Official portrait of Uma Kumaran

Uma Kumaran

Labour MP for Stratford and Bow, since 4 July 2024

Assistant Whip

Uma Kumaran is the Labour MP for Stratford and Bow, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. She currently holds the Government posts of Assistant Whip, and Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office).

Scorecard

66.8% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
384 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
191 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
8 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
4 Interests declared 1 at £5,000 or more
96 Debates spoken in 111 written questions tabled

Ranked 415 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
2 Jul 2025 Draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2025 deferred division Aye 333–168
2 Jul 2025 Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 deferred division Aye 338–79
1 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading Aye 335–260
1 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading No 149–328
30 Jun 2025 Draft Marking of Retail Goods Regulations 2025 Aye 315–4
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading against party line No 314–291
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 against party line No 274–224
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 No vote 275–209
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 No vote 223–269
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 No vote 213–266
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 No vote 208–261
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill: Third Reading No vote 312–95
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 130 No vote 178–313
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 121 No vote 114–310
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 88 No vote 178–313
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 43 No vote 147–305
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 No vote 102–390
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 No vote 117–379
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 No vote 379–137
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 No vote 89–428
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 No vote 189–328
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 175 No vote 184–336
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 174 No vote 194–335
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 against party line Aye 259–216
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 against party line Aye 230–256

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.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: UK Athletics Limited
Address of donor: Athletics House, Alexander Stadium, Walsall Road, Perry Barr, Birmingham, B42 2BE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets to the Diamond League London Athletics Meeting on 19th July at the London Stadium, value £400
Date received: 19 July 2025
Date accepted: 19 July 2025
Donor status: limited liability partnership
(Registered 21 July 2025)

On the register since 5 Aug 2025

4. Visits outside the UK

£5,967

Name of donor: Doha Forum
Address of donor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Almirqab Tower, West Bay, Doha, Qatar
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Accommodation and F&B: £403.32 Flight: £5564.43, value £5,967.75
Destination of visit: Qatar (Doha)
Dates of visit: 5 December 2025 to 8 December 2025
Purpose of visit: To participate in the Doha Forum 2025 on regional diplomacy and dialogue. Included meetings with Qatari ministers, ministers from other countries and key multilateral partners to discuss efforts to resolve regional conflicts. This visit is relevant to my role as a member of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee.
(Registered 19 January 2026)

On the register since 20 Jan 2026

Name of donor: Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit
Address of donor: 180 Borough High Street, London SE1 1LB
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Accommodation (£1,339.33), flights (£2,418.72) and subsistence received (£411.53), value £4,169.58
Destination of visit: Brazil
Dates of visit: 10 November 2025 to 17 November 2025
Purpose of visit: Part of the cross party delegation of members to COP30, to meet legislators, counterparts, UN officials and experts to build relations and have discussions on international climate process.
(Registered 15 December 2025)

On the register since 16 Dec 2025

10. Family members engaged in lobbying the public sector on behalf of a third party or client

Name: Jacob Tilley
Relationship: Spouse
Role: Director
Name of employer: Cavendish
(Registered 15 July 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

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

Money declared to them

2 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £10,137 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
5 Dec 2025 Uma Kumaran sitting MP Doha Forum Other Visit £5,967
10 Nov 2025 Uma Kumaran sitting MP Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit Company Visit £4,169

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 →

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