Exmouth & Exeter East / data
David Reed · Conservative and Unionist Party · sitting since 04 Jul 2024 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
659days
from 04 Jul 2024
Divisions
312
of 504 possible
Attendance
62%
192 absent / paired
Whip alignment
100%
vs party majority
Speeches
193
77 debates
Written Qs
141
133 answered
Committees
2
memberships
Expenses
£196k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 107 claims
Interests
13
4 categories
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 76 | |
| Economy | 60 | |
| Crime & Policing | 42 | |
| Education | 30 | |
| Employment | 24 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 20 | |
| Defence and Foreign Affairs | 18 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 18 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Defence | 47 | 20,182 |
| Economy Jobs | 24 | 11,399 |
| Culture Community | 5 | 6,557 |
| Environment | 6 | 4,793 |
| Utilities | 4 | 3,779 |
| Energy | 10 | 3,397 |
| Local Government | 9 | 3,213 |
| Fiscal Policy | 6 | 2,642 |
B · Notable divisions
Free votes, rebellions and high-salience whipped votes — the moments that distinguish this MP from the party machine. The full division-by-division record will follow once the per-MP archive is wired.
No notable votes recorded for this MP yet.
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Apr 2026 | Armed Forces Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. DefenceTechnologyLabour Market | 12 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Armed Forces Bill (Seventh sitting)I will speak in support of new clauses 13 and 15. My right hon. Friend has laid out quite a scary case study of what happens when international legal frameworks are used to affect … DefenceTechnologyLabour Market | 307 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Armed Forces Bill (Seventh sitting)I am not sure that I welcome that intervention. To say that I am aligned with the people who— DefenceTechnologyLabour Market | 19 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Armed Forces Bill (Seventh sitting)New clause 9 would provide a clear framework for an authorised person to approve the use of drones for routine testing, evaluation, training and capability development. The Committ… DefenceTechnologyLabour Market | 2,273 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Armed Forces Bill (Seventh sitting)Thank you, Mr Efford; I appreciate that. I think new clause 3 is very sensible. I know from personal experience that life in the military is fast. A person may deploy somewhere and… DefenceTechnologyLabour Market | 199 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Armed Forces Bill (Sixth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Efford. I raised a point about clearances when we first started discussing the Bill, and that is one of the sticking points we ne… Defence | 144 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Armed Forces Bill (Seventh sitting)I rise to support new clause 16, tabled by my right hon. Friend the Member for Rayleigh and Wickford. In the last 10 years working in the defence space—in the civil service, with i… DefenceTechnologyLabour Market | 455 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Armed Forces Bill (Seventh sitting)That is exactly what the hon. Member just said. I will go back in Hansard to check what he just said. DefenceTechnologyLabour Market | 21 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Armed Forces Bill (Seventh sitting)I thank the Minister for his response. He has a great deal of experience in this area, and I know that there will be no one else in Parliament who is pushing for progress in it as … DefenceTechnologyLabour Market | 156 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Armed Forces Bill (Seventh sitting)The Minister has a great deal of experience in this space, and defence is working hard to unblock some of these issues. The point I raised in my speech was that it is almost imposs… DefenceTechnologyLabour Market | 89 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Armed Forces Bill (Seventh sitting)The hon. Member has a Royal Marines base and a large veteran community in his constituency. This has been an issue, and I want it to be quashed as quickly as possible. If Ministers… DefenceTechnologyLabour Market | 246 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Armed Forces Bill (Seventh sitting)I declare an interest: I am also a proud holder of a veterans railcard, as are many of my constituents. The new clause is modest in scope. It does not create new schemes. Both HM f… DefenceTechnologyLabour Market | 190 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Armed Forces Bill (Sixth sitting)To back up the shadow Minister’s point, I was an air cadet for a number of years—[Interruption.] I know he is laughing at that, but in my experience, it was not about recruitment o… Defence | 102 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Armed Forces Bill (Sixth sitting)Given that my colleagues have very ably gone through amendments 21 to 24, I will just comment on amendment 20 before handing over to the Minister. Amendment 20 would increase the m… Defence | 416 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Armed Forces Bill (Seventh sitting)We are now blaming officials. If the original deadline for the DIP was October, and now the argument is that the delay is because so many problems have been identified, were the Mi… DefenceTechnologyLabour Market | 43 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ministry of Defence | 80 | 56.7% |
| Department for Education | 16 | 11.3% |
| Treasury | 14 | 9.9% |
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 12 | 8.5% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 7 | 5.0% |
| Cabinet Office | 3 | 2.1% |
| Home Office | 3 | 2.1% |
| Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | 2 | 1.4% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Apr 2026 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the costs of implementing the re-organisation of local government in Devon, Plymouth and Torbay for each local authority and what fu… | Pending |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the number of individual correspondence his department received from a) members of the public, b) voluntary groups and c) business representative organisat… | Pending |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he a) intends to require Cornwall, Devon, Torbay and Plymouth separately or together, to be part of a combined directly elected mayoral authority to access… | Pending |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he expects to publish the results of the consultation on local government reorganisation in Devon, Plymouth and Torbay which ended on 26th March 2026. | Pending |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the costs of conducting the consultation on local government re-organisation in Devon, Plymouth and Torbay. | Pending |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Ministry of Defence | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the legal basis is for allowing UK forces to interdict sanctioned shadow fleet vessels transiting UK territorial waters; and whether that legal basis has been confirmed in writing by the Attor… | Pending |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Ministry of Defence | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what evidential threshold must be met before a sanctioned shadow fleet vessel may be boarded in UK territorial waters. | Pending |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many sanctioned shadow fleet vessels have transited UK waters since 25 March 2026. | Pending |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Plan 2 student loan repayments on pension auto-enrolment contribution adequacy for borrowers earning between (a) £27,295 and £50,270… | Answered |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, a) what is the current RAB charge for Plan 2 loans, and b) how has this changed year-on-year since 2019. | Answered |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of Plan 2 borrowers graduating between 2016 and 2023 whose total lifetime student loan repayments, including interest, are projected to exc… | Answered |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the estimated total additional lifetime repayment cost of the Plan 2 threshold freeze announced in Autumn Budget 2025 is for borrowers earning at (a) £30,000, (b) £40,000, (c) £50,000, (d) £… | Answered |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what was the repayment forecast for Plan 2 student loan graduates in each of the last five years compared to actual repayments in each of those years. | Answered |
| 09 Mar 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2026 to Question 113311 Private Education: Single Sex Education, how the Department records and retains information on applications by independent schools fo… | Answered |
| 03 Mar 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Question 115946 on Students: Loans, whether her Department holds the data requested on the number and proportion of people with Plan 2 student loans who had an effective marginal deduction… | Answered |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Select Committee on the Armed Forces BillSelect | Member | Commons | 09 Feb 2026 | present |
| International Development CommitteeSelect | Member | Commons | 21 Oct 2024 | present |
F · Expenses
Every business-cost claim reimbursed by IPSA in the current financial year, grouped by category. “Aggregated” rows are IPSA’s own year-end totals for cost types like payroll and rent that aren’t itemised claim-by-claim.
Category breakdown
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Costs | 70 | 21,531 | 11.0% |
| Accommodation | 14 | 17,411 | 8.9% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 3,513 | 1.8% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 8,027 | 4.1% |
| Staffing | 0 | 145,855 | 74.3% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent | Accommodation | 9 | 14,300 |
| Pooled staffing services | Office Costs | 1 | 5,265 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 9 | 3,996 |
| Moving Fees | Office Costs | 1 | 3,900 |
| Hotel - London | Accommodation | 5 | 3,111 |
| Recruitment Services &Costs | Office Costs | 1 | 2,500 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 9 | 2,149 |
| Rent | Office Costs | 3 | 1,095 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 27 | 786 |
| Business rates | Office Costs | 2 | 472 |
| Training - staff | Office Costs | 1 | 375 |
| Advertising and contact cards | Office Costs | 3 | 219 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Business rates | 24/25 business rates refund 60290663:5 | 0 | Repaid |
| 16 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - equipment purchase | Duplicate claim 60290414:2 is a duplicate of 60297166:1 | 0 | Repaid |
| 16 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | Duplicate claim 60290562:1 is a duplicate of 60297142:1 (small difference due to foreign exchange) | 0 | Repaid |
| 16 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Duplicate claim 60290414:1 is a duplicate of 60297163:1 | 0 | Repaid |
| 03 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 2,125 | Paid |
| 01 Apr 2025 | Accommodation Rent | Rent | 2,383 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -1,962 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -2,383 | Paid |
| 26 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | CANVA [***] [200011725-7982] | 13 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 81 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | KAPWING PRO PLAN [200011725-7217] | 19 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | Kapwing video editing | 19 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 9 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 8 | Paid |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Internet | 28 | Paid |
| 17 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - equipment purchase | AMAZON [***] [200011725-5539] | 22 | Paid |
| 13 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 256 | Paid |
| 13 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Toner for office printer | 190 | Paid |
| 13 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | AMAZON [***] [200011725-3647] | 190 | Paid |
| 13 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - equipment purchase | Wireless microphone | 22 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
Every financial interest declared by the MP, grouped under the Register’s official categories. Retracted entries are hidden but counted above.
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)1 entry
14 Apr 2026
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)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources8 entries
10 Mar 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)
06 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 Chief of the General Staff, value £60
Date received: 16 December 2025
Date accepted: 16 December 2025
Donor status: other
(Registered 17 December 2025)
02 Dec 2025
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 the Assistant Chief of the Air Staff, value £60
Date received: 24 November 2025
Date accepted: 24 November 2025
Donor status: other
(Registered 25 November 2025)
02 Dec 2025
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)
02 Dec 2025
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 the Commander of Strategic Command, value £60
Date received: 7 July 2025
Date accepted: 7 July 2025
Donor status: other
(Registered 25 November 2025)
02 Dec 2025
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 the First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff, value £60
Date received: 16 June 2025
Date accepted: 16 June 2025
Donor status: other
(Registered 25 November 2025)
02 Dec 2025
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 the Chief of the Air Staff, value £60
Date received: 2 June 2025
Date accepted: 2 June 2025
Donor status: other
(Registered 25 November 2025)
02 Dec 2025
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: Standing reception with the Chief of the Defence Staff, value £25
Date received: 28 April 2025
Date accepted: 28 April 2025
Donor status: other
(Registered 25 November 2025)
4. Visits outside the UK3 entries
06 Jan 2026
Name of donor: Coalition for Global Prosperity
Address of donor: 1 Horse Guards Avenue, London SW1A 2HU
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£1,968.73), accommodation (£1,005.08), local transport (£519.47) and food/miscellaneous (£669.93), value £4,163.21
Destination of visit: United States (Washington DC)
Dates of visit: 30 November 2025 to 5 December 2025
Purpose of visit: Cross-party delegation to strengthen transatlantic relations and to discuss UK-US foreign policy priorities, challenges and opportunities with members of Congress and policymakers.
(Registered 16 December 2025)
16 Dec 2025
Name of donor: Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Address of donor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2 Ketagalan Blvd., Zhongzheng District, Taipei City 100202 Taiwan (Republic of China)
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£4691.52), accommodation (£945.48), transport (£180), food and refreshments (£260), value £6,077
Destination of visit: Taiwan
Dates of visit: 3 November 2025 to 8 November 2025
Purpose of visit: Visit organised by RUSI in partnership with the Taiwanese Representative Office in London, giving participants a detailed introduction to Taiwan’s political and security landscape. It included high-level meetings with key ministries and agencies, especially relating to defence and security.
(Registered 2 December 2025)
29 Apr 2025
Name of donor: Westminster Foundation for Democracy
Address of donor: Clive House, 70 Petty France, London SW1H 9EX
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£864.12), accommodation (£415.28) and meals (£60.89), value £1,340.29
Destination of visit: Sri Lanka
Dates of visit: 27 March 2025 to 31 March 2025
Purpose of visit: Workshop for Presiding Officers of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
(Registered 23 April 2025)
8. Miscellaneous1 entry
29 Jul 2025
Unpaid Director of BigByte Digital Ltd, a software company.
Date interest ended: 31 July 2025
(Registered 19 July 2024; updated 27 August 2025)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 15 wards, 29 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadclyst | Eleanor Rylance | Liberal Democrats | 689 | 04 May 2023 |
| Broadclyst | Paula Mary Fernley | Green Party of England and Wales | 700 | 04 May 2023 |
| Broadclyst | Sarah Louise Chamberlain | Liberal Democrats | 711 | 04 May 2023 |
| Budleigh Raleigh | Charlotte Fitzgerald | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 1,174 | 04 May 2023 |
| Budleigh Raleigh | Henry Riddell | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,086 | 04 May 2023 |
| Budleigh Raleigh | Melanie Martin | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 1,076 | 04 May 2023 |
| Clyst Valley | Mike Howe | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 361 | 04 May 2023 |
| Cranbrook | Kevin Arthur John Blakey | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 521 | 04 May 2023 |
| Cranbrook | Kim Bloxham | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 614 | 04 May 2023 |
| Cranbrook | Sam Hawkins | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 458 | 04 May 2023 |
| Exe Valley | Jamie Kemp | Liberal Democrats | 475 | 04 May 2023 |
| Exmouth Brixington | Aurora E Bailey | Conservative and Unionist Party | 586 | 02 May 2024 |
| Exmouth Halsdon | Andrew Toye | Liberal Democrats | 964 | 04 May 2023 |
| Exmouth Halsdon | Dan Wilson | Labour Party | 839 | 04 May 2023 |
| Exmouth Halsdon | Tim Dumper | Liberal Democrats | 1,099 | 04 May 2023 |
| Exmouth Littleham | Anne M Hall | Liberal Democrats | 1,144 | 04 May 2023 |
| Exmouth Littleham | Brian Bailey | Conservative and Unionist Party | 986 | 04 May 2023 |
| Exmouth Littleham | Nick Hookway | Liberal Democrats | 1,075 | 04 May 2023 |
| Exmouth Town | Eileen E Wragg | Liberal Democrats | 974 | 04 May 2023 |
| Exmouth Town | Joe Whibley | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 1,043 | 04 May 2023 |
| Exmouth Town | Olly Davey | Green Party of England and Wales | 988 | 04 May 2023 |
| Exmouth Withycombe Raleigh | Matt Hall | Liberal Democrats | 432 | 04 May 2023 |
| Exmouth Withycombe Raleigh | Steve Gazzard | Liberal Democrats | 521 | 04 May 2023 |
| Pinhoe | Jakir Hussain | Labour Party | 1,019 | 02 May 2024 |
| St Loyes | Anne Margaret Jobson | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,220 | 02 May 2024 |
| Topsham | Gemma Lorraine Rolstone | Labour Party | 1,339 | 02 May 2024 |
| Whimple Rockbeare | Todd Olive | Liberal Democrats | 440 | 04 May 2023 |
| Woodbury Lympstone | Ben Ingham | Conservative and Unionist Party | 724 | 04 May 2023 |
| Woodbury Lympstone | Geoff Jung | Liberal Democrats | 929 | 04 May 2023 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 102,360 | Electorate 79,983 (2024) |
| Median age | 44 | years |
| Degree-educated | 35.1% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 96.1% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 72.1% | households |
| Private-rented | 16.2% | households |
| Social-rented | 11.6% | households |
| Employment rate | 57.4% | 16-64 in work |
J · Public spending
HMT publishes headline spending identifiable by region in PESA. Constituency-level capital allocations (Levelling-Up Fund, Towns Fund, UKSPF, transport capital, BEIS R&D) are published as separate departmental datasets. We are evaluating the cleanest reconciliation for a per-constituency view.