David Reed

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

Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)

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 role of Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons).

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Scorecard

62.1% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote

326 Votes cast out of 575 divisions, plus 31 as teller

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

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

15 Interests declared 2 at £5,000 or more

132 Debates spoken in 216 written questions tabled

Ranked 485 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. 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

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

Date	Question	Their vote	Result
15 Sep 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 49	No vote	332–160
15 Sep 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 48	No vote	328–160
15 Sep 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 47	No vote	327–164
15 Sep 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 46	No vote	314–178
15 Sep 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 23	No vote	329–163
15 Sep 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 8	No vote	316–172
15 Sep 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7	No vote	330–158
15 Sep 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1	No vote	326–160
10 Sep 2025	Bus Services (No.2) Bill: Third Reading	No vote	362–87
10 Sep 2025	Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10	No vote	153–300
10 Sep 2025	Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 23	No vote	158–297
10 Sep 2025	Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 58	No vote	92–364
10 Sep 2025	Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2	No vote	69–300
9 Sep 2025	Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Second Reading	No vote	330–179
9 Sep 2025	Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Reasoned Amendment	No vote	116–333
8 Sep 2025	Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 64	No vote	335–160
8 Sep 2025	Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 53	No vote	401–96
8 Sep 2025	Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39	No vote	325–171
8 Sep 2025	Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26	No vote	404–98
8 Sep 2025	Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 19	No vote	336–158
8 Sep 2025	Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 18	No vote	402–97
8 Sep 2025	Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11	No vote	398–93
4 Sep 2025	House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3	No vote	338–74
4 Sep 2025	House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2	No vote	331–73
4 Sep 2025	House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1	No vote	336–77

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)