Gurinder Singh Josan MP: votes, interests and costs
Gurinder Singh Josan (Labour) is the MP for Smethwick, elected on 4 July 2024.
Offices and committees
UK Parliament records Gurinder Singh Josan as a current member of this committee.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Procedure Committee | 4 November 2024 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] | 26 February 2025 | 11 March 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 51188598d2c8.
Register of interests
Gurinder Singh Josan has 9 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 29 July 2024 and the latest on 4 December 2024. By category: Miscellaneous (7), Land and property (within or outside the UK) (2). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Parliamentary Labour Party Representative on the Labour Party National Executive Committee where I am Chair of the NEC Complaints and Disciplinary Sub Committee and a member of the Officer Group. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2024-07-17
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Director of Labour First Ltd. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2024-09-26
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Property in Sandwell
- Location of the land or property: Sandwell
- Details about the ownership arrangements: All properties are co-owned with family members
- Details of any other recipients of rental income: Rental income is paid to all co-owners of the respective property
- The number of properties this interest relates to: 3
- Country in which the land or property is located: United Kingdom
- The type of property: Commercial
Property in Sandwell and Birmingham
- Location of the land or property: Sandwell and Birmingham
- Details about the ownership arrangements: All properties are co-owned with family members
- Details of any other recipients of rental income: Rental income is paid to all co-owners of the respective property
- The number of properties this interest relates to: 5
- Country in which the land or property is located: United Kingdom
- The type of property: Residential
Director of Josan Estates Ltd. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Chair of Trustees at HOPE Unlimited Charitable Trust (formerly known as HOPE not hate Charitable Trust). This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Director of Sikhs for Labour Ltd and Vice Chair of Sikhs for Labour - a Labour Party Friends group. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Governor at Holly Lodge High School College of Science in Smethwick. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Chair of Trustees at Victoria Academies Trust - a Multi Academy Trust. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Gurinder Singh Josan's 2024-25 staffing spend as £82,307 (budget £185,538). Office costs came to £15,939 of a £30,426 budget. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £82,306.92 |
| Office costs: spent | £15,939.16 |
| Accommodation: spent | £18,604.85 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £4,266.55 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £21,667 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Smethwick BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent part time), Administrative Officer (permanent part time), Senior Administrative Officer (permanent full time), Constituency Support Officer (permanent part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Gurinder Singh Josan is recorded voting in 523 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 54 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. The most recent, on 11 September 2026, was a No on "Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 25 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Gurinder Singh Josan has tabled 24 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. Departments in the latest 10: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero; Ministry of Justice; Treasury.
Hydrogen
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he will publish the outcome of Hydrogen Allocation Round 2.
Electricity: AI Growth Zones
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of whether current Gate 2 electricity connection timelines are compatible with the Government’s objectives for delivering AI Growth Zones at pace.
Electricity: AI Growth Zones
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether electricity connection prioritisation for AI Growth Zones is being considered as part of wider grid reform and connection queue management.
Electricity: AI Growth Zones
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the level of potential risk that current electricity connection processes could delay the delivery of AI Growth Zones.
AI Growth Zones: Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Midlands has been considered as a potential location for an AI Growth Zone.
Offenders: Personal Independence Payment and Unemployment
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the link between individuals holding a criminal record and (a) unemployment and (b) PIP claimants.
Financial Services: Small Businesses
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans her Department has to improve access to finance for small and mid-sized quoted companies.
Business
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to support entrepreneurship and the transition of high-growth UK businesses from start-up to scale-up.
Business
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of its current policies in supporting entrepreneurship and the scale-up of UK businesses.
Small Businesses: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the role of tax incentives in boosting investment in small and mid-sized quoted companies.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 50fb17f36e68. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Gurinder Singh Josan.
2024 general election
Gurinder Singh Josan won Smethwick at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 16,858 votes (48.0%), a majority of 11,188 over Pete Durnell (Reform UK). Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Smethwick figures
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