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Sonia Kumar

Labour MP for Dudley, since 4 July 2024

Sonia Kumar is the Labour MP for Dudley, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

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Scorecard

82.1% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
472 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
103 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
1 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
5 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
143 Debates spoken in 77 written questions tabled

Ranked 141 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
3 Sep 2025 Opposition day: Hospitality sector No 158–334
3 Sep 2025 Opposition day: Property taxes No 98–335
2 Sep 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Second Reading Aye 365–164
2 Sep 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Reasoned Amendment No 167–367
16 Jul 2025 Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) deferred division Aye 333–54
16 Jul 2025 Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 deferred division Aye 334–54
15 Jul 2025 Opposition Day: Tax No 165–342
15 Jul 2025 Opposition Day: Welfare No 106–440
11 Jul 2025 Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Report: Amendment 1 No vote 0–47
11 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–58
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading Aye 336–242
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 No 149–334
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 No 130–443
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 45 No 175–401
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part Aye 335–135
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12 No 105–370
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 50 No 103–416
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 No 35–469
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL]: Third Reading Aye 415–98
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: Amendment 18 No 178–338
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 3 No 86–340
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 1 No 167–346
4 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–33
2 Jul 2025 Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 Aye 385–26
2 Jul 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to insist on 2A and disagree with LA2B and LA2C Aye 321–158

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: Physiotherapist
Payer: Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, Russells Hall Hospital, Pensnett Road, Dudley DY1 2HQ
(Registered 15 July 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

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

Name of donor: SME4LABOUR LTD
Address of donor: 80 North Block, 5 Chicheley Street, London SE1 7PN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
Date received: 20 May 2025
Date accepted: 20 May 2025
Donor status: company, registration 10685562
(Registered 16 June 2025; updated 7 July 2025)

On the register since 15 Jul 2025

Name of donor: SME4LABOUR LTD
Address of donor: 80 North Block, 5 Chicheley Street, London SE1 7PN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,500
Date received: 20 May 2025
Date accepted: 20 May 2025
Donor status: company, registration 10685562
(Registered 17 June 2025; updated 7 July 2025)

On the register since 15 Jul 2025

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: UK Friends of Ukraine Ltd
Address of donor: 81 High Street, Cosham,Portsmouth, England, PO6 3BL
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Conference cost (£372.04) transfers (£262), BUCC-USUBC Roundtable lunch (£45.88), performance by Cultural Forces (£28.00) Vinnytsia excursion transfers (£8.00), lunch (£18.00) dinner (£34.00), value £768.04
Destination of visit: Ukraine
Dates of visit: 10 September 2025 to 15 September 2025
Purpose of visit: Delegation of MPs attending the Yalta European Strategy Conference and to build relationships with our Ukrainian allies.
(Registered 8 October 2025)

On the register since 21 Oct 2025

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Residential property (House)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Birmingham
(Registered 15 July 2024)

On the register since 16 Jul 2025

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Debates

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

Money declared to them

2 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £3,500 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
20 May 2025 Sonia Kumar sitting MP SME4LABOUR LTD Company Cash £2,000
20 May 2025 Sonia Kumar sitting MP SME4LABOUR LTD Company Cash £1,500

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 →

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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