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
22 Jun 2026	Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22	No vote	74–323
22 Jun 2026	Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11	Aye	104–391
22 Jun 2026	Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4	Aye	164–311
17 Jun 2026	National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3	No vote	144–244
17 Jun 2026	National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13	No vote	135–258
17 Jun 2026	National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8	No vote	143–249
17 Jun 2026	National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3	No vote	85–317
17 Jun 2026	National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion	No vote	233–94
16 Jun 2026	Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026	No vote	262–86
16 Jun 2026	Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3	No vote	162–246
16 Jun 2026	Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14	No vote	151–258
16 Jun 2026	Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13	No vote	77–255
15 Jun 2026	Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival	No vote	24–37
10 Jun 2026	Railways Bill: Third Reading	No	278–149
10 Jun 2026	Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148	Aye	155–279
10 Jun 2026	Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143	Aye	167–266
10 Jun 2026	Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1	No vote	77–271
9 Jun 2026	Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026	No	356–86
9 Jun 2026	Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4	Aye	157–287
9 Jun 2026	Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12	Aye	94–297
9 Jun 2026	Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20	Aye	90–290
8 Jun 2026	Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8	Aye	145–251
8 Jun 2026	Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2	No vote	65–251
8 Jun 2026	Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12	Aye	81–266
3 Jun 2026	Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division	No	302–155

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)