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Member of the European Parliament · Spain EPP

Esther Herranz García

MEP for Spain · European People's Party · Partido Popular · official EP profile

As of 14 September 2026, Esther Herranz García (EPP, Spain) has declared 29 lobby meetings this term - rank 452 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is somewhat below the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 121 of 185 within European People's Party.

37% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - below the like-for-like raw Parliament-wide share of 51%.

29
declared meetings
current term
29
records since 2019
full dataset
37%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
452/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
121/185
rank in EPP

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Compared with the averages

Esther Herranz García, this term
29
Parliament average
85
EPP average
94

Transparency this term

Monthly declared meetings (bars) and the share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link, including diplomatic and government entries (line), July 2024 to September 2026. This is the same current-term window as the figures above, beginning 16 July 2024.

Current month, partial through 11 Sep 2026: 1 declared meeting in Sep 2026, 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link. Peak: 7 in Jun 2025.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 0 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 0 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 3 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 2 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 1 declared meetingFebruary 2025: 5 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 0 declared meetingsApril 2025: 0 declared meetingsMay 2025: 5 declared meetingsJune 2025: 7 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 1 declared meetingOctober 2025: 3 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 0 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 0 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 0 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 0 declared meetingsApril 2026: 0 declared meetingsMay 2026: 0 declared meetingsJune 2026: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 1 declared meetingSeptember 2026: 1 declared meetingnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link202420252026
declared meetings per monthall counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)

Busiest month: 7 declared in June 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Esther Herranz García meets most

Counterparts are merged by resolved Transparency Register identity where possible. An entry counts as register-linked above only when the MEP declaration itself carries a Register link.

Where the meetings cluster

Most-met sectors

Agriculture & food (14), Health & pharma (3), Consumer & retail (2)

Meetings by committee topic

Agriculture and Rural Development (13), Environment, Climate and Food Safety (3)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
1 Sep 2026EHPMMemberMonacolins from red yeast rice
27 Aug 2026AFEPADIMemberMonocolines Objection
16 Oct 2025Asociacion de Aguas Minerales de EspañaMemberPackaging and Packaging Waste Regulation
14 Oct 2025MERCADONA SA MemberPackaging (PPWR) and Deforestation (EUDR)
8 Oct 2025FEDIOL; Bayer AG MemberNGTs
9 Sep 2025PERNOD RICARD RapporteurWine Package
25 Jun 2025Comité National des Interprofessions des Vins à appellation d’origine et à indication géographiqueRapporteurWine Package
24 Jun 2025Permanent Representation of Denmark in the European ParliamentRapporteurWine Package
20 Jun 2025Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de EspañaMemberOCM
11 Jun 2025COPA-COGECARapporteurWine Package
Show 19 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
5 Jun 2025EFOWRapporteurWine Package
5 Jun 2025PROVACUNO MemberAnimal Welfare
3 Jun 2025Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de España RapporteurWine Package
26 May 2025Asociación Agraria Jóvenes Agricultores RapporteurThe future of the wine sector in Europe
21 May 2025IOGT-NTO ; CEVI; Permanent Representation of Spain in the EURapporteurWine Package
19 May 2025Direccion General de Desarrollo Rural de La RiojaRapporteurWine Package
14 May 2025EFOW; Regional Council of VenetoRapporteurWine Package
5 May 2025Comité Européen des Entreprises Vins RapporteurWine Package
21 Feb 2025AFEPADIMemberCAP
18 Feb 2025ASAJA; ARAGMemberCMO
17 Feb 2025Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de España MemberGreen Claims
11 Feb 2025ONGAWA; WaterAid Shadow rapporteur for opinionWater Resilience Strategy
5 Feb 2025StanpaMemberGreen Claims
14 Jan 2025Grupo Vall Companys MemberAnimal Transport
11 Dec 2024AEPLAMemberNGTs
11 Dec 2024Herbalife Europe Limited MemberGreen Claims
27 Nov 2024INAPORCMemberAnimal Transport
26 Nov 2024FEDERATION DES EXPORTATEURS DE VINS ET SPIRITUEUX DE FRANCE MemberCMO
19 Nov 2024ANFACMemberVehicle Life Expectancy

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Esther Herranz García held the seat, 537 of them the final vote on a text. A member with no vote recorded may have been on parliamentary business, ill, on leave, or present without voting - the published record does not distinguish these and gives no reason. Votes taken by show of hands or by secret ballot are not recorded by name and are absent here.

73%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
417
final texts voted on
of 537
97%
voted with the EPP majority
on 413 final texts
14
differed from EPP
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Esther Herranz García537 final votes
67%10%22%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 413 final texts where more than half of EPP members casting a vote went one way, and Esther Herranz García also voted. Groups are not bound to vote together: a Member's mandate is personal and exercised freely, so neither figure is a measure of performance.

Voted with the EPP majority39997%
Voted differently143%

Final texts where Esther Herranz García differed from the EPP majority

DateTextTheir voteEPP majority
7 July 2026A10-0187/2026 – Lukas Mandl, Pierfrancesco Maran – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
17 June 2026A10-0166/2026 – Riho Terras – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
16 June 2026A10-0147/2026 – Lukas Mandl – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
26 November 2025B10-0503/2025 – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
13 November 2025A10-0223/2025 – Ondřej Knotek – Commission proposalAgainstFor
9 July 2025B10-0318/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
9 July 2025B10-0316/2025 – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
9 July 2025B10-0315/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
9 July 2025B10-0311/2025 – Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
17 June 2025A10-0102/2025 – Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi – Draft Council decisionAgainstFor

4 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.

Unlinked but matchable

13 counterpart entrys in Esther Herranz García's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:

Matching is automated and can be wrong - see how matching works. Linking the register entry is the fix, and it is the MEP office's to make.