Sojan Joseph
MP since 4 Jul 2024
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Sojan Joseph is the Labour MP for Ashford, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.
538
Votes Cast
£158,669
Expenses 2024-25
1,779
Majority
32.5%
Vote Share
Expenses (2024-25)
£158,669
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 46,975 voters
Parliamentary Activity
Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)
116
Written Questions
21
Oral Questions
84
Debates Spoken In⚑
113
Speeches⚑
538
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.
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538 votes — page 10 of 22
3 NOSentencing Bill Report Stage
3 votes · 29 Oct 2025
Sentencing Bill Report Stage
3 votes · 29 Oct 2025
2 NOOpposition Day
2 votes · 28 Oct 2025
Opposition Day
2 votes · 28 Oct 2025
4 NOVictims and Courts Bill Report Stage
4 votes · 27 Oct 2025
Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage
4 votes · 27 Oct 2025
1 AYE5 NOSentencing Bill Committee
6 votes · 21 Oct 2025
Sentencing Bill Committee
6 votes · 21 Oct 2025
1 AYE3 NODiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee
4 votes · 20 Oct 2025
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee
4 votes · 20 Oct 2025
2 NOSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages
2 votes · 15 Oct 2025
Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages
2 votes · 15 Oct 2025
Financial Interests(4)
Visits outside the UK
airport and meetings and subsistence
£745
Visits outside the UK
airport and meetings and subsistence
- Name of donor
- Results UK
- Address of donor
- DC-207, Clarence Centre for Enterprise and Innovation, 6 St George's Circus, London SE1 6FE, UK
- Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
- Flights, hotel, travel to and from airport and meetings and subsistence, value £745.36
- Destination of visit
- Switzerland (Geneva)
- Dates of visit
- 8 October 2025 to 9 October 2025
- Purpose of visit
- Member of delegation of MPs who chair global health related APPGs to meet with global institutions that are working to end TB, malaria and HIV, improve immunisation coverage, and protect child health.
Registered 22 October 2025
Visits outside the UK
the Be Friends Switzerland
£353
Visits outside the UK
the Be Friends Switzerland
- Name of donor
- Be Friends Switzerland
- Address of donor
- Post Fach 10, 8126 Zumikon, ZH Switzerland.
- Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
- Flights(£353), accommodation (£195), local transport (£111) and meals (£83), value £742
- Destination of visit
- Switzerland (Zurich)
- Dates of visit
- 5 September 2025 to 6 September 2025
- Purpose of visit
- To speak in their Kerela community Onam celebration organised by the Be Friends Switzerland.
Registered 8 September 2025
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
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
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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
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
- Onamthuruthu, Kottayam, Kerala, India
Registered 26 July 2024
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
- Date interest arose
- 4 November 2025
Registered 9 December 2025
Activity Pulse
Questions asked and motions sponsored by Sojan in Parliament
NHS: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with private contractors working in the NHS on trade union recognition for employees.
Water Supply: South East Water
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with South East Water on the continued imposition of a hosepipe ban for its customers.
Inland Border Facilities: Ashford
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of checks on goods coming into the UK at Sevington on the protection of a) publ
Parking: Kent
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2025 to Question 81640 on Parking: Disability, whether her Department has had recent discussions with Kent County Coun
Ambulance Services: Kent
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve ambulance waiting times in (a) Ashford constituency and (b) Kent.
National Quality Board
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to announce the new membership of the National Quality Board.
Take-away Food: Delivery Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the application of food safety regulations to (a) the vehicles and (b) the bags used by deliver
General Practitioners: Veterans
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure more GP practices join the veteran friendly GP accreditation programme.
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has for (a) small boats, (b) dinghies and (c) other vessels that are seized for trying to transport migrants into the U
Pupils: Foster Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the placement of children with new foster parents does not have a disruptive impact on their education.
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