UK Parliament · member 5247
Sojan Joseph MP
- Party
- Labour — Labour Party
- Constituency
- Ashford
- Member for this seat since
- 4 July 2024
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Sojan Joseph, and how each was tied to them
Declared interests
MPs must register financial interests within 28 days. This is the register’s own text, republished verbatim from the official Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Registering an interest is a requirement met, not a finding against anyone.
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
- Tutors Valley music academy - £400.00 (registered 13 July 2026)
Visits outside the UK
- International visit to Brunei between 24 May 2026 and 29 May 2026 (registered 17 June 2026)
- International visit to Switzerland between 08 October 2025 and 09 October 2025 (registered 22 October 2025)
- International visit to Switzerland between 05 September 2025 and 06 September 2025 (registered 8 September 2025)
Land and property (within or outside the UK)
- Property in Onamthuruthu, Kottayam, Kerala (registered 26 July 2024)
Miscellaneous
- Appointed as honorary executive committee member of the Jeevan Trust UK. This is an unpaid role. (registered 13 July 2026)
- Appointed as honorary vice chair of the Catholic Union of Great Britain. This is an unpaid role. (registered 9 December 2025)
Source: UK Parliament Register of Members’ Financial Interests API (Open Parliament Licence). Amounts are shown only where the register itself records one as a figure; nothing is parsed out of the free text.
Voting record
In the 542 recorded divisions where Sojan Joseph and at least one other Labour member were recorded voting, Sojan Joseph voted the same way as most voting Labour members 530 times (97.8%).
This compares Sojan Joseph with other members of their own party who were recorded voting in the same division. It is not a measure of loyalty to a whip: Civometry holds no whipping records, so it cannot say which votes were whipped, and voting differently from party colleagues is not described here as a rebellion. Members not recorded in a division are excluded from the comparison rather than counted, because an absence from a division list is not a vote and does not mean the member was absent from the House.
Donations reported to the Electoral Commission
The register holds no donations reported against this name. Donations are matched on the regulated entity name exactly as the Electoral Commission publishes it; a member who reports under a different form of their name will not match here, and no similar name is substituted.
Source: Electoral Commission register of donations. Reporting thresholds apply, so this is not every sum given. A donation is a lawful, reported transaction; its presence here says nothing about why it was made and nothing about anything that followed it.
Staffing and business costs paid by IPSA
2025-26: £16,708 across 77 claim lines; 2024-25: £158,573 across 120 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 65 | £13,692 |
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 12 | £3,015 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 2 | £124,306 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 13 | £14,990 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 93 | £13,435 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 4 | £3,817 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 7 | £1,732 |
| 2024-25 | Dependant Travel | 1 | £292 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 December 2024 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - installation & equipment purchase | Internet — IW GROUP SERVICES (UK) | £95 | Paid |
| 18 November 2025 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — IW GROUP SERVICES (UK) | £94 | Paid |
| 26 August 2025 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner September 2025 | £90 | Paid |
| 31 July 2025 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner August 2025 | £90 | Paid |
| 19 February 2025 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | £90 | Paid |
| 11 September 2024 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner October 2024 | £9 | Paid |
| 18 July 2025 | Office Costs · Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | — | £90 | Paid |
| 23 October 2025 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — IW GROUP SERVICES (UK) | £90 | Paid |
| 19 December 2024 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - installation & equipment purchase | Internet — IW GROUP SERVICES (UK) | £86 | Paid |
| 30 April 2025 | Accommodation · Utilities | Electricity — Electricity April 25 | £86 | Paid |
| 18 April 2025 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — IW GROUP SERVICES (UK) [200011793-419] | £86 | Paid |
| 15 February 2026 | Office Costs · Parking | — | £84 | Paid |
| 18 January 2026 | Office Costs · Parking | — | £84 | Paid |
| 18 December 2025 | Office Costs · Parking | — | £84 | Paid |
| 18 November 2025 | Office Costs · Parking | — | £84 | Paid |
Source: IPSA, MP staffing and business costs (Open Government Licence v3), joined on IPSA’s Parliamentary ID, which is Parliament’s member id. These are the running costs of an MP’s office and staff, claimed within IPSA’s rules and paid by IPSA; they are not the member’s salary and not personal income. A claim is a claim, not a finding. Staffing costs are published by IPSA in aggregate categories, not per employee.
Sources on this page: UK Parliament Members API, Register of Members’ Financial Interests API and Commons Votes API (Open Parliament Licence); Electoral Commission register of donations; IPSA business costs. Each section links its own official record. This page assembles public registers and draws no conclusion from their appearing together.