Gurinder Singh Josan CBE (born August 1972)[1] is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Smethwick for Labour since the 2024 general election.
Gurinder Josan | |
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| Member of Parliament for Smethwick | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Majority | 11,188 (31.9%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gurinder Singh Josan 1972 (age 51–52) Birmingham, England, UK |
| Political party | Labour Party |
Early life and career
editJosan served on Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, and sits on Labour's National Executive Committee and the West Midlands' Strategic Policing and Crime Board.[2]
He was elected as councillor for the St Paul's ward of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough in the 2002 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election and he served until 2010.[3]
He is a trustee of the HOPE Not Hate charitable trust, a former trustee of the Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Smethwick, a former member of the national executive of the Sikh Council UK, and is a governor for three schools.[4] He is a landlord and owns eight rental properties.[5]
He was elected to the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party in April 2020.[6]
On 30 May 2024, Josan was selected as Labour's parliamentary candidate to contest the Smethwick constituency in the 2024 United Kingdom general election.[7][8]He won the seat with 16,858 votes (48.0%), and a majority of 11,188 (31.6%).[9][10][11]
Awards
editHe was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours, "for political service".[12]
References
edit- ^ "Gurinder Singh JOSAN - Personal Appointments". Companies House. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ "West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner- Members of the Strategic Policing and Crime Board". West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
- ^ "Sandwell". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
- ^ "West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner- Gurinder Josan". westmidlands-pcc.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
- ^ Gross, Anna; Pickard, Jim (23 August 2024). "New Labour MP is biggest landlord in House of Commons". Financial Times. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ Rodgers, Sienna (4 April 2020). "Corbynsceptics sweep the board in Labour's ruling body by-elections". LabourList. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ West Midlands Labour [@WMLabour] (30 May 2024). "Congratulations to Gurinder Singh Josan who has been selected as Labour's parliamentary candidate for Smethwick 🌹" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "UK Election: Record Number Of Indian-Origin MPs". NDTV.
- ^ "Smethwick - General election results". BBC News. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "2024 General Election results - Smethwick constituency". Sandwill Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "UK Parliament election results: Election for the constituency of Smethwick on 4 July 2024". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "No. 62507". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 29 December 2018. p. N18.
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