London Sojan Joseph, a internal health nanny in the National Health Service who migrated from Kerala 22 times agone, is among the new crop of Labour members of Parliament tagged to the House of Commons in the UK general election. Joseph, 49, connected with the choosers at the doorstep with his pledge to insure further internal health services in his constituency and succeeded in making a dent in the Conservative fort of Ashford in Kent, south- eastern England.
In defeating Tory stalwart and former minister Damian Green in the general election held on July 4, Joseph also dealt a blow to the anti-immigration rhetoric of the right- sect campaigners in a seat where the far-right Reform UK came in third place after the Tories.
In defeating Tory stalwart and former minister Damian Green in the general election held on July 4, Joseph also dealt a blow to the anti-immigration rhetoric of the right- sect campaigners in a seat where the far-right Reform UK came in third place after the conservatives.
I'll work hard for everyone in Ashford, Hawkinge and townlets, ” said Joseph in his acceptance speech on Friday. Being a original councillor and a BAME( black, Asian and nonage ethnical) Officer would have prepared the medical professional for this new administrative challenge.
But it's his over two- decades-long National Health Service( NHS) career as a internal health nanny that he feels gives him the empathy needed for his new job in the House of Commons. Also, his connection with the original communities of Ashford, where he has been living with his woman and three children for over 15 times, is his fresh provocation.
“ I take great pride in calling Ashford, and Willes borough, my home. I've taken part in a number of fundraising conditioning over the times, including running marathons for colorful charities and a dragon boat race for the original sanitarium charity, ” said Joseph, who has accepted several transnational marathons for charity.
“ I forcefully believe in an inclusive society that works towards achieving the full eventuality for every existent in the community, ” he adds. Joseph hails from Kaipuzha, a small vill in Kottayam quarter. He went to academy in Kottayam and completed his nursing studies in Bengaluru. In the UK, he studied for a Master’s degree in healthcare leadership, fastening on diversity and addition in public healthcare.
numerous choosers described him as extremely passionate about perfecting access to internal and physical healthcare services for everyone on the crusade trail. When he takes his seat in the Commons, he'll be joined by several other first- time Labour MPs of Indian heritage who are reflective of the civil swing towards the party after the Keir Starmer- led party won a landslide accreditation to form a new government.