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

88.5% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
509 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
66 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
13 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
9 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
58 Debates spoken in 24 written questions tabled

Ranked 42 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. 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

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
17 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: Amendment 188 No 160–319
17 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 36 No 159–317
12 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Third Reading Aye 333–100
12 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Schedule 2 Aye 333–100
12 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: Amendment 297 No 167–328
12 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: Amendment 291 No 164–324
12 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 110 No 168–314
12 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 39 Aye 337–98
11 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: Amendment 288 No 105–409
11 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 87 No 106–340
11 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 30 No 189–324
11 Mar 2025 Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 10 No 95–323
7 Mar 2025 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–75
3 Mar 2025 Finance Bill: Third Reading Aye 339–172
3 Mar 2025 Finance Bill Report Stage: Amendment 67 No 167–347
3 Mar 2025 Finance Bill Report Stage: New Clause 8 No 176–332
3 Mar 2025 Finance Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No 113–331
26 Feb 2025 Opposition Day: British Indian Ocean Territory No 147–298
26 Feb 2025 Opposition Day: Family businesses No 108–313
25 Feb 2025 Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill: Second Reading Aye 317–55
25 Feb 2025 Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading No 70–312
24 Feb 2025 Crown Estate Bill [Lords] Report Stage: Amendment 2 No 61–316
24 Feb 2025 Crown Estate Bill [Lords] Report Stage: Amendment 4 No 153–316
24 Feb 2025 Crown Estate Bill [Lords] Report Stage: New Clause 6 No 100–312
24 Feb 2025 Crown Estate Bill [Lords] Report Stage: New Clause 1 No 59–316

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: 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

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

8. Miscellaneous

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

Chair of Trustees at HOPE not hate Charitable Trust. 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

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

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

58 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 4 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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