Uma Kumaran MP: votes, interests and costs
Uma Kumaran represents Stratford and Bow in the House of Commons for Labour. Current post: Assistant Whip, held since 22 July 2026.
Offices and committees
Uma Kumaran holds these 2 posts, according to the Parliament Members API.
Ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Whip | Whips Office (Commons) | 22 July 2026 | Current |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 22 July 2026 | Current |
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill | 21 May 2025 | Current |
| Foreign Affairs Committee | 21 October 2024 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL] | 13 May 2025 | 15 May 2025 |
| Employment Rights Bill | 13 November 2024 | 16 January 2025 |
| Great British Energy Bill | 11 September 2024 | 15 October 2024 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 0bfa6d0f7fd2.
Register of interests
Uma Kumaran has 5 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 15 July 2024 and the latest on 4 August 2026. By category: Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (2), Visits outside the UK (2), Family members engaged in third-party lobbying (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
UK Athletics Limited - £800.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Four tickets to the Diamond League Athletics Meet on 18th July 2026 at the London Stadium, two of which included hospitality
- Value of the benefit: £800.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-07-18
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-07-18
- Name of the donor: UK Athletics Limited
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: UK Athletics Limited
Live Nation - £509.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Ticket with hospitality provided to attend a concert event with Live Nation
- Value of the benefit: £509.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-06-28
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-06-28
- Name of the donor: Live Nation
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Live Nation
International visit to Qatar between 05 December 2025 and 08 December 2025
- Purpose of the 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.
- Date Member left the UK: 2025-12-05
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2025-12-08
International visit to Brazil between 10 November 2025 and 17 November 2025
- Purpose of the 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.
- Date Member left the UK: 2025-11-10
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2025-11-17
Jacob Tilley employed as Lobbyist
- Job title or role: Director
- Name of employer: Cavendish
- Name of the family member acting as a lobbyist: Jacob Tilley
- Who the family member is directly related to: Related to member directly
- Nature of relationship: Spouse
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £189,721 for Uma Kumaran in 2024-25 against a budget of £198,653. IPSA lists office spending of £23,899 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 | £189,721.21 |
| Office costs: spent | £23,898.75 |
| Accommodation: spent | £0.00 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,037, staffing £198,653, accommodation £0 (Standard London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard London area budget from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Stratford and Bow BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Communications Advisor (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Constituency Support Officer (fixed term full time), Researcher (permanent full time), Executive Office Manager (permanent part time), Parliamentary Assistant (fixed term part time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent part time), Chief of Staff (fixed term part time), Senior Caseworker (fixed term part time), Constituency Support Officer (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Uma Kumaran is recorded voting in 399 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 49 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. On 15 October 2026 Uma Kumaran voted No on "Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment".
| Date | Division and vote recorded |
|---|---|
| 15 October 2026 | Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment: No |
| 14 October 2026 | Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax: No |
| 13 October 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 18 No; Amendment 1 No; New Clause 25 No |
| 11 September 2026 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading: No |
| 14 July 2026 | Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 No; Amendment 199 No; Amendment 3 No |
| 17 June 2026 to 6 July 2026 | National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 Aye; Allocation of Time motion Aye |
| 1 July 2026 | Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 No; New Clause 4 No; New Clause 2 No |
| 23 June 2026 | Opposition Day: Puberty blockers: No |
| 23 June 2026 | Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment: Aye |
| 23 June 2026 | Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness: No |
| 22 June 2026 | Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 No; New Clause 22 No; New Clause 11 No; New Clause 4 No |
| 17 June 2026 | National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 No; Amendment 13 No; Amendment 8 No; Amendment 3 No |
| 16 June 2026 | Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 No; New Clause 14 No; New Clause 13 No |
| 10 June 2026 | Railways Bill: Third Reading: Aye |
| 10 June 2026 | Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148: No |
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 111 written questions from Uma Kumaran since 4 July 2024. The latest 10 were addressed to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Treasury and 3 other departments.
Leasehold: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2026 to Question 11892, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of further regulation of fixed estate charges and char …
Olympic Games 2012: Assets
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to Question 11894, whether (a) her Department has a strategy for the maintenance of legacy assets, and (b) whether she would make an assessment of the need for a long-term strategy for a …
Gratuities: Income Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of excluding payments of service tips and gratuities via a tronc from income tax.
Leasehold: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including fixed estate charges and charges levied as covenants on residents’ leases in reforms affecting leaseholders’ gr …
Olympic Games 2012: Assets
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the funding model for the maintenance of the legacy assets of the Olympic and Paralympic Games paid for by a Fixed Estate Charges …
Employment Tribunals Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to (a) monitor payment outcomes for Employment Tribunal awards and (b) ensure that workers using the employment tribunal penalty enforcement scheme receive their awa …
Dogs: Aviation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of permitting dogs to travel in the cabins of aircraft arriving in the UK.
Sri Lanka: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that excavations at Sri Lanka’s Chemmani mass graves (a) take place in compliance with international law and standards and …
Tamils: Oppression
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to (a) ensure that the human rights of Tamil communities in Sri Lanka are upheld, (b) promote reconciliation, accountability and human rig …
Tamils: Oppression
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to ensure that those responsible for human rights violations against Tamils in Sri Lanka are brought to justice.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 0a98c443cf66. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Uma Kumaran.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 11,634 for Uma Kumaran in Stratford and Bow in July 2024, from 19,145 votes on a turnout of 53.8%. Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Stratford and Bow 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.