Gurinder Singh Josan CBE (Punjabi: ਗੁਰਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੋਸਨ; born August 1972)[1] is an English businessman and Labour Party politician, who served on Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, and sits on Labour's National Executive Committee and the West Midlands' Strategic Policing and Crime Board.[2]

Gurinder Singh Josan
ਗੁਰਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੋਸਨ
Josan in December 2017
BornAugust 1972 (age 51)
EducationRoyal Holloway, University of London
Occupations
  • Businessman
  • politician
Known forPolitical campaigning
Board member of
  • HOPE not hate
  • West Midlands Strategic Police and Crime board
  • Victoria Academies Trust

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 was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours, "for political service".[5]

He was elected to the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party in April 2020.[6]

References edit

  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. ^ "No. 62507". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 29 December 2018. p. N18.
  6. ^ Rodgers, Sienna (4 April 2020). "Corbynsceptics sweep the board in Labour's ruling body by-elections". LabourList. Retrieved 4 April 2020.