Gurinder Singh Josan

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

( Punjabi: ਗੁਰਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੋਸਨ; born August 1972) is an English businessman and Labour Party politician, who served on

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council was created in 1974 to administer the newly formed Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, in the West Midlands county of England. The council offices are located at the Council House, Freeth Street, Oldbury to ...

, and sits on Labour's

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and the

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' Strategic Policing and Crime Board. 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. He is a trustee of the

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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

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for three schools. He was appointed a

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(CBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours, "for political service". He was elected to the

of the Labour Party in April 2020.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Josan, Gurinder Singh 1972 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) People from Smethwick Labour Party (UK) councillors Councillors in the West Midlands (county) Commanders of the Order of the British Empire School governors Labour Party (UK) officials