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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%.

169
declared meetings
current term
169
records since 2019
full dataset
34%
all counterpart entries linked
incl. diplomacy; vs 51% EP-wide
114/719
rank, all MEPs
by declared meetings
28/136
rank in S&D

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Compared with the averages

Thomas Bajada, this term
169
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: 25 in Oct 2024.

0%25%50%75%100%July 2024: 2 declared meetingsAugust 2024: 1 declared meetingSeptember 2024: 8 declared meetingsOctober 2024: 25 declared meetingsNovember 2024: 5 declared meetingsDecember 2024: 5 declared meetingsJanuary 2025: 9 declared meetingsFebruary 2025: 12 declared meetingsMarch 2025: 0 declared meetingsApril 2025: 10 declared meetingsMay 2025: 10 declared meetingsJune 2025: 6 declared meetingsJuly 2025: 9 declared meetingsAugust 2025: 5 declared meetingsSeptember 2025: 8 declared meetingsOctober 2025: 9 declared meetingsNovember 2025: 12 declared meetingsDecember 2025: 9 declared meetingsJanuary 2026: 2 declared meetingsFebruary 2026: 12 declared meetingsMarch 2026: 5 declared meetingsApril 2026: 2 declared meetingsMay 2026: 3 declared meetingsJune 2026: 0 declared meetingsJuly 2026: 0 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: 25 declared in October 2024. Months with no declared meetings have no Register-share value.

Who Thomas Bajada meets most

Declared counterpartMeetings
Gozo Regional Development Authority3
Malta Business Bureau3
The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry2
ViiV Healthcare Limited2
WWF European Policy Programme2

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

DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
27 May 2026BUSINESSEUROPE Shadow rapporteurMeeting on the Industrial Emissions Directive
19 May 2026Garmin Ltd. Shadow rapporteurMeeting on Environmental Omnibus
8 May 2026FEAD - European waste management associationShadow rapporteurMeeting on SCIP database
24 Apr 2026European Federation of National Associations of Water Services Shadow rapporteurMeeting on Environmental Omnibus
15 Apr 2026Euronext MemberFinancial markets
25 Mar 2026EIBRapporteur for opinionNRPP
17 Mar 2026EESCRapporteur for opinionNRPP
16 Mar 2026EIB Office in MaltaMemberEIB work
10 Mar 2026Against Conversion TherapyMemberEuropean Citizens’ Initiative to ban conversion therapy in the EU.
5 Mar 2026Malta Gaming AuthorityMemberIntroductory meeting
Show 20 more meetings
DateCounterpartCapacitySubject
27 Feb 2026European Youth Forum MemberYouth opportunities, Erasmus+, MFF
24 Feb 2026Youth AgendaMemberYouth engagement and representation at the European level
21 Feb 2026Malta Food AgencyMemberVisit Farmers Market
20 Feb 2026Monipal LtdMemberFinancial Literacy
20 Feb 2026University of MaltaMemberCollaboration with EU Parliament
18 Feb 2026Malta Financial Services AuthorityMemberFinancial Literacy
17 Feb 2026Malta Council and Social DevelopmentMemberEU Affairs
16 Feb 2026Gozo Business Chamber; Gozo Regional Development AuthorityMemberEU Multiannual Financial Framework
14 Feb 2026Arkadia GozoMemberOfficial Visit
13 Feb 2026Magro BrothersMemberOfficial Visit
3 Feb 2026Climate Strategy Rapporteur for opinionNRPP
3 Feb 2026Forbidden Colours MemberCurrent status of LGBTIQ+ rights in Europe
28 Jan 2026Malta Business BureauMemberECON Committee work
15 Jan 2026BUSINESSEUROPE Shadow rapporteurOmnibus 4
22 Dec 2025Ministry for Social Policy & Children's RightsMemberFinancial Literacy
10 Dec 2025Oceano Azul FoundationMemberMeeting on Ocean Act
8 Dec 2025European Commission, European Committee of Regions, European Economic and Social CommitteeMemberWater Resilience Forum
5 Dec 2025Xylem Inc. MemberMeeting on Water Resilience Strategy
3 Dec 2025SMEunited aisbl Shadow rapporteurOmnibus 4
3 Dec 2025Malta Central BankMemberMonetary 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.

84%
roll-calls with a vote recorded
of 5,568 held while seated
469
final texts voted on
of 537
91%
voted with the S&D majority
on 467 final texts
44
differed from S&D
listed below

How they voted on final texts

Share of the 537 final votes held while seated.

Thomas Bajada537 final votes
72%11%13%
ForAgainstAbstainedNo vote recorded

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.

Voted with the S&D majority42391%
Voted differently449%

Final texts where Thomas Bajada differed from the S&D majority

DateTextTheir voteS&D majority
9 July 2026A10-0167/2026 – Ľudovít Ódor – Motion for a resolutionAbstainedFor
8 July 2026A10-0172/2026 – Michael Gahler – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
7 July 2026A10-0169/2026 – Matthias Ecke – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
11 March 2026A10-0016/2026 – Petras Auštrevičius – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
11 March 2026A10-0017/2026 – Tobias Cremer – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
11 March 2026A10-0014/2026 – Lucia Annunziata – Motion for a resolutionAbstainedFor
24 February 2026RC-B10-0143/2026 – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AbstainedFor
11 February 2026C10-0005/2026 – Commission proposalAbstainedFor
11 February 2026A10-0005/2026 – Michał Szczerba – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)AgainstFor
22 January 2026A10-0270/2025 – Reinis Pozņaks – Motion for a resolutionAbstainedFor

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:

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.