David Reed, MP for Exmouth and Exeter East
David Reed has been an MP since 2024. Currently: Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs); Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Defence); Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons); Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs) (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Defence) (Ministry of Defence) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2025 to now | Now |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill | 2026 to now | Now |
| Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill | 2025 | |
| Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL] | 2024 to 2025 | |
| Armed Forces Commissioner Bill | 2024 | |
| Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill: Programming sub committee | 2024 | |
| International Development Committee | 2024 to 2026 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
David Reed has 14 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | The Coalition for Global Prosperity (CGP) - £7,800.00 | 3 Jul 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | AMS Global Solutions - £550.00 | 13 May 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Italy between 17 April 2026 and 19 April 2026 | 29 Apr 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | The Coalition for Global Prosperity (CGP) - £4,200.00 | 31 Mar 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | The Henry Jackson Society - £698.48 | 25 Feb 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Armed Forces APPG - £60.00 | 17 Dec 2025 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to United States between 30 November 2025 and 05 December 2025 | 16 Dec 2025 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Taiwan between 03 November 2025 and 08 November 2025 | 2 Dec 2025 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Armed Forces APPG - £60.00 | 25 Nov 2025 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Armed Forces APPG - £60.00 | 25 Nov 2025 |
Show the other 4
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Armed Forces APPG - £60.00 | 25 Nov 2025 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Armed Forces APPG - £60.00 | 25 Nov 2025 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Armed Forces APPG - £60.00 | 25 Nov 2025 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Armed Forces APPG - £25.00 | 25 Nov 2025 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
David Reed asked 172 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
109 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
David Reed represents Exmouth and Exeter East. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Conservative
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
David Reed won with 29% of the votes, and Helen Dallimore (Labour) came second with 28%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Reed | Conservative | 14,728 | 28.7% |
| Helen Dallimore | Labour | 14,607 | 28.5% |
| Paul Arnott | Liberal Democrat | 11,387 | 22.2% |
| Garry Sutherland | Reform UK | 7,085 | 13.8% |
| Olly Davey | Green Party | 2,331 | 4.5% |
| Daniel Wilson | Independent | 590 | 1.1% |
| Peter Faithfull | Independent | 454 | 0.9% |
| Mark Baldwin | Climate Party | 134 | 0.3% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months David Reed took part in 140 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
David Reed voted the same way as their party in 138 of the 138 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | For | Free vote |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this