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Sojan Joseph

Labour Ashford

Voting record

6
Voted for
2
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.

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Whip meter Estimate 84%

How often Sojan Joseph 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 No at 3rd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted No at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

No government or shadow front-bench post on file for Sojan Joseph — 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 Sojan Joseph →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Tutors Valley music academy
Address of donor: Tutors valley Ltd, 142 Cromwell Road, London SW7 4EF
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets only for Mohan Lal Indian music show at Ovo Arena Wembley. Each ticket was worth £200, value £400
Date received: 27 June 2026
Date accepted: 27 June 2026
Donor status: company, registration 09920668
(Registered 13 July 2026)

4. Visits outside the UK

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)

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)

Health & social care

Name of donor: Armed Forces Parliamentary Trust
Address of donor: Armed Forces Parliamentary Trust, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, value £864.39
Destination of visit: Brunei
Dates of visit: 24 May 2026 to 29 May 2026
Purpose of visit: To undertake a visit as part of the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme visiting our forces overseas.
(Registered 17 June 2026)

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: Onamthuruthu, Kottayam, Kerala, India
(Registered 26 July 2024)

8. Miscellaneous

Appointed as honorary vice chair of the Catholic Union of Great Britain. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 4 November 2025
(Registered 9 December 2025)

Appointed as honorary executive committee member of the Jeevan Trust UK. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 20 June 2026
(Registered 13 July 2026)

Written questions to government

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

Business costs (IPSA)

£174,979.48 paid out to or for Sojan Joseph across 202 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 Sojan Joseph’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 — £124,306.48 (2 claims)
Office Costs — £26,775.82 (162 claims)
Accommodation — £18,055.34 (26 claims)
MP Travel — £3,817.10 (4 claims)
Staff Travel — £1,732.44 (7 claims)
Dependant Travel — £292.30 (1 claim)
Most recent claims
Utilities — £152.76, 2026-04-09 — Electricity
Stationery & printing — £203.82, 2026-03-25 — XMA March 2026
Stationery & printing — £203.82, 2026-03-23 — XMA March 2026
Stationery & printing — £165.90, 2026-03-23 — XMA March 2026
Stationery & printing — £165.90, 2026-03-23 — XMA March 2026
Utilities — £236.81, 2026-03-21 — Electricity
Stationery & printing — £203.82, 2026-03-19 — XMA March 2026
Stationery & printing — £203.82, 2026-03-19 — XMA March 2026

Every claim on file for Sojan Joseph →

Early Day Motions

Sojan Joseph has tabled 2 Early Day Motions on file (as primary sponsor), drawing 22 sponsor signatures in total across them. This only counts motions Sojan Joseph personally tabled — not motions Sojan Joseph may have added their name to as a supporter, which this data source doesn’t track per MP. See Early Day Motions for what this does and doesn’t cover.

Most recent tabled
Operation Brock — tabled 2026-07-13, 2 sponsors
Mental Health Awareness Week 2026 — tabled 2026-05-13, 20 sponsors

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Sojan Joseph is a listed officer of 3 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

Adult Social Care All-Party Parliamentary Group — Chair & Registered Contact
Declared funding: Healthcomms Consulting Ltd (part of the PLMR Group) (£67,501-69,000).
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Global Tuberculosis — Chair & Registered Contact
Declared funding: Results UK (£3,001-4,500).
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Mental Health — Chair & Registered Contact
Declared funding: The Royal College of Psychiatrists (£6,001-7,500); Rethink Mental Illness (£6,001-7,500).
Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: Healthcomms Consulting Ltd (part of the PLMR Group) — about £68,250.50 across 1 group (Adult Social Care All-Party Parliamentary Group).

Healthcomms Consulting Ltd (part of the PLMR Group) — about £68,250.50, 1 group
Rethink Mental Illness — about £6,750.50, 1 group
The Royal College of Psychiatrists — about £6,750.50, 1 group
Results UK — about £3,750.50, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Sojan Joseph personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Sojan Joseph 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.

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