Josan served on
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, and sits on Labour's
National Executive Committee and the
West Midlands'
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
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. He is a
landlord and owns eight rental properties. He was elected to the
National Executive Committee of the Labour Party in April 2020. On 30 May 2024, Josan was selected as Labour's parliamentary candidate to contest the
Smethwick constituency in the
2024 United Kingdom general election. He won the seat with 16,858 votes (48.0%), and a majority of 11,188 (31.6%). == Awards ==