FORM N-PX
       ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
                            INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number: 811-2402

John Hancock Sovereign Bond Fund
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  (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

601 Congress Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02210-2805
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  (Address of principal executive offices)

Noel Maffucci
601 Congress Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02210-2805
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  (Name and address of agent for service)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 1-800-225-5291

Date of Fiscal year-end: 6/30/2007

Date of reporting period: 07/01/2006 - 06/30/2007

Item 1. Proxy Voting Record

Bond Fund

The fund did not vote proxies relating to portfolio securities during the period
covered by this report.

Any ballot marked  'Abstain' is considered  to have been voted.  Ballots  marked
'Abstain'  are   considered   to  be  have  been  voted   against   management's
recommendation,  regardless of whether the recommendation is 'For' or 'Against,'
except where  management  has made no  recommendation  or has  recommended  that
shareholders 'Abstain.'

Where  management has recommended that  shareholders  'Abstain' from voting on a
ballot item: 1) a ballot  market  'Abstain' is considered to have been voted for
management's  recommendation  to  'Abstain'  and  2) a  ballot  voted  'For"  or
'Against' is considered to have been voted against  management's  recommendation
to 'Abstain.'

Where management has made no  recommendation  on a ballot item, the abbreviation
"N/A" is used to denote that there is no applicable  recommendation  compared to
which a vote may be 'For' or 'Against' the recommendation of management.

SIGNATURES:
Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Investment  Company  Act  of  1940,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

John Hancock Sovereign Bond Fund
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       (Registrant)

By:    /s/Keith F. Hartstein
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       Keith F. Hartstein
       President and Chief Executive Officer

Date:  August 27, 2007