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Member of the European Parliament · Netherlands ECR

Sander Smit

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

As of 12 September 2026, Sander Smit (ECR, Netherlands) has declared 95 lobby meetings this term - rank 234 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.

That sits close to the Parliament average of 85 meetings per MEP, and 15 of 81 within European Conservatives & Reformists.

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%.

95
declared meetings
current term
95
records since 2019
full dataset
42%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
234/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
15/81
rank in ECR

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Compared with the averages

Sander Smit, this term
95
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: 16 in Oct 2024.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 1 declared meetingAugust 2024: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2024: 6 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 16 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 9 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 2 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 2 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 10 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 2 declared meetingsApril 2025: 4 declared meetingsMay 2025: 1 declared meetingJune 2025: 2 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 4 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 0 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 2 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 10 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 5 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 4 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 0 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 3 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 0 declared meetingsApril 2026: 2 declared meetingsMay 2026: 1 declared meetingJune 2026: 3 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 5 declared meetingsAugust 2026: 1 declared meetingSeptember 2026: 0 declared meetingsnew termMonthly share of all counterpart entries carrying a declared Register linkJuly 2024: 0% of all counterpart entries carry a declared Register linkFebruary 2026: 0% 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: 16 declared in October 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Sander Smit 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 (17), Chemicals & manufacturing (6), Health & pharma (5)

Meetings by committee topic

Environment, Climate and Food Safety (39), Fisheries (8), Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (6), D-IL (2), D-RU (1)

Most recent declared meetings

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
25 Aug 2026ChevronMemberRED II & Massabalans-discussie
16 Jul 2026MVO - de ketenorganisatie voor oliën en vetten MemberFeed & Food
10 Jul 2026Fédération Européenne des Fabricants d'Aliments Composés MemberFeed & Food
9 Jul 2026Freshfel Europe - the forum for the European fresh fruits and vegetables chainMemberFeed & Food Omnibus
8 Jul 2026European Biostimulants Industry CouncilMemberFeed & Food Omnibus
3 Jul 2026Association of National Organisations of Fishing Enterprises in the European Union MemberSEVO Meeting
17 Jun 2026Plantum MemberNGT Law and Vote
16 Jun 2026CropLife Europe MemberFood & Feed Omnibus
3 Jun 2026Municipal Waste Europe MemberRevision of European procurement directives
8 May 2026Association of National Organisations of Fishing Enterprises in the European Union Member75th Anniversary and Vessel Christening PP
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
29 Apr 2026DenkTankMemberPanel & Reception
22 Apr 2026Kerk in NoodMemberNGO dialogue
26 Feb 2026HorticontractMemberSector event
25 Feb 2026CropLife EuropeMember2025/0409 (COD)
20 Feb 2026SEVO Cornelis VrolijkMemberSector visit and meeting: Fish processing & sector dialogue
17 Dec 2025Prospero & Partners MemberMeeting Omnibus VI
16 Dec 2025DSM-Firmenich MemberOmnibus VI
3 Dec 2025ECRMemberCutting Through Bureaucracy
3 Dec 2025ChristenUnieMemberExchange of views
19 Nov 2025Young farmers Agri CommissionMemberYoung farmers congress
18 Nov 2025Growing Media EuropeMemberGrowing media
17 Nov 2025Dutch agriculture representativesMemberLandbouwborrel
12 Nov 2025Gesponserde GroepMemberBezoekersgroep
7 Nov 2025SEVOMemberWerkbezoek
29 Oct 2025BoerBurgerBewegingMemberVerkiezingsuitslagenavond
15 Oct 2025BBB bestuur; BBB gedeputeerde FrieslandMemberExchange of views
15 Oct 2025European CommissionMember40th anniversary of the singing of the Schengen agreement
15 Oct 2025Koninklijke Philips MemberExchange of views duurzaamheid
14 Oct 2025Regio StedendriehoekMemberThemadiner
14 Oct 2025Oost-Nederlandse bestuurdersMemberNetwerkborrel EWRC

The full record is in the official EP declarations.

Roll-call voting record

Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Sander Smit 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.

90%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
487
final texts voted on
of 537
81%
voted with their group's majority at the time
on 481 final texts
90
differed from their group at the time
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Sander Smit537 final votes
63%13%15%9%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

With and against the group

On the 481 final texts where more than half of ECR members casting a vote went one way, and Sander Smit 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 majority39181%
Voted differently9019%

Final texts where Sander Smit 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 2026A10-0163/2026 – Tonino Picula – 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 2026A10-0170/2026 – 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

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

Unlinked but matchable

13 counterpart entrys in Sander Smit'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.