Member of Parliament
David Reed
Conservative MP for Exmouth and Exeter East
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)
At a glanceDavid Reed is a Conservative MP for Exmouth and Exeter East, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They currently serve as Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons). They have cast 326 votes in Commons divisions (57% attendance), tabled 216 written questions and registered 15 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; David Reed did not vote in 218. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
He currently undertakes the role of Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons).
Current roles
- Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill Committee since 9 Feb 2026
- Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons) Opposition post · Whips Office (Commons) since 2 Jun 2025
- Exmouth and Exeter East Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Conservative Party since 4 Jul 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Bradley Thomas
Conservative
100.0% · 323 of 323 shared votes
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Greg Smith
Conservative
100.0% · 311 of 311 shared votes
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Rebecca Harris
Conservative
100.0% · 309 of 309 shared votes
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Edward Argar
Conservative
100.0% · 306 of 306 shared votes
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Stuart Andrew
Conservative
100.0% · 303 of 303 shared votes
Votes least like
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Michael Payne
Labour
1.2% · 3 of 242 shared votes
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Emily Thornberry
Labour
1.3% · 2 of 157 shared votes
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Kerry McCarthy
Labour
1.5% · 4 of 270 shared votes
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Bambos Charalambous
Labour
1.6% · 4 of 247 shared votes
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Gen Kitchen
Labour
1.8% · 5 of 279 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP1
- The Coalition for Global Prosperity (CGP) - £4,200.00 (registered 31 Mar 2026)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources10
- The Coalition for Global Prosperity (CGP) - £7,800.00 (registered 3 Jul 2026)
- AMS Global Solutions - £550.00 (registered 13 May 2026)
- The Henry Jackson Society - £698.48 (registered 25 Feb 2026)
- Armed Forces APPG - £60.00 (registered 17 Dec 2025)
- Armed Forces APPG - £60.00 (registered 25 Nov 2025)
- Armed Forces APPG - £60.00 (registered 25 Nov 2025)
- Armed Forces APPG - £60.00 (registered 25 Nov 2025)
- Armed Forces APPG - £60.00 (registered 25 Nov 2025)
- Armed Forces APPG - £60.00 (registered 25 Nov 2025)
- Armed Forces APPG - £25.00 (registered 25 Nov 2025)
Visits outside the UK3
- International visit to Italy between 17 April 2026 and 19 April 2026 (registered 29 Apr 2026)
- International visit to United States between 30 November 2025 and 05 December 2025 (registered 16 Dec 2025)
- International visit to Taiwan between 03 November 2025 and 08 November 2025 (registered 2 Dec 2025)
Miscellaneous1
- Unpaid Director of BigByte Digital Ltd, a software company. (registered 19 Jul 2024)
Written questions
Written question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026 to question 16362, whether her Department maintains (a) a central register and (b) an estimate of funding allocated for civil contingencies and emergency planning across depart
Awaiting an answer from the Treasury.
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2026 to question 16800, how much of the funding provided to regional Growth Hubs is ring-fenced for emergency resilience and continuity planning.
Awaiting an answer from the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade .
Written question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 16 July to question 17649, what funding has been allocated to meeting the NATO 1.5% defence and security-related spending target since 26 January 2026.
Awaiting an answer from the Treasury.
Written question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 16 July to question 17649, what date it was determined that the UK has met NATO's 1.5% defence and security-related spending target.
Awaiting an answer from the Treasury.
Written question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 16 July to question 17649, what specific departments have contributed to the 1.5% of GDP spend on security-related spend.
Awaiting an answer from the Treasury.
Written question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 13 July to question 16362, a) what was the drawdown from the Civil Contingencies Fund in 2024/25 and 2025/26 to date and b) what proportion of that drawdown was recovered from the individua
Awaiting an answer from the Treasury.
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2026 to question 16800, what specific funding has been allocated within the Business Growth Service budget for fiscal year 2026-27 explicitly to h
Awaiting an answer from the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade .
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department has a specific budget to support a) small and b) medium-sized businesses in developing business continuity plans for major disruption.
Awaiting an answer from the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade .
Speeches in the chamber
14 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
Air ambulance charities like Devon Air Ambulance are vital to easing pressure on ambulance trusts and A&E, yet they receive no direct Government funding and rely almost entirely on public donations. Their operational costs are rising—f…
13 Jul 2026 Local Government Reorganisation
In Devon, local government reorganisation is taking up a great deal of bandwidth and detracting from what councils should be doing. My constituents want to know whether the announcement on Thursday will hold beyond the week. The Minister h…
13 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
As the House will know, the Home Office does not routinely publish figures on the number of small boat arrivals who abscond or whose whereabouts subsequently becomes unknown. Given that the Department holds case records that would allow th…
8 Jul 2026 Maritime and Coastguard Agency
In Exmouth and Exeter East, the local coastguard rescue team covers the Exe estuary, mudflats, tidal waters and busy open coastline. It is called on when local people or visitors are cut off by the tide, trapped in mud, in difficulty in th…
7 Jul 2026 Summer Jobs
The Minister is coming out with these great plans. Can he confirm that the right hon. Member for Makerfield (Andy Burnham) agrees with them, and will implement them when he becomes Prime Minister?
7 Jul 2026 Summer Jobs
Most hon. Members would agree that I have a beautiful constituency. That fact is no secret. Many people visit our corner of Devon, and catering for that tourism means that seasonal work is vital to our local economy. Last year, I visit…
7 Jul 2026 Summer Jobs
That is the reality!
7 Jul 2026 Draft West Midlands Combined Authority (Key Route Network) (Amendment) Order 2026
I understand the points the Minister is making. However, we had a low traffic neighbourhood imposed upon us in Exeter—the hon. Member for Exeter is here, and will know that within that city, traffic was pushed out on to the higher-traffic …
6 Jul 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill
To return to the point made by the hon. Member for Leeds South West and Morley (Mark Sewards), it is clear that this new piece of legislation could allow hostile states to set up shell charities or hide behind humanitarian cover. As a matt…
6 Jul 2026 Defence Investment Plan
Earlier this year, when I served on the Armed Forces Bill Select Committee, the then Armed Forces Minister, the hon. Member for Birmingham Selly Oak (Al Carns), assured us that funding for service housing was “ringfenced” and: “Nothing …
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill
I start in the same way that the Minister did, by thanking all the Clerks and parliamentary staff who made the Bill come together. They have kept things on track, and it has been impressive to watch. Given the strength of the political …
15 Jun 2026 Point of Order
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. During the urgent question on the defence investment plan, the Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry said that the Government are committed to all 62 recommendations laid out in the strategi…
10 Jun 2026 National Resilience
The hon. Member raises an important point. For anyone who understands the science and sees the effects globally, climate change is happening, the planet is warming up, and we will all feel the effects of a heating planet. What that does to…
10 Jun 2026 National Resilience
There must have been a leak, because I am going to come on to that paragraph straight away. Beyond the issue of funding, the obvious question that flows from this is who in Government should take the lead in having that conversation wit…
10 Jun 2026 National Resilience
The hon. Member raises a serious points, which I will come on to, on interconnectedness. We saw how covid-19 affected so many different parts of society—it closed down industry and the economy. We have to start to think about these things …
10 Jun 2026 National Resilience
It is a privilege to lead this evening’s Adjournment debate on improving national resilience. I am also glad that the Security Minister is responding. He is a man for whom I have a great deal of respect. As we have both served in what is n…
9 Jun 2026 Health Services for Men
The NHS itself says that prostate cancer often has no symptoms at first, and Prostate Cancer UK says most men with early prostate cancer have no symptoms at all. The Government’s TRANSFORM trial exists because current detection methods are…
9 Jun 2026 Health Services for Men
7. What assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of health services for men.
8 Jun 2026 Water Companies
The Minister will know from our conversations that sewage pollution is a regular problem in Exmouth and Exeter East. However, the Lib Dems on East Devon district council propose to build tens of thousands of new homes, and I do not have fa…
3 Jun 2026 Replacing the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023
In the previous Session, the troubles Bill drew criticism from nine former four-star generals, regimental associations and veterans across the country. The Defence Secretary told this House earlier this week that he had “dealt with their c…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Committee memberships
- International Development Committee 21 Oct 2024 – 29 Jun 2026
- Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill 9 Jul 2025 – 17 Jul 2025
- Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL] 19 Dec 2024 – 16 Jan 2025
- Armed Forces Commissioner Bill 4 Dec 2024 – 12 Dec 2024
- Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill: Programming sub committee 23 Oct 2024 – 31 Oct 2024
Expenses
Contact & offices
01395 493213
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
20 High Street, Exmouth, EX8 1NP
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about David Reed, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is David Reed?
David Reed is a Member of Parliament representing Exmouth and Exeter East in the House of Commons. See David Reed's official Parliament profile.
Which party does David Reed represent?
David Reed sits as Conservative. See David Reed's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does David Reed represent?
David Reed is the Member of Parliament for Exmouth and Exeter East. See David Reed's official Parliament profile.
How long has David Reed been an MP?
David Reed has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See David Reed's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for David Reed?
David Reed has 15 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See David Reed's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.