Sonia Kumar MP: votes, interests and costs
Sonia Kumar (Labour) is the MP for Dudley, elected on 4 July 2024.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no current government, opposition or committee post for Sonia Kumar; earlier posts are below.
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export Controls | 5 March 2025 | 13 May 2026 |
| Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] | 26 February 2025 | 11 March 2025 |
| Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill: Programming sub committee | 23 October 2024 | 31 October 2024 |
| Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill | 23 October 2024 | 31 October 2024 |
| Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee | 21 October 2024 | 13 April 2026 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 8aef69a33d14.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 3 entries for Sonia Kumar: Visits outside the UK (1), Land and property (within or outside the UK) (1), Employment and earnings (1). The most recent was registered on 8 October 2025. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
International visit to Ukraine between 10 September 2025 and 15 September 2025
- Purpose of the visit: Delegation of MPs attending the Yalta European Strategy Conference and to build relationships with our Ukrainian allies.
- Date Member left the UK: 2025-09-10
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2025-09-15
Property in Birmingham
- Location of the land or property: Birmingham
- A description of the property: House
- The number of properties this interest relates to: 1
- Country in which the land or property is located: United Kingdom
- The type of property: Residential
Physiotherapist - Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
- Type of work or service being provided: Physiotherapist
- Name of the payer: Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Sonia Kumar's 2024-25 staffing spend as £139,275 (budget £185,538). IPSA lists office spending of £27,436 in the same year. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £139,275.09 |
| Office costs: spent | £27,435.59 |
| Accommodation: spent | £21,646.39 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £5,813.30 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £1,088.54 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £21,667 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Dudley BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager (fixed term full time), Caseworker ×2 (fixed term part time), Senior Caseworker (fixed term full time), Communications Officer (fixed term full time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (fixed term part time), Parliamentary Assistant (fixed term part time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (fixed term full time), Administrative Officer (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 517 votes by Sonia Kumar in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 53 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 2 September 2026 to 21 October 2026. On 21 October 2026 Sonia Kumar voted No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 27 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
The Written Questions API lists 77 written questions from Sonia Kumar since 4 July 2024. The latest 10 were addressed to Home Office, Treasury, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and 4 other departments.
Domestic Abuse: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help support elderly domestic abuse victims.
Bank Services: Small Businesses
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure SMEs have equitable access to finance from banks.
Housing: Domestic Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing mandatory, specialist domestic abuse training for all housing officers in England.
Investment: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he is taking steps to (a) monitor and (b) report on the gender investment gap, such as tracking year-on-year venture capital and angel investment into female-founded companies; and whether targ …
Investment: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a co-investment fund with diverse angel investors.
Investment: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that support programmes provide meaningful access to all types of finance, as well as investment education and readiness support, such as training, mentoring, and guid …
Armed Forces: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how he is using allied health professionals to support soldier rehabilitation.
Schools: Defibrillators
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mental health support is available to school staff who experience psychological harm as a result of witnessing or administering the use of a workplace automated external defibrillator on a pupil or colleag …
Schools: Defibrillators
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to help ensure that defibrillators which have reached the end of their operational life will in state-funded schools in England will be replaced and funded by her Department.
Iran: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps she is taking to help protect children in Iran from actions taken by the Iranian authorities.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 3f57c74655c1. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Sonia Kumar.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 1,900 for Sonia Kumar in Dudley in July 2024, from 12,215 votes on a turnout of 51.0%. Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Dudley figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.