
Member of the European Parliament · Malta S&D
Thomas Bajada
MEP for Malta · Socialists & Democrats · Partit Laburista · official EP profile
As of 12 September 2026, Thomas Bajada (S&D, Malta) has declared 169 lobby meetings this term - rank 114 of 719 MEPs by declared meetings.
That is one of the fuller declaration sheets in the Parliament - 2.0× the average member, and 28 of 136 within Socialists & Democrats.
34% 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%.
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Compared with the averages
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: 25 in Oct 2024.
Busiest month: 25 declared in October 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.
Who Thomas Bajada meets most
| Declared counterpart | Meetings |
|---|---|
| Gozo Regional Development Authority | 3 |
| Malta Business Bureau | 3 |
| The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry | 2 |
| ViiV Healthcare Limited | 2 |
| WWF European Policy Programme | 2 |
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
Environment & climate (14), Finance (6), Health & pharma (5)
Meetings by committee topic
Environment, Climate and Food Safety (39), Economic and Monetary Affairs (15), Fisheries (6), D-UK (2), DMED (1), Transport and Tourism (1)
Most recent declared meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 May 2026 | BUSINESSEUROPE ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Meeting on the Industrial Emissions Directive |
| 19 May 2026 | Garmin Ltd. ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Meeting on Environmental Omnibus |
| 8 May 2026 | FEAD - European waste management association | Shadow rapporteur | Meeting on SCIP database |
| 24 Apr 2026 | European Federation of National Associations of Water Services ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Meeting on Environmental Omnibus |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Euronext ↗ | Member | Financial markets |
| 25 Mar 2026 | EIB | Rapporteur for opinion | NRPP |
| 17 Mar 2026 | EESC | Rapporteur for opinion | NRPP |
| 16 Mar 2026 | EIB Office in Malta | Member | EIB work |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Against Conversion Therapy | Member | European Citizens’ Initiative to ban conversion therapy in the EU. |
| 5 Mar 2026 | Malta Gaming Authority | Member | Introductory meeting |
Show 20 more meetings
| Date | Counterpart | Capacity | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Feb 2026 | European Youth Forum ↗ | Member | Youth opportunities, Erasmus+, MFF |
| 24 Feb 2026 | Youth Agenda | Member | Youth engagement and representation at the European level |
| 21 Feb 2026 | Malta Food Agency | Member | Visit Farmers Market |
| 20 Feb 2026 | Monipal Ltd | Member | Financial Literacy |
| 20 Feb 2026 | University of Malta | Member | Collaboration with EU Parliament |
| 18 Feb 2026 | Malta Financial Services Authority | Member | Financial Literacy |
| 17 Feb 2026 | Malta Council and Social Development | Member | EU Affairs |
| 16 Feb 2026 | Gozo Business Chamber; Gozo Regional Development Authority | Member | EU Multiannual Financial Framework |
| 14 Feb 2026 | Arkadia Gozo | Member | Official Visit |
| 13 Feb 2026 | Magro Brothers | Member | Official Visit |
| 3 Feb 2026 | Climate Strategy ↗ | Rapporteur for opinion | NRPP |
| 3 Feb 2026 | Forbidden Colours ↗ | Member | Current status of LGBTIQ+ rights in Europe |
| 28 Jan 2026 | Malta Business Bureau | Member | ECON Committee work |
| 15 Jan 2026 | BUSINESSEUROPE ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Omnibus 4 |
| 22 Dec 2025 | Ministry for Social Policy & Children's Rights | Member | Financial Literacy |
| 10 Dec 2025 | Oceano Azul Foundation | Member | Meeting on Ocean Act |
| 8 Dec 2025 | European Commission, European Committee of Regions, European Economic and Social Committee | Member | Water Resilience Forum |
| 5 Dec 2025 | Xylem Inc. ↗ | Member | Meeting on Water Resilience Strategy |
| 3 Dec 2025 | SMEunited aisbl ↗ | Shadow rapporteur | Omnibus 4 |
| 3 Dec 2025 | Malta Central Bank | Member | Monetary policy |
The full record is in the official EP declarations.
Roll-call voting record
Recorded votes only. Parliament held 5,568 roll-call votes while Thomas Bajada 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.
How they voted on final texts
Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.
With and against the group
On the 467 final texts where more than half of S&D members casting a vote went one way, and Thomas Bajada 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.
Final texts where Thomas Bajada differed from the S&D majority
| Date | Text | Their vote | S&D majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2026 | A10-0167/2026 – Ľudovít Ódor – Motion for a resolution | Abstained | For |
| 8 July 2026 | A10-0172/2026 – Michael Gahler – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 7 July 2026 | A10-0169/2026 – Matthias Ecke – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 11 March 2026 | A10-0016/2026 – Petras Auštrevičius – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 11 March 2026 | A10-0017/2026 – Tobias Cremer – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 11 March 2026 | A10-0014/2026 – Lucia Annunziata – Motion for a resolution | Abstained | For |
| 24 February 2026 | RC-B10-0143/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Abstained | For |
| 11 February 2026 | C10-0005/2026 – Commission proposal | Abstained | For |
| 11 February 2026 | A10-0005/2026 – Michał Szczerba – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) | Against | For |
| 22 January 2026 | A10-0270/2025 – Reinis Pozņaks – Motion for a resolution | Abstained | For |
34 further instances are not listed. All roll-call votes.
Unlinked but matchable
15 counterpart entrys in Thomas Bajada's declarations appear to match an EU Transparency Register entry without being linked in the declaration:
- “Oceana” - likely FUNDACION OCEANA (2 counterpart entrys)
- “Against Conversion Therapy” - likely Against Conversion Therapy (1 counterpart entry)
- “Association of the Tractor and Trailer Operators” - likely Association of tractor & trailer Operators - ATTO (1 counterpart entry)
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.