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
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 62 stand part No 344–181
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No.2) Bill Committee: Clause 10 stand part No 324–180
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 Aye 167–350
7 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Rural communities No vote 105–332
7 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Jury trials Aye 182–290
17 Dec 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Second Reading No vote 312–165
16 Dec 2025 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Second Reading No 341–195
16 Dec 2025 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading (Opposition) No vote 118–340
15 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to disagree with the Lords in their Amendment 120N to Commons Amendment 120G and their Amendments 120P to 120S to Commons Amendment 120H No vote 311–96
10 Dec 2025 Opposition day: Conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer No vote 90–297
10 Dec 2025 Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on seasonal work No vote 320–98
10 Dec 2025 Opposition day: Seasonal work No vote 98–325
9 Dec 2025 Railways Bill: Second Reading No 329–173
9 Dec 2025 Railways Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment Aye 170–332
9 Dec 2025 UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion Aye 100–100
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA62 but not to insist on Commons Amendment 62C and to propose Gov (a) in lieu of LA62 No vote 327–162
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion not to insist on Commons Amendment 72C but to disagree with LA72D to LA72H and to propose Gov (a) and (b) in lieu of LA72D to LA72H No vote 326–162
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B No vote 395–98
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA23 and LA106 to LA120, not to insist on Commons Amendment 120C, 120D and 120E but to propose Gov (a) to (f) in lieu of LA23 and LA106 to LA120 No vote 300–96
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 1B but to propose Government amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 1B No vote 327–96
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 15 No vote 154–303
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 16 No vote 143–304
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 26 No vote 77–298
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 3 No vote 87–299
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty No vote 357–174

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:


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

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