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Gurinder Josan

Gurinder Josan
CBE MP
Member of Parliament
for Smethwick
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byNew constituency
Majority11,188 (31.9%)
Personal details
Born
Gurinder Singh Josan

1972 (age 51–52)
Birmingham, England, UK
Political partyLabour Party

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.

Early life and career

Josan 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

He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours, "for political service".[12]

References

  1. ^ "Gurinder Singh JOSAN - Personal Appointments". Companies House. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  2. ^ "West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner- Members of the Strategic Policing and Crime Board". West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Sandwell". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
  4. ^ "West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner- Gurinder Josan". westmidlands-pcc.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  5. ^ Gross, Anna; Pickard, Jim (23 August 2024). "New Labour MP is biggest landlord in House of Commons". Financial Times. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  6. ^ Rodgers, Sienna (4 April 2020). "Corbynsceptics sweep the board in Labour's ruling body by-elections". LabourList. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "UK Election: Record Number Of Indian-Origin MPs". NDTV.
  9. ^ "Smethwick - General election results". BBC News. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  10. ^ "2024 General Election results - Smethwick constituency". Sandwill Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  11. ^ "UK Parliament election results: Election for the constituency of Smethwick on 4 July 2024". UK Parliament. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  12. ^ "No. 62507". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 29 December 2018. p. N18.
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