Jess Asato

MP since 4 Jul 2024

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Jess Asato is the Labour MP for Lowestoft, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

495

Votes Cast

£194,965

Expenses 2024-25

2,016

Majority

34.6%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£194,965

Staffing£158,854
Office£20,828
Accommodation£10,320
Travel£4,962

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 41,824 voters

✓Labour
14,464 votes34.6%
Conservative
12,448 votes29.8%
Reform UK
10,328 votes24.7%
Green Party
3,095 votes7.4%
Liberal Democrat
1,489 votes3.6%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

189

Written Questions

10

Oral Questions

58

Debates Spoken In⚑

94

Speeches⚑

495

Divisions Voted

⚑Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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4 NO

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee

4 votes · 20 Oct 2026

5 NO

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee

5 votes · 19 Oct 2026

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Financial Interests(3)

Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Channel Four Television Company Limited

Ticket to the BAFTA Television Award with drinks reception, red carpet experience and awards dinner

29 April 2025 to 11 May 2025

£750
Name of donor
Channel Four Television Company Limited
Address of donor
124 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2TX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
Ticket to the BAFTA Television Award with drinks reception, red carpet experience and awards dinner, value £750
Date received
29 April 2025 to 11 May 2025
Date accepted
2 May 2025
Donor status
company, registration 01533774

Registered 6 May 2025

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

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Trustee of The Dartmouth Street Trust, which makes grants for the promotion of studies in political, economic and social science and cognate educational subjects, and for the promotion of education and dissemination of knowledge in such science and subjects. (Registered 30 September 2024)

Registered 30 September 2024

Miscellaneous

producing high-quality

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Date interest arose
18 March 2025

Registered 25 March 2025

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Jess in Parliament

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much public health grant Suffolk County Council has been allocated in (a) 2024-25, (b) 2025-26 and (c) 2026-27.

Department of Health and Social Care23 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what local authority requirements are in providing (a) health visiting, (b) school nursing and (c) the Family Nurse Partnership under the Heal

Department of Health and Social Care23 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what minimum qualifications his Department expects of staff delivering the mandated health visitor reviews; and what assessment his Department

Department of Health and Social Care23 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of digital-first school nursing in identifying (a) safeguarding concerns and (b)

Department of Health and Social Care23 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is planning to take to provide support to first-time parents under 25 in areas where the Family Nurse Partnership is

Department of Health and Social Care23 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the conditions of Best Start Family Hubs funding permit a local authority to reduce the number of family hubs in its area while receiving that fund

Department for Education23 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has received Suffolk County Council's Best Start Family Hubs plan; and what steps her Department takes when a local authority's plan

Department for Education23 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of reductions in (a) family hubs and (b) health visiting on progress towards the target of

Department for Education23 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Department holds data on the number of (a) health visitors, (b) school nurses and (c) community staff nurses employed (i) by and (

Department of Health and Social Care23 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance the Department provides to local authorities on assessing the cumulative impact of concurrent changes to children's public healt

Department of Health and Social Care23 Oct 2026
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