Smethwick.

Gurinder Singh Josan's most distinctive parliamentary moments have come on assisted dying. On 20 June 2025, he broke with the Labour majority five times during the Report Stage of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, supporting amendments to tighten eligibility safeguards -- including two that would have prevented voluntary starvation from qualifying someone as terminally ill -- while also backing procedural moves to widen access to independent doctor assessments. His voting pattern across those five rebel votes places him among Labour MPs who broadly support the Bill but want stricter eligibility boundaries around it. Away from that debate, he has been vocal in his constituency on community cohesion, condemning far-right rhetoric and speaking out after a racist attack on a Sikh woman in Smethwick in September 2025.

At 89% voting participation and 97.2% party alignment, Josan is an engaged and largely loyal backbencher. His 79 contributions span economy and jobs, defence, local government, and crime -- a broad spread rather than a single specialist focus. His stance profile points to strong support for progressive taxation and housing development, but he sits well below the Labour average on climate-related votes (49% aligned) and registers near zero on parliamentary scrutiny measures, suggesting he tends to back executive authority over procedural challenge. His deviation from party norms is most pronounced on end-of-life autonomy and assisted dying safeguards, where he sits roughly 20 percentage points above the Labour average.

Josan sits on the Procedure Committee, which shapes how the Commons conducts its own business -- consistent with his background as a former councillor who ran for Parliament on a constituency-service platform. Recent local news coverage across 56 articles covers crime, local government, and transport, though average sentiment scores in the past 90 days are neutral rather than strongly positive or negative.