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Sojan Joseph

Sojan Joseph

Labour MP for Ashford

Sojan Joseph is the Labour MP for Ashford, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Message

Seat status

Marginal

Majority size

1,779

Recent swing

+8.7% Labour

Party

Labour

Top donors:

Results UK (£745)

Be Friends Switzerland (£353)

Tutors valley music academy (£176,)

Key Parliamentary VotesSee where your MP stands on these issues

VOTED AYE
21 Oct 2024

Employment Rights Bill

✓ Passed 386 For, 105 Against

Sojan voted with the majority

VOTED NO
29 Nov 2024

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

✓ Passed 330 For, 275 Against

Sojan voted against the majority

VOTED AYE
11 Dec 2024

Draft Movement of Goods (Northern Ireland to Great Britain) (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Transitory Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024

✓ Passed 375 For, 9 Against

Sojan voted with the majority

Where Sojan fits into things

Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer

Prime Minister

Sojan Joseph

Sojan Joseph

Member of Parliament

Ashford

Surgeries

Monthly in-person, occasional online

Examples of successful citizen influence

  • Coordinated constituent emails leading to parliamentary questions
  • Local campaign prompting a public statement

Pressure that tends to influence

  • High volume constituent contact
  • Media attention on local issues
  • Cross-party committee pressure

Committees

  • Environmental Audit Committee