Sonia Kumar
MP since 4 Jul 2024
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Sonia Kumar is the Labour MP for Dudley, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.
472
Votes Cast
£195,259
Expenses 2024-25
1,900
Majority
34.1%
Vote Share
Expenses (2024-25)
£195,259
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 35,796 voters
Parliamentary Activity
Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)
77
Written Questions
28
Oral Questions
128
Debates Spoken In⚑
162
Speeches⚑
472
Divisions Voted
⚑Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.
Voting Record
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3 NOPublic Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage
3 votes · 14 Jul 2026
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage
3 votes · 14 Jul 2026
1 AYE1 NOImmigration and Asylum Bill
2 votes · 13 Jul 2026
Immigration and Asylum Bill
2 votes · 13 Jul 2026
3 NOTaxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee
3 votes · 1 Jul 2026
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee
3 votes · 1 Jul 2026
4 NOArmed Forces Bill Report Stage
4 votes · 22 Jun 2026
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage
4 votes · 22 Jun 2026
Financial Interests(7)
(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
SME4Labour Ltd
£5,000
£5,000
(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
SME4Labour Ltd
£5,000
- Name of donor
- SME4Labour Ltd
- Address of donor
- 80 North Block, 5 Chicheley Street, SE1 7PN
- Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
- £5,000
- Donor status
- company, registration 10685562
Registered 23 May 2025
(b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
SME4LABOUR LTD
£2,000
20 May 2025
£2,000
(b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
SME4LABOUR LTD
£2,000
20 May 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
- £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
(b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
SME4LABOUR LTD
£1,625
6 May 2025
£1,625
(b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
SME4LABOUR LTD
£1,625
6 May 2025
- Name of donor
- SME4LABOUR LTD
- Address of donor
- Flat 80 County Hall North Block, 5 Chicheley Street, London SE1 7PN
- Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
- £1,625
- Date received
- 6 May 2025
- Date accepted
- 6 May 2025
- Donor status
- company, registration 10685562
Registered 2 June 2025
(b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
SME4LABOUR LTD
£1,500
20 May 2025
£1,500
(b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
SME4LABOUR LTD
£1,500
20 May 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
Visits outside the UK
Cultural Forces
£372
Visits outside the UK
Cultural Forces
- 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
Activity Pulse
Questions asked and motions sponsored by Sonia in Parliament
Household Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to review guidance on the application process of the Household Support Fund.
Mental Health Services: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to increase funding for mental health services for children.
Community Health Services: Medical Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the 10-year health plan will include policies on (a) community equipment services and (b) the timely provision of community care equip
Personal Care Services: Qualifications
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she considered the potential merits of providing a higher level of funding to help support the implementation of the updated National Occupational
Personal Care Services: Qualifications
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure awarding bodies for hair and beauty qualifications update their (a) guidance and (b) training to promote incl
English Language: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department provides for the provision of English for Speakers of Other Languages courses in the West Midlands Combined Authority area.
Property Development: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department plans to take to help support councils to require developers to (a) complete and (b) refurbish (i
Medicine: Postgraduate Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take in the context of trends in the level of competition for training places in postgraduate medical training.
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department is providing to schools that are experiencing an increase in pupils with an EHCP.
UK Emissions Trading Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when her Department will publish the response to the consultation entitled Extending the UK Emissions Trading Scheme cap beyond 2030.
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