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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2 NOFinance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage
2 votes · 11 Mar 2026
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage
2 votes · 11 Mar 2026
1 AYE1 NOCourts and Tribunals Bill
2 votes · 10 Mar 2026
Courts and Tribunals Bill
2 votes · 10 Mar 2026
8 AYEChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill
8 votes · 9 Mar 2026
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill
8 votes · 9 Mar 2026
3 NOIndustry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee
3 votes · 23 Feb 2026
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee
3 votes · 23 Feb 2026
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: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that private car park operators (a) display clear and accessible signage, (b)
Reserve Forces: Age
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the age limits for soldiers and officers to rejoin the Army Reserves.
Hormone Replacement Therapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the supply of HRT products in Kent.
Blue Badge Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing blue badge holders to temporarily use an expired badge while its renewal is being p
Bus Services: Kent
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve the provision of bus services in (a) Ashford constituency and (b) Kent.
A28: Bridges
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had recent discussions with the Highways Agency on increasing the height of the railings on the A28 overbridge over the M20 between junctio
Transport: Autism
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of ensuring that all public-facing transport staff participate in mandatory autism awareness and sensi
Police: Autism
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of (a) police officers and (b) public-facing police staff participating in mandatory autism
Winter Fuel Payments: Terminal Illnesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the criteria for the eligibility of the Winter Fuel allowance to include pensio
Sports and Leisure: Autism
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of ensuring that public-facing (a) leisure and (b) sports staff participate in mandator
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