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.
Voting Record
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12 AYEEmployment Rights Bill
12 votes · 15 Sept 2025
Employment Rights Bill
12 votes · 15 Sept 2025
4 NOBus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage
4 votes · 10 Sept 2025
Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage
4 votes · 10 Sept 2025
1 AYE1 NODiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
2 votes · 9 Sept 2025
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
2 votes · 9 Sept 2025
4 AYERenters’ Rights Bill
4 votes · 8 Sept 2025
Renters’ Rights Bill
4 votes · 8 Sept 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
Parking: Pedestrian Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing restrictions on pavement parking on pedestrians with (a) a visual impairment (b) people
Driving Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the DVSA on the adequacy of its online booking system for booking practical driving tests.
Offensive Weapons: Ashford
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle the use of catapults against (a) people, (b) animals and (c) property in Ashford constituency.
Bus Services: Concessions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending the hours at which English National Concessionary Travel Scheme bus passes can be
Sewage: Kent
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to enforce the publication of real-time data on sewage released into (a) rivers (b) the sea a
Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of adults with severe mental illness who are currently waiting for treatment from community mental hea
Adoption
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department hold on the number of cases of adoption (a) disruption and (b) breakdown for each of the last five years; and if she will publish
Adoption
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that (a) regional adoption agencies and (b) local authorities meet with representatives of parents affected by adoption (a
Road Works: Kent
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps National Highways is taking with (a) other road agencies, (b) utility companies and (c) local councils to help ensure minimal disruption when ro
Fly-tipping and Litter: Kent
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the measures in place to tackle (a) littering and (b) flytipping in Kent.
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