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Member of the European Parliament · Netherlands Renew

Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy

MEP for the Netherlands · Renew Europe · Democraten 66 · official EP profile

As of 8 November 2026, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (Renew, Netherlands) has declared 155 lobby meetings this term - rank 155 of 720 MEPs by declared meetings, a place shared with 3 other MEPs.

That is one of the fuller declaration sheets in the Parliament - 1.6× the average member, and it ranks 35 of 78 in the Renew group, a place shared with 1 other member.

72% of this MEP's declared counterpart entries, including diplomatic and government entries, carry a declared EU Transparency Register link - above the like-for-like raw Parliament-wide share of 52%.

155
declared meetings
current term
155
records since 2016
full dataset
72%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 52% EP‑wide
155/720
rank, all MEPs
tied with 3 others
35/78
rank in Renew
tied with 1 other

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Compared with the averages

Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, this term
155
Parliament average
100
Renew average
167

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 November 2026. This is the same current-term window as the figures above, beginning 16 July 2024.

Current month, partial through 6 Nov 2026: 0 declared meetings in Nov 2026. Peak: 17 in Mar 2026.

0%25%50%75%100%017July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 4 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 3 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 3 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 3 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 2 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 4 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 2 declared meetingsApril 2025: 4 declared meetingsMay 2025: 1 declared meetingJune 2025: 6 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 3 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 3 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 13 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 7 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 13 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 5 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 13 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 14 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 17 declared meetingsApril 2026: 10 declared meetingsMay 2026: 8 declared meetingsJune 2026: 7 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 4 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 4 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 2 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonths with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; the dashes join the months either sideMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link2024202520260%25%50%75%100%017July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 4 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 3 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 3 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 3 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 2 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 4 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 2 declared meetingsApril 2025: 4 declared meetingsMay 2025: 1 declared meetingJune 2025: 6 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 3 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 3 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 13 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 7 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 13 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 5 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 13 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 14 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 17 declared meetingsApril 2026: 10 declared meetingsMay 2026: 8 declared meetingsJune 2026: 7 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 4 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 4 declared meetingsOctober 2026: 2 declared meetingsNovember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonths with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; the dashes join the months either sideMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link2024202520260%50%100%017202420252026
declared meetings per month (left axis)all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)
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Declared meetings each month, and the share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link.
MonthMeetingsLinked
Jul 20240-
Aug 20240-
Sep 2024450%
Oct 2024333.3%
Nov 2024333.3%
Dec 2024366.7%
Jan 20252100%
Feb 2025480%
Mar 2025250%
Apr 2025450%
May 202510%
Jun 2025670%
Jul 2025383.3%
Aug 20253100%
Sep 20251373.3%
Oct 2025762.5%
Nov 20251353.3%
Dec 2025580%
Jan 20261370.6%
Feb 20261480%
Mar 20261782.8%
Apr 20261092%
May 2026858.3%
Jun 2026775%
Jul 2026450%
Aug 20260-
Sep 2026466.7%
Oct 20262100%
Nov 20260-

Busiest month: 17 declared in March 2026. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value; a dashed stretch of the line joins the months either side.

Who Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy 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

Both lists count this term. Sector pages count the full 2016–2026 record, and committee pages show each member's current-term total across all subjects, so their figures for this member can be higher.

Most-met sectors this term

Finance (50), Environment & climate (24), Public affairs & consultancy (16)

Meetings by committee topic this term

Economic and Monetary Affairs (65), Environment, Climate and Food Safety (29), Budgetary Control (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
2 Oct 2026Koppert⁠↗Shadow rapporteurFood & Feed
1 Oct 2026Koninklijke Nederlandse Vereniging voor Afval en Rei­ni­gings­ma­na­ge­ment⁠↗MemberCircular Economy
30 Sep 2026Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership; Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment)MemberEU ETS
29 Sep 2026Dutch Fund and Asset Management Association⁠↗MemberMISP
28 Sep 2026Vereniging VNO-NCW⁠↗; Koninklijke Vereniging MKB-Nederland⁠↗MemberBusiness
16 Sep 2026Castro EU⁠↗MemberState of the European Union
16 Jul 2026Kreab Worldwide⁠↗RapporteurSFDR
2 Jul 2026Stichting Rechten van de natuurMemberRights of nature
2 Jul 2026Cheetah FoundationMemberNature conservation
1 Jul 2026European Sustainable Investment Forum⁠↗RapporteurSFDR
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DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
30 Jun 2026Fleishman-Hillard⁠↗RapporteurSFDR
24 Jun 2026European Sustainable Investment Forum⁠↗RapporteurSFDR
18 Jun 2026TotalEnergies SE⁠↗RapporteurSFDR
11 Jun 2026Fleishman-Hillard⁠↗RapporteurSFDR
10 Jun 2026Stichting Sustainable Finance Lab; Future of Sustainable Data Alliance⁠↗RapporteurSFDR
4 Jun 2026Parkinson Nederland Parkinson verenigingShadow rapporteurFood & Feed
1 Jun 2026La Banque Postale⁠↗RapporteurSFDR
29 May 2026BNP PARIBASRapporteurSFDR
28 May 2026European Long-Term Investors Association; Pensioen­federatie (Dutch Federation of Pension Funds); WWF European Policy Programme⁠↗; ShareAction Europe⁠↗RapporteurSFDR
27 May 2026Svensk Försäkring; Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change⁠↗RapporteurSFDR
26 May 2026Frank Bold Society⁠↗RapporteurSFDR
21 May 2026Kreab⁠↗RapporteurSFDR
19 May 2026Fleishman-Hillard⁠↗RapporteurSFDR
13 May 2026Raad voor Die­re­naan­ge­le­gen­he­denMemberAnimal welfare
12 May 2026Vanguard Asset Management Limited⁠↗RapporteurSFDR
29 Apr 2026PGIM⁠↗; Association Française des Marchés Financiers⁠↗; Dutch Fund and Asset Management Association⁠↗RapporteurSFDR
24 Apr 2026Wageningen University⁠↗; Stichting Wageningen Research⁠↗Shadow rapporteurFood & feed
22 Apr 2026MSCI Limited⁠↗; European Fund and Asset Management Association⁠↗RapporteurSFDR
21 Apr 2026Deutscher Sparkassen-und Giroverband⁠↗; Bundesverband Öffentlicher Banken Deutschlands eV⁠↗; Bundesverband deutscher Banken e.V.⁠↗; Bundesverband der Deutschen Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken⁠↗RapporteurSFDR
20 Apr 2026Stichting Sustainable Finance LabRapporteurSFDR

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 6,412 roll-call votes while Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy held the seat, 606 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.

99%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 6,412 held while seated
595
final texts voted on
of 606
96%
voted with the Renew majority
on 580 final texts
26
differed from Renew
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 606 final votes held while seated.

Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy606 final votes
88%9%
For 533Against 57Abstained 5No vote recorded 11

With and against the group

On the 580 final texts where more than half of Renew members casting a vote went one way, and Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy 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 Renew majority55496%
Voted differently264%

Final texts where Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy differed from the Renew majority

DateTextTheir voteRenew majority
21 October 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission implementing decision renewing the authorisation for placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean MON 87769 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0469/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
17 September 2026The role of social, economic and environmental standards in safeguarding fair competition for all aquatic food products and improving food security A10-0205/2026 · Paulo do Nascimento Cabral · Motion for a resolutionAgainstFor
8 July 2026Motion for a resolution on the Commission Implementing Decision renewing the authorisation for the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified maize NK603 × T25 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0335/2026 · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
30 April 2026How to secure a sustainable future for the EU livestock sector in light of the need to ensure food security, farmers’ resilience and the challenges posed by… A10-0088/2026 · Carlo Fidanza · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
11 February 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission implementing decision renewing the authorisation for the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified cotton T304-40 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0108/2026 · Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
11 February 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission implementing decision renewing the authorisation for the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified cotton GHB614 × LLCotton25 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0109/2026 · Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
11 February 2026Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission implementing decision renewing the authorisation for placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified maize T25 (ACS-ZMØØ3-2) pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0106/2026 · Motion for a resolutionForAgainst
10 February 2026The European Central Bank – annual report 2025 A10-0002/2026 · Johan Van Overtveldt · Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
17 December 2025Motion for a resolution on the Commission delegated regulation of 4 July 2025 amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2178 as regards the simplification of the content and presentation of information to be disclosed concerning environmentally sustainable activities and Commission Delegated Regulations (EU) 2021/2139 and (EU) 2023/2486 as regards simplification of certain technical screening criteria for determining whether economic activities cause no significant harm to environmental objectives B10-0566/2025 · Motion for a resolutionAbstainedAgainst
16 December 2025Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission Implementing Decision authorising the placing on the market of food, food ingredients and feed produced from genetically modified sugar beet KWS20-1 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council B10-0559/2025 · Motion for a resolutionForAgainst

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

Unlinked but matchable

30 counterpart entries in Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:

These are the 3 most frequent matches, covering 9 of the 30 entries; the other 21 are not listed.

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.