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Member of the European Parliament · Spain S&D

Idoia Mendia

MEP for Spain · Socialists & Democrats · Partido Socialista Obrero Español · official EP profile

As of 12 September 2026, Idoia Mendia (S&D, Spain) has declared 147 lobby meetings this term - rank 131 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That is one of the fuller declaration sheets in the Parliament - 1.7× the average member, and 35 of 136 within Socialists & Democrats.

42% 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%.

147
declared meetings
current term
148
records since 2019
full dataset
42%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
131/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
35/136
rank in S&D

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Compared with the averages

Idoia Mendia, this term
147
Parliament average
85
S&D average
113

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: 0 declared meetings in Sep 2026. Peak: 14 in Sep 2024.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 1 declared meetingAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 14 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 13 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 4 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 7 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 13 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 7 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 8 declared meetingsApril 2025: 4 declared meetingsMay 2025: 4 declared meetingsJune 2025: 8 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 3 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 2 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 6 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 12 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 5 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 3 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 5 declared meetingsApril 2026: 5 declared meetingsMay 2026: 10 declared meetingsJune 2026: 5 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 6 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkJuly 2024: 100% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register link202420252026
declared meetings per monthall counterpart entries carrying a declared Register link; diplomacy included (right axis)

Busiest month: 14 declared in September 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Idoia Mendia 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

Labour & trade unions (12), Consumer & retail (8), Business federations & chambers (6)

Meetings by committee topic

Employment and Social Affairs (28), Internal Market and Consumer Protection (12), Fisheries (7), DASE (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
15 Jul 2026FUNDACION CERMI MUJERES MemberMental health and persons with disabilities
14 Jul 2026FABRIKAMemberEmployment and social rights
14 Jul 2026European Federation of Public Service Unions MemberEuropean Care Deal
14 Jul 2026Denaria EuropeMemberAccess to cash, consumer's rights
1 Jul 2026LONELY-EUMemberLoneliness in the EU and intergenerational fairness
1 Jul 2026AGE Platform Europe MemberUN Convention on the Rights of Older Persons
25 Jun 2026Thai Lawyers for Human RightsMemberHuman Rights of lawyers in Thailand
11 Jun 2026Acumen Public AffairsMemberBasque Industry
10 Jun 2026Foundation for European Progressive StudiesMemberEmployment
1 Jun 2026European Senior Organisation - PES-seniorsMemberRights of Older People
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
1 Jun 2026Servicios Integrados Lasker S.L. MemberMindshift Alzheimer
22 May 2026Fishermen of GuipuzcoaMemberFishing
20 May 2026The Walt Disney Company Benelux BVBA MemberAI Regulatory Framework
20 May 2026Institute for future-fit economies gemeinnützige UG (haftungsbeschränkt) MemberIntergenerational Fairness
19 May 2026Republic of Indonesia EmbasyMemberResolution
15 May 2026BasquenergyMemberIndustrial Accelerator
13 May 2026European Senior Organisation - PES-seniorsMemberSociety
6 May 2026UGT ValenciaMemberEmployment
5 May 2026Vinces ConsultingMemberGeneral MEP Work
5 May 2026Asturias DelegationMemberEnvironment
5 May 2026SABIC Cartagena Works CouncilMemberEmployment
29 Apr 2026UGTMemberWizink Case
23 Apr 2026EurofoundMemberEmployment
22 Apr 2026Youth group EUtopiaMemberYouth, Erasmus
20 Apr 2026Telefonica, S.A. MemberEmployment, Industry, Telecommunications
14 Apr 2026Caregivers of children with disabilitiesMemberDisability, fulltime caregivers
26 Mar 2026PLATAFORMA TERCER SECTORMemberMFF, ESF+
24 Mar 2026AdigitalMemberEmployment, Digitalization, AI
11 Mar 2026Repsol, S.A.MemberMeeting with Repsol
5 Mar 2026Grupo SSIMemberRegional Skills Partnership, launch of ZAINLAB

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Idoia Mendia 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.

97%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
507
final texts voted on
of 537
99%
voted with the S&D majority
on 505 final texts
6
differed from S&D
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Idoia Mendia537 final votes
84%9%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 505 final texts where more than half of S&D members casting a vote went one way, and Idoia Mendia 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 S&D majority49999%
Voted differently61%

Final texts where Idoia Mendia differed from the S&D majority

DateTextTheir voteS&D majority
8 July 2026B10-0337/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)ForAgainst
17 June 2026A10-0166/2026 – Riho Terras – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
30 April 2026RC-B10-0216/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
20 January 2026A10-0252/2025 – Borja Giménez Larraz – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
9 July 2025B10-0315/2025 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
7 May 2025A10-0075/2025 – Riho Terras – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor

Unlinked but matchable

29 counterpart entrys in Idoia Mendia'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.