to have all buildings off natural gas by 2050. | Energy and climate | M26-016 - Geen tijd (te) verliezen; Voortgang in het WarmteprogrammaHilversum, 4 March 2026 | agree → left (0.2) | agree → progressive (0.6) |
| 24 | In neighbourhoods with little green space, no more public green space may disappear. | Nature and water | A24-66 - Handhaaf het groen in de meest versteende wijkenHilversum, 15 May 2024 | agree → left (0.2) | agree → progressive (0.5) |
| 25 | In the nature areas around the town, free walking and recreation must weigh as heavily as protecting nature. | Nature and water | A24-69 - Balans natuurbehoud vs. recreatieHilversum, 15 May 2024 | agree → right (0.3) | agree → conservative (0.4) |
| 26 | The municipality must keep receiving asylum seekers, even if the Dispersal Act is withdrawn. | Asylum and reception | M26-86 Geen vrijwillige medewerking SpreidingswetHilversum, 1 July 2026 | agree → left (0.2) | agree → progressive (0.8) |
| 28 | People who earn a little more than the minimum must also get help from the municipality, up to 130 percent of the social minimum. | Care and income | M25-047 - Voer kwijtschelding eigen bijdrage WMO voor inkomens tot 130 % opnieuw inHilversum, 11 June 2025 | agree → left (0.8) | – |
| 29 | The municipality must not cut millions from youth care. | Care and income | A26-88 Mik op betere hulp voor jeugd, niet op miljoenenbezuinigingenHilversum, 1 July 2026 | agree → left (0.7) | – |
| 32 | Neighbourhood and community centres must get subsidy for five years instead of one year. | Care and income | M25-111 - 5 jarige Subsidie WijkcentraHilversum, 12 November 2025 | agree → left (0.5) | – |
| 35 | The Bruisend Hart plan for the Oosterspoorplein must go ahead as the council adopted it.Hilversum only | Hilversum | Stedenbouwkundig plan Bruisend HartHilversum, 15 May 2024 | agree → right (0.2) | agree → progressive (0.2) |
| 36 | The redesign of the Kerkbrink must be more modest and cheaper.Hilversum only | Hilversum | A24-111 - Zoekrichting toevoegen: Kerkbrink versoberenHilversum, 12 June 2024 | agree → right (0.4) | agree → conservative (0.2) |
| 37 | After the merger, small events in the villages must not have to pay permit fees.Villages only | The villages | Motie M-4-9 kleine evenementen met dorpskarakter (CDA)Wijdemeren, 13 November 2025 | agree → right (0.3) | agree → conservative (0.2) |
| 38 | On busy village streets where cars, cyclists and pedestrians share the road, the municipality must introduce 30 kilometres per hour straight away, even if the road has not yet been adapted.Villages only | The villages | M-V-1 30km ZuidereindeWijdemeren, 13 February 2025 | agree → left (0.2) | agree → progressive (0.5) |
The parties’ positions
For each party and statement we look for the position in this order. The first source that gives a clear answer counts:
- The party’s own answer to our questionnaire.
- The 2026 election programme.
- How the council group voted in the vote the statement comes from. A party only gets a position if all the council groups it comes from voted the same way (for example for PRO Hilversum: GroenLinks and PvdA).
- The 2022 election programme, for parties that do not yet have a new programme.
- Only for parties with few known positions: the national party’s programme for the 2025 House of Representatives election, and only on topics that programme clearly covers, such as nuclear energy, wind turbines, natural gas and reception of asylum seekers.
A reading of a programme only counts if it is clear. We leave out doubtful cases: the party then has no position on that statement.
Every position shows its source: the quote with the page from the programme, or the vote in the council with a link to the council. Positions the party has not yet confirmed itself are labelled not verified.
Which parties are included
A party is included in the voting guide if we know its position on at least 5 of the 18 statements for everyone. With fewer, a match says too little.
The table shows for each party how many positions we know and where they come from.
| Party | Positions | Answer | Programme 2026 | Vote | Programme 2022 | National | In the guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDA | 18 / 18 | – | – | 18 | – | – | yes |
| ChristenUnie | 18 / 18 | – | – | 18 | – | – | yes |
| Hart voor Hilversum | 18 / 18 | – | – | 16 | 2 | – | yes |
| Lokaal Eén | 18 / 18 | – | 2 | 16 | – | – | yes |
| SP | 18 / 18 | – | 9 | 9 | – | – | yes |
| VVD | 18 / 18 | – | 8 | 10 | – | – | yes |
| D66 | 17 / 18 | – | – | 16 | 1 | – | yes |
| PRO Hilversum | 17 / 18 | – | 9 | 8 | – | – | yes |
| Libertaire Fractie Durlacher | 16 / 18 | – | 8 | 8 | – | – | yes |
| Gewoon, Hilversum | 15 / 18 | – | 5 | 10 | – | – | yes |
| OpStand.nu | 13 / 18 | – | 2 | 11 | – | – | yes |
| BVNL Hilversum | 12 / 18 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 2 | yes |
| Volt | 10 / 18 | – | 8 | – | – | 2 | yes |
| Forum voor Democratie | 6 / 18 | – | – | – | – | 6 | yes |
| Dorp voor Dorp | 4 / 18 | – | 4 | – | – | – | not yet |
| SCB | 3 / 18 | – | – | 3 | – | – | not yet |
| Stop Betaald Parkeren-VIP | 2 / 18 | – | 2 | – | – | – | not yet |
The ranking
For each statement we compare your answer with the party’s position: the same answer counts for 100 percent, one step apart (agree or disagree against neutral) for 50 percent and an opposite answer for 0 percent. The percentage is the average over the statements.
We only count statements on which you gave an opinion and for which we know the party’s position. How many that is, is shown for each party (“10 of 18 statements compared”). Topics you find important count double.
You can choose agree, neutral, disagree or no opinion. Parties do not say whether they strongly agree either; that is why there is no strongly agree or strongly disagree.
The compass
The compass works like the Kieskompas: two axes, left – right (mainly money, taxes and care) and progressive – conservative (mainly climate, nature, traffic and reception of asylum seekers). For each statement we recorded which way agree moves and how strongly; this is shown in the table of statements above.
A party’s place is the average of its positions on those two axes. Your place is the average of your answers. For parties with few known positions, the place is less certain. These are local topics, so a party can be placed differently than in a national voting compass.
The ranking and the compass are two different ways of looking at your answers and do not have to match: the party at the top of the ranking is not always the one closest to you on the compass.
Sources
- Election programmes: a copy of every party’s programme is on the site, with the date we retrieved it. See Parties.
- Votes: the recorded votes of the municipal councils of Hilversum (iBabs) and Wijdemeren (Notubiz), supplemented from the decision lists. See Voting in the council.
- National programmes 2025: FvD, BVNL and Volt.
- Logos: from the parties’ websites, and for D66, FvD and Volt from Wikimedia Commons.
Privacy
Your answers stay on your own device. They are only kept in this tab, so you can continue if you briefly visit another page, and they disappear when you close the tab. The share image is also made on your own device.
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Something not right?
Parties can confirm or change their positions through our questionnaire; their own answer then takes precedence. If you see an error in a statement or a source, we will correct it.