Sojan Joseph MP: votes, interests and costs
Sojan Joseph represents Ashford in the House of Commons for Labour.
Offices and committees
Sojan Joseph sits on one committee, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Audit Committee | 5 January 2026 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Health Bill | 11 June 2026 | 16 July 2026 |
| Representation of the People Bill | 11 March 2026 | 16 April 2026 |
| Mental Health Bill [HL] | 9 June 2025 | 24 June 2025 |
| Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill | 15 January 2025 | 25 March 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 7c9ee86554fa.
Register of interests
Sojan Joseph has 6 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 26 July 2024 and the latest on 13 July 2026. By category: Miscellaneous (2), Visits outside the UK (2), Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1), Land and property (within or outside the UK) (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Appointed as honorary executive committee member of the Jeevan Trust UK. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2026-06-20
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Tutors Valley music academy - £400.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Two tickets only for Mohan Lal Indian music show at Ovo Arena Wembley. Each ticket was worth £200
- Value of the benefit: £400.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-06-27
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-06-27
- Name of the donor: Tutors Valley music academy
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Tutors Valley music academy
International visit to Brunei between 24 May 2026 and 29 May 2026
- Purpose of the visit: To undertake a visit as part of the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme visiting our forces overseas.
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-05-24
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-05-29
Appointed as honorary vice chair of the Catholic Union of Great Britain. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2025-11-04
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
International visit to Switzerland between 08 October 2025 and 09 October 2025
- Purpose of the 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.
- Date Member left the UK: 2025-10-08
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2025-10-09
- Associated All Parliamentary Group (APPG), where relevant: Global TB
Property in Onamthuruthu, Kottayam, Kerala
- Location of the land or property: Onamthuruthu, Kottayam, Kerala
- A description of the property: House
- The number of properties this interest relates to: 1
- Country in which the land or property is located: India
- The type of property: Residential
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £124,306 for Sojan Joseph in 2024-25 against a budget of £185,538. IPSA lists office spending of £13,531 in the same year. 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 | £124,306.48 |
| Office costs: spent | £13,530.79 |
| Accommodation: spent | £14,989.51 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £5,841.84 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £26,608 (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, with an uplift to cover the cost of one dependant).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Ashford CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Parliamentary Assistant (fixed term full time), Senior Policy Researcher (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Office Manager (permanent full time), Executive Office Manager (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 552 votes by Sojan Joseph in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 51 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 17 June 2026 to 11 September 2026. On 11 September 2026 Sojan Joseph voted No on "Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 15 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
The Written Questions API lists 123 written questions from Sojan Joseph since 4 July 2024. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Education, Department for Transport and 3 other departments.
Apprentices: Kent
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to encourage employers in Kent to hire more apprentices.
Schools: Racial Discrimination
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many incidents of racism against a) pupils and b) staff were reported in schools in England in each of the last five years.
Schools: Discrimination
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support and training is available to school leadership teams to help tackle incidents of a) racism and b) other forms of discrimination against i) pupils and ii) staff.
Fuels: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of rising fuel prices on the competitiveness of coach operators based in Kent.
Care Workers: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many displaced care workers there were in a) Kent, b) the South East and c) England on the most recent date for which figures are available.
Care Workers: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the international recruitment regional fund beyond the end of this financial year.
Hormone Replacement Therapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that patients are able to continue to receive hormone replacement treatment if there is an interruption to their shared care agreement.
Broadband and Mobile Phones: Kent
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to improve a) broadband coverage and b) phone signal in rural areas in Kent.
M20: Road Traffic Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department is having with the Kent and Medway Resilience Forum, National Highways, and other stakeholders on eliminating the need for the deployment of Operation Brock to be deployed on the …
Parking Offences: Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing regulations for standard fines in car parks owned by private operators.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 70d7410a9c5d. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Sojan Joseph.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Ashford returned Sojan Joseph with a majority of 1,779: 15,262 votes, 32.5% of those cast, against 13,483 for Damian Green. Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Ashford figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.