There are deputies who barely travel at the expense of Congress and others who practically live on the road. The three reports published by the PSOE on the trips of its parliamentarians during the first half of 2026 make it possible to reconstruct who has most frequently used the trips paid for by the Lower House. And there is one name that stands out above all the others: Guillermo Hita.
The socialist deputy registered 83 round trips between January and June, all made by car. Translated into individual journeys – counting each outbound and each return separately – they are 166 trips in six months. The figure is especially striking because Hita is a deputy for Madrid, the constituency in which Congress is located.
The data comes from the three bimonthly reports published by the Socialist Parliamentary Group and corresponding to January-February, March-April and May-June. The documents specify that these are trips charged to the Congress budget and differentiate between those made between Madrid and the parliamentarian’s constituency and those made to different provinces. Hita recorded 35 round trips during January and February, another 23 between March and April and 25 during May and June. That is, 70, 46 and 50 individual routes, respectively.
The PSOE itself explains that the first category includes the trips made “between the constituency where they were elected and Madrid, where the Congress headquarters is located.” The reports do not detail the exact origin and destination of each journeythe kilometers traveled or its cost. But Hita is not an isolated exception among Madrid deputies. Javier Rodríguez Palacios, also chosen by Madrid, registered 14 round trips during the first two months, another 14 in the second and 21 between May and June. In total, 49 complete trips or 98 individual trips, also made by car. The contrast with other socialist representatives from the same constituency is relevant. Several deputies from Madrid appear without ordinary trips in the reports consulted.
Congress pays for parliamentarians’ trips by dividing them into three categories: trips for parliamentary activity, which They cover the mandatory journeys from the deputy’s habitual residence to the Chamber to attend plenary sessions or committees; those for political activity, which finance transfers to any point in the national territory for representation events or functions of their political group; and official trips, aimed at formal representation missions of the institution itself in both national and international delegations.
The second most traveled socialist parliamentarian during the semester was José Luis Aceves, deputy for Segovia. Their figures also show an upward progression. It recorded 20 round trips during January and February and 22 between March and April. In May and June it reached 29 round trips, to which it added a one-way trip. During this last period, Aceves also made a round trip outside his constituency related to the Parliamentary Business Program in Valencia. Homogenized all movements, The result amounts to 145 individual trips during the first semester.
Third place corresponds to Alberto Rojo, representative of Guadalajara. In their case, the three two-month periods show especially constant activity: 17 round trips between January and February, 22 between March and April and another 21 during May and June. In total there are 60 complete trips, equivalent to 120 individual journeys, all made by car.
Next appears Rodríguez Palacios, with the aforementioned 98 routes. Luis Carlos Sahuquillo, deputy for Cuenca, and Gonzalo Redondo, for Ciudad Real, reach 90 each. Manuel Arribas, elected by Ávila, has 86. Emilio Sáez, deputy for Albacete, and José Antonio Rodríguez Salas, representative for Granada, have 78 each. The top part of the classification is completed by Noelia Cobo, deputy for Cantabria, with 68 routes; Jesús Mayoral, for Toledo, with 66; Esther Peña, for Burgos, with 65; María Luisa Sanz, for Valladolid, with 64; César Joaquín Ramos, for Cáceres, with 61; and David Serrada, deputy for Salamanca, with 60. The activity of the deputies forces many of them to maintain constant transit between Madrid and their constituencies and the distances and connections available cause important differences. Nor does a car trip between Guadalajara and Madrid cost the same as a flight from the Canary Islands or a train journey from another province..
trips outside
The documents provide more information when the parliamentarian travels to a province other than the one for which he was elected. In these cases, the Socialist Group includes a column in which it explains the purpose of the displacement. And the first semester offers a varied list of reasons.
One of the deputies who stands out the most in this section is César Joaquín Ramos, representative for Cáceres. During January and February he made trips related to the Bilbao Tourism Congress and a meeting with the Gipuzkoa Provincial Council on mobility. Between March and April, other trips appear linked to the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Mobility City in Zaragoza and meetings about Canfranc in Huesca. The reports also include trips by other deputies to attend professional conferencescarry out visits linked to the parliamentary committees to which they belong, meet with groups or see business facilities.
In May and June, for example, María Luisa Sanz, deputy for Valladolid, made an extraordinary trip to make an official visit to the i+MED Cooperative of Scientists facilities in Vitoria-Gasteiz. Herminio Rufino Sancho, representative for Teruel, traveled to Cádiz on the occasion of a visit by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Commission. The documents also allow us to know how parliamentarians move. The car takes on an obvious role among the representatives of provinces close to Madrid.
In other territories, the train and the plane appear recurrently, while some deputies combine different means depending on the route.
There is, however, one figure that does not appear: money. The reports allow us to know the number of trips but do not specify how much they have cost. The Socialist Group recognizes this limitation in its Transparency Portal. The management explains that Congress publishes quarterly the global amount of trips made by all deputies and assures that it has already requested the Chamber to provide the corresponding data to its parliamentarians to include them. According to the Chamber, until March 31, their honors have charged 1.3 million, which also includes management, cancellation and change expenses, as well as tickets issued pending use.