Inge van Dijk

House of Representatives (2021–present) Van Dijk ran for member of parliament during the 2021 general election, being placed fourth on the CDA's party list. In November 2020 – shortly after her position had been announced – she stepped down as CDA Brabant chair. She was elected, receiving 16,851 preference votes, and was sworn into office on 31 March. Van Dijk was the CDA's spokesperson for economic affairs, the interior, finances, and sports. She also wanted to spend part of a fund from the European Union on providing free Internet for people with a low income. In 2023, Van Dijk complained the government was treating sports clubs and other associations too much like commercial businesses, threatening their existence, and she stressed their importance for society. She suggested several measures to aid the organizations such as exempting them from sales tax, increasing the compensation for volunteers, and having the government pay the first year of membership for new inhabitants.

Van Dijk received a second term in a November 2023 snap election as the CDA's fourth candidate. Her areas of focus changed to finances, economic affairs, government, sports, and social affairs. In November 2024, Van Dijk said her party, along with two other Christian parties, would only support the Schoof cabinet's 2025 Tax Plan if they would implement three changes, including reversing a proposed sales tax increase on hotel stays, sports, culture, books, and newspapers from 9% to 21%. As opposition parties held a majority in the Senate, Minister of Finance Eelco Heinen agreed to the requested concessions, with the exception of the reversal of the sales tax increase on hotel stays. In October 2024, the House unanimously adopted a motion by Van Dijk calling on the government to prevent buy now, pay later services from becoming available in physical stores. The cabinet supported the objective, but it responded that no measures could be taken pending upcoming European Union legislation on the topic.

House committee assignments 2021–2023 term Committee for Digital Affairs Committee for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy Committee for Finance Committee for the Interior Committee for Kingdom Relations Public Expenditure committee Procedure Committee

2023–present term Committee for the Interior Committee for Economic Affairs Public Expenditure committee Committee for Finance Procedure Committee Committee for Social Affairs and Employment

Personal life Van Dijk has been living in the North Brabant village of Gemert since 2020, where she lives with her partner and three stepchildren. Before that, she resided in Bakel.

Her former home in Bakel became the subject of municipal politics in 2019, because the zoning regulations only allowed the building and the neighboring building to be used as homes accompanying farms. She had tried to change those regulations at the Council of State, but a nearby farmer filed an objection fearing stricter environmental regulations. The municipal council eventually changed the zoning regulations such that both houses could be used as homes without farms.

Electoral history

+ YearBodyPartyVotesResult.Party seatsIndividual 2021 House of Representatives Christian Democratic Appeal 4 16,851 15 2023 House of Representatives Christian Democratic Appeal 4 8,701 5 2025 House of Representatives Christian Democratic Appeal 4 27,262 18

Decorations Order of Orange-Nassau Member (26 April 2019)