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
14 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359	No	277–158
14 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357	No vote	278–73
14 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342	No vote	281–70
14 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334	Teller	356–90
14 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333	Teller	301–157
14 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311	Teller	300–101
14 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11	No	291–174
14 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6	No	299–169
14 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2	No	307–176
25 Mar 2026	Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6	Teller	290–163
25 Mar 2026	Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5	No	292–162
25 Mar 2026	Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4	No	300–149
25 Mar 2026	Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3	No	286–163
25 Mar 2026	Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2	Teller	295–162
25 Mar 2026	Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1	Teller	291–158
24 Mar 2026	Opposition Day: Defence	Aye	98–306
24 Mar 2026	Opposition Day: Oil and gas	Aye	108–297
23 Mar 2026	National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6	No	278–164
23 Mar 2026	National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5	No	281–167
23 Mar 2026	National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3	No	280–164
23 Mar 2026	National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2	No	279–167
23 Mar 2026	National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1	No	280–161
18 Mar 2026	Opposition day: Student loans	Aye	88–266
18 Mar 2026	Opposition day: Fuel duty	Aye	103–259
18 Mar 2026	Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 deferred division	No vote	277–99

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)