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Jessika van Leeuwen, official European Parliament portrait

Member of the European Parliament · Netherlands ECR

Jessika van Leeuwen

MEP for Netherlands · European Conservatives & Reformists · BoerBurgerBeweging · official EP profile

As of 12 September 2026, Jessika van Leeuwen (ECR, Netherlands) has declared 110 lobby meetings this term - rank 198 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That sits close to the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 11 of 81 within European Conservatives & Reformists.

31% 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%.

110
declared meetings
current term
110
records since 2019
full dataset
31%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
198/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
11/81
rank in ECR

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Compared with the averages

Jessika van Leeuwen, this term
110
Parliament average
85
ECR average
56

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: 21 in Oct 2025.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 0 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 1 declared meetingOctober 2024: 3 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 4 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 1 declared meetingJanuary 2025: 2 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 1 declared meetingMarch 2025: 5 declared meetingsApril 2025: 2 declared meetingsMay 2025: 2 declared meetingsJune 2025: 2 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 10 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 21 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 20 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 1 declared meetingFebruary 2026: 3 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 10 declared meetingsApril 2026: 5 declared meetingsMay 2026: 1 declared meetingJune 2026: 6 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 4 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew 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: 21 declared in October 2025. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Jessika van Leeuwen meets most

Declared counterpartMeetings
Vee&Logistiek Nederland4
Grupo Vall Companys3
Wageningen University2
Land- en Tuinbouw Organisatie Nederland2
Nederlandse Zuivel Organisatie2

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 (17), Environment & climate (3), Health & pharma (3)

Meetings by committee topic

Agriculture and Rural Development (30), DAND (2), Budgets (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
15 Jul 2026Irish Livestock Exporters AssociationMemberMeeting with Lorcan O'Dochartaigh
15 Jul 2026GOALSciences - Global Observatory on Accurate Livestock SciencesMemberMeeting with Prof. Ederer
14 Jul 2026Jessika Van LeeuwenMemberMeeting with European Commissioner Hansen
13 Jul 2026Permanent Representation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the European UnionMemberEU Summer Cocktail Reception - Invitation from Pieter Jan Kleiweg de Zwaan, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the European Union
30 Jun 2026Euroseeds MemberEvent: From Legislation to Implementation: Ensuring that the EU NGT Framework Works for Innovation and Trade
24 Jun 2026Zuid-Holland Economic Council Zuid-HollandMemberZuid-Holland on Course for a Competitive Europe
24 Jun 2026Danish Bacon & Meat CouncilMemberDanish Grill Party
24 Jun 2026Access to Land NetworkMemberMeeting: Ensuring Generational Renewal in the CAP and the NRPPs
24 Jun 2026EP intergroup on sustainable livestockMemberCocktail & Questions with Commissioner Hansen
24 Jun 2026Stichting Nederlandse draf- en rensportMemberMeeting with Draverij Sport, Paul Mulder
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
4 May 2026Piglets Treatment System B.V.MemberAnimal health technology
23 Apr 2026Univers2002MemberUnivers2002 - Academic networking
15 Apr 2026Breeding the FutureMemberPanel: Genomics in livestock
15 Apr 2026University FoundationMemberAcademic Exchange
15 Apr 2026Forum for the Future of AgricultureMemberRoundtable on Amino Acid Balancing
7 Apr 2026Symposium Master VerloskundeMemberMidwifery education
27 Mar 2026Vencomatic GroupMemberPoultry housing systems
25 Mar 2026European Dairy Association (EDA)MemberDairy Sector
25 Mar 2026Nederlandse Zuivel Organisatie (NZO)MemberNetwork Dinner
20 Mar 2026ARDO GroupMemberFood processing
18 Mar 2026Grupo Vall Companys MemberPigmeat production
18 Mar 2026Veridi Technologies B.V.MemberSoil monitoring technology
10 Mar 2026McDonald’s EuropeMemberFood supply chain
10 Mar 2026VNO‑NCW / MKB‑NederlandMemberBusiness representation
4 Mar 2026ACEA – European Automobile Manufacturers’ AssociationMemberReception
4 Mar 2026Vee & Logistiek NederlandMemberintroductory meeting
17 Feb 2026Vee & Logistiek NederlandMemberLunch meeting
10 Feb 2026Embassy of Argentina to the EUMemberMeeting
6 Feb 2026CEU UniversityMemberAcademic exchange
23 Jan 2026Danish Farmers AbroadMemberAgricultural cooperation and livestock farming

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Jessika van Leeuwen 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.

98%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
526
final texts voted on
of 537
82%
voted with their group's majority at the time
on 519 final texts
94
differed from their group at the time
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Jessika van Leeuwen537 final votes
67%15%16%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 519 final texts where more than half of ECR members casting a vote went one way, and Jessika van Leeuwen 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 ECR majority42582%
Voted differently9418%

Final texts where Jessika van Leeuwen differed from their group's majority at the time

DateTextTheir voteGroup majority (their group at the time)
9 July 2026A10-0167/2026 – Ľudovít Ódor – Motion for a resolutionAbstainedAgainst
8 July 2026B10-0335/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
8 July 2026B10-0336/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
8 July 2026B10-0334/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
8 July 2026A10-0172/2026 – Michael Gahler – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
8 July 2026A10-0164/2026 – Sven Mikser – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
8 July 2026A10-0156/2026 – Ilhan Kyuchyuk – Draft Council decisionAgainstAbstained
7 July 2026A10-0189/2026 – Adam Bielan – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
7 July 2026A10-0170/2026 – Joachim Streit – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
7 July 2026A10-0169/2026 – Matthias Ecke – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedAgainst

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

Unlinked but matchable

10 counterpart entrys in Jessika van Leeuwen'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.