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
21 Apr 2026	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98	No	287–150
21 Apr 2026	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41	No	284–149
21 Apr 2026	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37	No	291–144
21 Apr 2026	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36	No	288–147
21 Apr 2026	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26	No	287–149
21 Apr 2026	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13	No	297–147
21 Apr 2026	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4	No	298–152
21 Apr 2026	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2	No	293–155
20 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439	No	292–158
20 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342	No vote	294–61
20 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11	No	294–156
20 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E	No	293–159
15 Apr 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106	No vote	248–139
15 Apr 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102	No	259–136
15 Apr 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B	No	254–144
15 Apr 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38	No	256–150
15 Apr 2026	Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78	No	277–150
15 Apr 2026	Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77	No vote	271–95
15 Apr 2026	Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43	No vote	273–159
15 Apr 2026	Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35	No vote	275–159
15 Apr 2026	Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26	No vote	269–162
15 Apr 2026	Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15	No vote	276–155
15 Apr 2026	Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5	No vote	269–103
15 Apr 2026	Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1	No vote	278–158
14 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments	No vote	247–21

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)