Official portrait of Ed Davey

Ed Davey

Liberal Democrat MP for Kingston and Surbiton, since 8 June 2017

The Rt Hon Ed Davey is the Liberal Democrat MP for Kingston and Surbiton, and has been an MP continually since 8 June 2017. He is Leader of the Liberal Democrats.

Scorecard

45.7% Attendance In the least-present tenth of MPs who vote
263 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
312 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
5 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Liberal Democrat MPs
15 Interests declared 3 at £5,000 or more
822 Debates spoken in 607 written questions tabled

Ranked 593 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.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
2 Jul 2025 Draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2025 deferred division No 333–168
2 Jul 2025 Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 deferred division No 338–79
1 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading No 335–260
1 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading Aye 149–328
30 Jun 2025 Draft Marking of Retail Goods Regulations 2025 No vote 315–4
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading No vote 314–291
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 No vote 274–224
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 No vote 275–209
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 No vote 223–269
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 No vote 213–266
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 No vote 208–261
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill: Third Reading No vote 312–95
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 130 No vote 178–313
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 121 No vote 114–310
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 88 Aye 178–313
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 43 Aye 147–305
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 No 102–390
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 No 117–379
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 Aye 379–137
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 Aye 89–428
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 Aye 189–328
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 175 Aye 184–336
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 174 Aye 194–335
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 against party line Aye 259–216
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 against party line Aye 230–256

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.

1. Employment and earnings

Role, work or services: Guest radio hosting
Until: 29 August 2025.
Payer: Global Media Group Services Limited (Media services), Global, 30 Leicester Square London WC2H 7LA
(Registered 30 September 2025)

On the register since 8 Oct 2025

Payment: £1,000
Received on: 25 September 2025. Hours: 5 hrs.
(Registered 30 September 2025)

On the register since 8 Oct 2025

Payment: £1,750 Recording the audiobook
Received on: 28 July 2025. Hours: 40 hrs.
(Registered 6 August 2025)

On the register since 2 Sep 2025

Role, work or services: Guest appearance on Have I Got News For You
From: 12 December 2024.
Payer: Hat Trick Productions (Production Company), 33 Oval Rd, London NW1 7EA
(Registered 20 March 2025)

On the register since 8 Apr 2025

Role, work or services: Writing a book
Payer: HarperCollins Publishing (Publishing company), The News Building, 1 London Bridge Street, London SE1 9GF
(Registered 7 February 2025)

On the register since 25 Feb 2025

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

£5,000

Name of donor: Stuart Robb
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 25 July 2025)

On the register since 5 Aug 2025

£6,000

Name of donor: James Moore
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £6,000
Donor status: individual
(Registered 25 July 2025)

On the register since 5 Aug 2025

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

£10,000

Name of donor: William Reeve
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000
Date received: 15 May 2026
Date accepted: 15 May 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 9 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

Name of donor: Francis Toye
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500
Date received: 15 May 2026
Date accepted: 15 May 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 9 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

Name of donor: Rowan Mullan
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,500
Date received: 19 May 2026
Date accepted: 19 May 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 9 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Ramesh Dewan
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Dinner hosted for the Liberal Democrats shared amongst 20 attendees, value £3,277.85
Date received: 17 July 2025
Date accepted: 17 July 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 6 August 2025)

On the register since 21 Oct 2025

Name of donor: National Liberal Club
Address of donor: 1 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Honorary life membership as Leader of the Liberal Democrats (value provided is that in 2023), value £798
Date received: 1 January 2022
Date accepted: 1 January 2022
Donor status: company, registration 01355034
(Registered 17 January 2022; updated 25 January 2022 and 11 January 2023)

On the register since 13 May 2024

8. Miscellaneous

Trustee of Tourism for all, a charity.
(Registered 6 July 2017)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

Board Member (unpaid) of Fit for the Future, a network of mainly charities helping organisations to become climate-friendly and resilient.
(Registered 6 July 2017; updated 31 January 2020)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

Board member of POWERful Women (PfW), a professional initiative to advance gender diversity within the energy sector.
Date interest arose: 14 September 2017
(Registered 1 November 2018)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

822 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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