Official portrait of Gurinder Singh Josan

Gurinder Singh Josan

Labour MP for Smethwick, since 4 July 2024

Gurinder Singh Josan is the Labour MP for Smethwick, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Scorecard

88.0% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
519 Votes cast out of 590 divisions
71 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
15 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
9 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
59 Debates spoken in 24 written questions tabled

Ranked 49 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.4%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

590 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
11 Sep 2026 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading against party line No 270–286
11 Sep 2026 Closure motion against party line No 293–218
10 Sep 2026 Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 77–292
9 Sep 2026 Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 371–100
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 No 162–297
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 No 106–302
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 No 108–357
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 No 79–300
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 No 170–316
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 No 77–317
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–79
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading No vote 411–102
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 No vote 85–427
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 No vote 105–410
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 No vote 166–346
15 Jul 2026 Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots deferred division No vote 330–109
15 Jul 2026 Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division No vote 330–109
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 No vote 104–412
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 No vote 102–409
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 No vote 93–323
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading No vote 264–90
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No vote 97–358
8 Jul 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 283–182
8 Jul 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 317–103
8 Jul 2026 Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 369–102

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

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
Number of properties: 5
Location: Sandwell and Birmingham
Ownership details: All properties are co-owned with family members
Rental income: Yes
Rental income details: Rental income is paid to all co-owners of the respective property
(Registered 3 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

Type of land/property: Commercial property
Number of properties: 3
Location: Sandwell
Ownership details: All properties are co-owned with family members
Rental income: Yes
Rental income details: Rental income is paid to all co-owners of the respective property
(Registered 3 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

8. Miscellaneous

Chair of Trustees at HOPE Unlimited Charitable Trust (formerly known as HOPE not hate Charitable Trust). This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 3 August 2024; updated 18 August 2026)

On the register since 8 Sep 2026

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 interest arose: 17 July 2024
(Registered 4 December 2024)

On the register since 17 Dec 2025

Director of Labour First Ltd. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 26 September 2024
(Registered 9 October 2024)

On the register since 23 Oct 2025

Chair of Trustees at Victoria Academies Trust - a Multi Academy Trust. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 29 July 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

Director of Sikhs for Labour Ltd and Vice Chair of Sikhs for Labour - a Labour Party Friends group. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 3 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

Governor at Holly Lodge High School College of Science in Smethwick. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 3 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

Director of Josan Estates Ltd. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 3 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

59 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 1 Oct 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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