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

Staffing£124,306
Accommodation£14,990
Office£13,531
Travel£5,842

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 46,975 voters

Labour
15,262 votes32.5%
Conservative
13,483 votes28.7%
Reform UK
10,141 votes21.6%
Green Party
4,355 votes9.3%
Liberal Democrat
2,445 votes5.2%
Consensus
1,289 votes2.7%

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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Financial Interests(4)

Visits outside the UK

airport and meetings and subsistence

£745
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
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

Type of land/property
Residential property (House)
Number of properties
1
Location
Onamthuruthu, Kottayam, Kerala, India

Registered 26 July 2024

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Date interest arose
4 November 2025

Registered 9 December 2025

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Sojan in Parliament

Parking: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending eligibility for disabled parking bays for people who are of state pension age with

AnsweredDepartment for Transport13 Oct 2025

University of Greenwich and University of Kent

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has had discussions with the (a) University of Kent and (b) University of Greenwich on the potential impact of the formation of the

AnsweredDepartment for Education10 Oct 2025

University of Greenwich and University of Kent: Redundancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has had discussions with the (a) University of Kent and (b) University of Greenwich on potential redundancies of (i) teaching and (i

AnsweredDepartment for Education10 Oct 2025

Hospices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will provide multi-year funding settlements for children's hospices in (a) Kent and (b) England after this financial year.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care16 Sept 2025

British Nationals Abroad: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of support available to help families living in the UK after the death of

AnsweredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office15 Sept 2025

East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of cancelled surgeries (a) at the East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust and

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care1 Sept 2025

Immigration Controls: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with local authorities in areas where the EU Entry/Exit System will come into force on 12 October 2025.

AnsweredHome Office1 Sept 2025

Immigration: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled Restoring Control over the Immigration System, published on 12 May 2025, what discussions

AnsweredHome Office29 Aug 2025

Gurkhas: Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with (a) the Nepalese Government and (b) Gurkha veteran representatives on bringing pensions for Gurkha soldiers who retired befo

AnsweredMinistry of Defence8 Jul 2025

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to phase out (a) animal testing and (b) testing on beagles at (i) MBR Acres and (ii) other facilities.

AnsweredHome Office30 Jun 2025
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