Sonia Kumar — Hear, Hear

Voting record

8

Voted for

0

Voted against

1

Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Sonia Kumar’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Bill votes All votes Live bills

Whip meter Estimate 89%

How often Sonia Kumar voted the same way as most of the Labour party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes

Representation of the People Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

No government or shadow front-bench post on file for Sonia Kumar — most MPs never hold one, so this is the normal state for a backbencher, not a gap in the data.

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Sonia Kumar →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

1. Employment and earnings

Role, work or services: Physiotherapist
Payer: Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, Russells Hall Hospital, Pensnett Road, Dudley DY1 2HQ
(Registered 15 July 2024)

Health & social care

4. Visits outside the UK

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)

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Residential property (House)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Birmingham
(Registered 15 July 2024)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Sonia Kumar yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Sonia Kumar has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£218,716.29 paid out to or for Sonia Kumar across 239 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Sonia Kumar’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category

Staffing — £142,642.00 (17 claims)

Office Costs — £46,056.80 (199 claims)

Accommodation — £23,115.65 (13 claims)

MP Travel — £3,644.83 (4 claims)

Staff Travel — £2,168.47 (2 claims)

Miscellaneous — £1,088.54 (4 claims)

Most recent claims

Utilities — £195.03, 2026-04-07 — Electricity

Stationery & printing — £61.10, 2026-03-27 — STAPLES [200013613-10281]

Stationery & printing — £1,008.90, 2026-03-27 — STAPLES [200013613-10282]

Stationery & printing — £150.00, 2026-03-19 — Banner March 2026

Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £135.79, 2026-03-19 — Landline & internet package

Software & applications — -£773.86, 2026-03-17 — ADOBE [200013613-7213]

Utilities — £349.01, 2026-03-05 — Electricity

Software & applications — £773.86, 2026-02-26 — ADOBE [200013624-826]

Every claim on file for Sonia Kumar →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Sonia Kumar — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Sonia Kumar’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Sonia Kumar is a listed officer of 2 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Allied Health Professionals — Chair & Registered Contact

No declared funding on file.

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Osteoporosis and Bone Health — Chair & Registered Contact

No declared funding on file.

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Sonia Kumar personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Sonia Kumar is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.