Sojan Joseph

• 06 Jul 2024

49 year old Sojan Joseph, a mental health nurse from Kerala’s Kottayam, has created history by getting elected to the UK House of Commons on a Labour party ticket from Ashford.

Key Points

• He migrated to UK from Kerala in 2001.
• He is the first-ever Labour MP to represent Ashford since it was created 139 years ago.
• He defeated Damian Green, a former first secretary of state and senior conservative party leader, who had represented Ashford for the past 27 years.