The political groups and councillors
On 1 April 2026, the new municipal council was sworn in. The 39 councillors are divided across 13 council groups.
The distribution of seats on the municipal council for the period 2026–2030 is as follows:
- Local Apeldoorn: 7 councillors
- Arjan Steenbeek – group leader
- Jacqueline Pol
- Sytse Wiering
- Joost van den Berg
- Sedat Yildirim
- Milica Marinkov
- Jan van’t Ende
- GroenLinks/PvdA: 6 councillors
- Dieuwke de Boer – group leader
- Ellen Soorsma
- Martine Berends
- Sipan Kelani
- Francien Vissia
- Fatuma Muhumed
- VVD Apeldoorn: 5 councillors
- Stefani Hilferink – group leader
- Max van Oort
- Frits van der Ley
- Marc Lammers
- Johanne Arink
- CDA Apeldoorn: 4 councillors
- Alinda Fredriks – group leader
- Martin Fransen
- Hans van Gerrevink
- Wouter Kamp
- D66 Apeldoorn: 3 councillors
- Robert Jan Jonker – group leader
- Elly André
- Evelyn van Oijen
- Forum for Democracy: 3 councillors
- Dennis Kanselaar – group leader
- Michiel van Asselt
- Margreet de Wolff
- SGP Apeldoorn: 2 councillors
- Jan Kloosterman – group leader
- Henk van de Weerd
- WijApeldoorn: 2 councillors
- Martin Maassen – group leader
- Lilian Haak
- ChristenUnie Apeldoorn: 2 councillors
- Peter Kranenburg – group leader
- Willeke de Jager
- Better for Apeldoorn: 2 councillors
- Antoon Huigens – group leader
- Vivian Staal
- 50PLUS: 1 councillor
- Sjanie Donker – group leader
- Party for the Animals: 1 councillor
- Yvonne Zonderland – group leader
- SP Apeldoorn: 1 councillor
- Sunita Biharie – group leader
More information
On the councillors’ page in the council information system, you can find out, for each individual councillor, what their portfolios are, which written questions have been tabled, and how each councillor has voted during council meetings.
Contact with the council
If you wish to bring a matter to the attention of the municipal council, you can send a letter. For general enquiries about the council and its work, please contact the council secretariat.
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