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David Reed

Conservative MP for Exmouth and Exeter East, since 4 July 2024

Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs)

David Reed is the Conservative MP for Exmouth and Exeter East, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. He currently undertakes the roles of Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons), Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs), and Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Defence).

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Scorecard

62.4% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote

334 Votes cast out of 590 divisions, plus 34 as teller

222 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend

1 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs

14 Interests declared 2 at £5,000 or more

140 Debates spoken in 270 written questions tabled

Ranked 483 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.4%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

590 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

Date	Question	Their vote	Result
11 Sep 2026	Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading	No	270–286
11 Sep 2026	Closure motion against party line	Aye	293–218
10 Sep 2026	Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading	No vote	77–292
9 Sep 2026	Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division	No	371–100
8 Sep 2026	Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1	Aye	162–297
8 Sep 2026	Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143	Aye	106–302
8 Sep 2026	Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142	Aye	108–357
8 Sep 2026	Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140	No vote	79–300
7 Sep 2026	Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145	Aye	170–316
7 Sep 2026	Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6	No vote	77–317
4 Sep 2026	Motion to sit in private	No vote	1–79
2 Sep 2026	Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading	Teller	411–102
2 Sep 2026	Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88	No	85–427
2 Sep 2026	Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67	Teller	105–410
2 Sep 2026	Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65	Teller	166–346
15 Jul 2026	Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots deferred division	No vote	330–109
15 Jul 2026	Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division	No vote	330–109
14 Jul 2026	Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19	Aye	104–412
14 Jul 2026	Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199	Aye	102–409
14 Jul 2026	Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3	No vote	93–323
13 Jul 2026	Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading	No vote	264–90
13 Jul 2026	Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading	No vote	97–358
8 Jul 2026	Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division	No	283–182
8 Jul 2026	Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division	No	317–103
8 Jul 2026	Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division	No	369–102

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Name of donor: The Coalition for Global Prosperity (CGP)
Address of donor: 1 Horse Guards Avenue, Westminster, London SW1A 2HU
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: The services of a Senior Policy Advisor for 1 day per week from Tuesday 31st March 2026 to Tuesday 30th June 2026; estimated value £4,200, value £4,200
Date received: 31 March 2026 to 30 June 2026
Date accepted: 31 March 2026
Donor status: company, registration 10894509
(Registered 31 March 2026)

On the register since 14 Apr 2026

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

£7,800

Name of donor: The Coalition for Global Prosperity (CGP)
Address of donor: 1 Horse Guards Avenue, Westminster, London SW1A 2HU
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: The services of a Senior Policy Advisor for 1 day per week from 1 July 2026 to 31 December 2026; estimated, value £7,800
Date received: 1 July 2026 to 31 December 2026
Date accepted: 1 July 2026
Donor status: company, registration 10894509
(Registered 3 July 2026)

On the register since 14 Jul 2026

Name of donor: AMS Global Solutions
Address of donor: 2nd Floor Arlington House, 5 Park Five Business Centre, Harrier Way, Exeter, Devon EX2 7HU.
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets and hospitality at the Chiefs Suite, Sandy Park Rugby Stadium, for the Exeter Chiefs vs Bath match for myselof and my wife, (estimated cost of £275 per person), value £550
Date received: 10 May 2026
Date accepted: 10 May 2026
Donor status: company, registration 15299871
(Registered 13 May 2026)

On the register since 19 May 2026

Name of donor: The Henry Jackson Society
Address of donor: Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank, London SW1P 4QP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: I attended the Reagan | Jackson Security Dialogue in Cambridge. HJS covered the cost of a two night hotel stay (£545.44) and two dinners (£153.04), value £698.48
Date received: 18 February 2026 to 20 February 2026
Date accepted: 18 February 2026
Donor status: other
(Registered 25 February 2026)

On the register since 10 Mar 2026

Name of donor: Armed Forces APPG
Address of donor: Houses of Parliament, St Margaret St, London SW1A 0AA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Briefing dinner with Chief of the General Staff, value £60
Date received: 16 December 2025
Date accepted: 16 December 2025
Donor status: other
(Registered 17 December 2025)

On the register since 6 Jan 2026

Name of donor: Armed Forces APPG
Address of donor: Houses of Parliament, St Margaret St, London SW1A 0AA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Briefing dinner with Director Strategy Cyber and Specialist Operations Command, value £60
Date received: 13 October 2025
Date accepted: 13 October 2025
Donor status: other (Armed Forces APPG)
(Registered 25 November 2025)