At a glanceSonia Kumar is a Labour MP for Dudley, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They have cast 472 votes in Commons divisions (82% attendance), tabled 77 written questions and registered 5 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Sonia Kumar did not vote in 103. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
Current roles
- Labour Party since 4 Jul 2024
- Dudley Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Josh Dean
Labour
100.0% · 449 of 449 shared votes
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Harpreet Uppal
Labour
100.0% · 437 of 437 shared votes
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Emily Darlington
Labour
100.0% · 424 of 424 shared votes
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Gareth Snell
Labour (Co-op)
100.0% · 418 of 418 shared votes
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Peter Swallow
Labour
100.0% · 411 of 411 shared votes
Votes least like
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Sir Geoffrey Cox
Conservative
0.0% · 0 of 196 shared votes
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
0.3% · 1 of 290 shared votes
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Alan Mak
Conservative
0.6% · 2 of 343 shared votes
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Alex Burghart
Conservative
0.6% · 2 of 342 shared votes
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Saqib Bhatti
Conservative
0.6% · 2 of 321 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Employment and earnings1
- Physiotherapist - Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust (registered 15 Jul 2024)
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP2
- SME4LABOUR LTD - £1,500.00 (registered 17 Jun 2025)
- SME4LABOUR LTD - £2,000.00 (registered 16 Jun 2025)
Visits outside the UK1
- International visit to Ukraine between 10 September 2025 and 15 September 2025 (registered 8 Oct 2025)
Land and property (within or outside the UK)1
- Property in Birmingham (registered 15 Jul 2024)
Written questions
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.
Answer · 24 Jun 2026
From April 2025, the Home Office has allocated nearly £800,000 to Hourglass to provide specialist helpline and advocacy support for older victims of VAWG.We will also publish a new national commissioning statement on VAWG to improve the provision of suppo...
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.
Answer · 23 Jun 2026
The Government has an ambitious agenda to support UK SMEs and drive growth across bank and non-bank lending. We have increased the British Business Bank’s funding, bringing their capacity to £25.6bn, to support initiatives such as the Growth Guarantee Sch...
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.
Answer · 12 Mar 2026
The Government has not undertaken an assessment of mandating specialist domestic abuse training for all housing officers in England. Local authorities, under their statutory duties in Part 4 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, are required to assess the need ...
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
Answer · 23 Feb 2026
Backing women-led businesses across the regions is a priority for this government. To tackle access to finance, the government-backed Invest in Women Taskforce has secured commitments of £635 million to be invested in women-led businesses across the UK. T...
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
Answer · 23 Feb 2026
The Department for Business and Trade tracks year-on-year venture capital and angel investment in women-led businesses through its Investing in Women Code, a partnership between government, trade associations in the finance sector, and their members. Star...
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.
Answer · 23 Feb 2026
The British Business Bank's Angel Co-Fund programme already invests alongside syndicates of Business Angels. Every £1 invested by the Angel Co-Fund has leveraged around £5 from Angel syndicates.The Bank is also expanding its Angel Syndicate Programme to s...
Armed Forces: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how he is using allied health professionals to support soldier rehabilitation.
Answer · 2 Feb 2026
All Armed Forces personnel are supported by dedicated and comprehensive rehabilitation services. Allied health professionals play a crucial role in supporting the treatment and rehabilitation of Armed Forces personnel in the UK and on operations to ensure...
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.
Answer · 30 Jan 2026
In 2023, the department provided over 20,000 defibrillators to state-funded schools in England. The programme aimed to ‘plug the gaps’ in existing provision to ensure that all schools have access to a device.Defibrillators provided by the department are f...
Early day motions
| 1 Dec 2025 | Occupational Therapist Week | 8 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
16 Jul 2026 Business of the House
GMB union members at Glen Dimplex in my constituency have been on strike for five weeks over proposed workload changes. This week, after showing remarkable grit, they secured a return to the status quo while negotiations continue. Will the…
16 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
I am delighted that the midlands metro tram line will connect Dudley with the rest of the west midlands. However, the construction has caused disruption to local businesses such as the Dubliner’s, and repeated delays have exacerbated that.…
9 Jul 2026 Business of the House
Black Country Day is on 14 July, and we have a lot to celebrate. The Black Country was the heart of the industrial revolution, we have Dudley castle and the Wren’s Nest nature reserve, where people can pick up a fossil—and, of course, we c…
9 Jul 2026 Iran Conflict: Ceasefire
Does my hon. Friend agree that among the geopolitical military strategy and the diplomatic negotiations surrounding the conflict, we must not lose sight of the millions of innocent civilians across the region who are trapped in the middle …
7 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
The UK’s green economy is worth more than £100 billion a year, and nearly half a trillion pounds in investment is in the pipeline. What steps is the Minister taking to ensure that the contracts that his Department provides prioritise Briti…
30 Jun 2026 Defence Investment Plan
Modern warfare has evolved from traditional mass troops to online cyber-attacks and drone-enabled conflict. We have seen that with the attacks on M&S and Jaguar Land Rover, and last September I saw it at first hand when I visited a dro…
29 Jun 2026 Asylum Accommodation
I welcome the Government’s closure of the asylum seeker hotel in Dudley. It was a Conservative party policy that was a complete waste of taxpayers’ money. What steps is the Minister taking to reduce the asylum backlog and the dangerous, il…
15 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
Sadly, the recent closures of family-run businesses, such as Scent from Dudley, Black Star Ghanaian product and Family Bargains hardware in Dudley, are symptomatic of a wider trend of high street shopfronts closing. What steps is the Minis…
11 Jun 2026 Business of the House
One in four women and one in six men experience domestic abuse in their lifetime. Members of Parliament employ more than 4,000 staff in this place, yet there remain minimal protections for staff who are victims of domestic abuse. I thank M…
9 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
Dudley has high levels of deprivation and health inequality. That is why I am campaigning to bring healthcare to Dudley town high street. Will the Minister meet me to discuss how we can leverage the 10-year plan to reduce health inequaliti…
8 Jun 2026 Digital Safety: Children
Health misinformation and disinformation on social media is not harmless; it is a growing and serious threat to public health. We have already seen cases in which harmful online trends have led to severe injury and, tragically, even to the…
8 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
Sadly, last week Dudley town centre fell victim to vandalism again. The new central seating area was damaged, impacting local businesses and footfall. I welcome the Government’s efforts to restore neighbourhood policing and our new police …
2 Jun 2026 Murder of Henry Nowak
The death of Henry Nowak is a horrifying tragedy, and my thoughts are with his family, friends and community. We must honour the words of his father by not using this tragedy to create further hatred, division or tension, and the House sho…
2 Jun 2026 Milburn Review: Interim Report
Dudley has one of the highest levels of NEETs in the country, and the highest levels of deprivation. After my NEETs roundtable in February, stakeholders wanted better data, joined-up services with the Departments for Work and Pensions, of …
1 Jun 2026 Health Bill
Today, we stand at a defining moment for our healthcare system. We face a ballooning NHS budget and a social care system in crisis. We ask ourselves what must change to reduce deep-rooted health inequalities, improve patient-centred care a…
23 Apr 2026 Allied Health Professionals
Happy St George’s day to everyone in the Chamber. As a physiotherapist, I am immensely grateful to have the opportunity to co-lead this debate on the contribution of allied health professionals. This is an historic moment, as it is the fi…
22 Apr 2026 Engagements
In 2022, my constituent Masi Sibanda dropped her 14-month-old son Noah off at nursery, like any other day. Tragically, it would be the last time Masi would see her son alive. A staff member at the Fairytales nursery tried to get him to sle…
22 Apr 2026 Osteoporosis and Bone Health
indicated dissent.
22 Apr 2026 Osteoporosis and Bone Health
If someone says physio, I am always going to say, “Yes, yes, yes,” behind them. I agree with my hon. Friend that we should roll out physiotherapists and the multidisciplinary teams required to help those with osteoporosis. I also thank her…
22 Apr 2026 Osteoporosis and Bone Health
The hon. Member comes to this with a lot of experience. I agree that people do not know what osteoporosis is, which is why we are having this debate. It is important to discuss what it actually is. For those less familiar with it, osteopor…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Committee memberships
- Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export Controls 5 Mar 2025 – 13 May 2026
- Business and Trade Committee 21 Oct 2024 – 13 Apr 2026
- Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] 26 Feb 2025 – 11 Mar 2025
- Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill: Programming sub committee 23 Oct 2024 – 31 Oct 2024
- Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill 23 Oct 2024 – 31 Oct 2024
Expenses
Contact & offices
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Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
Constituency office
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Sonia Kumar, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Sonia Kumar?
Sonia Kumar is a Member of Parliament representing Dudley in the House of Commons. See Sonia Kumar's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Sonia Kumar represent?
Sonia Kumar sits as Labour. See Sonia Kumar's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Sonia Kumar represent?
Sonia Kumar is the Member of Parliament for Dudley. See Sonia Kumar's official Parliament profile.
How long has Sonia Kumar been an MP?
Sonia Kumar has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Sonia Kumar's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Sonia Kumar?
Sonia Kumar has 5 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Sonia Kumar's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.