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.

465

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)

169

Written Questions

10

Oral Questions

58

Debates Spoken In

94

Speeches

465

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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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

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

Date interest arose
18 March 2025

Registered 25 March 2025

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Jess in Parliament

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has (a) implemented a domestic abuse policy for staff and (b) trained line managers to effectively respond

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs12 Nov 2025

Forced Marriage

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases supported by the Forced Marriage Unit in each of the last five years resulted in a referral to the National Referral Mechanism; an

AnsweredHome Office30 Oct 2025

Offences against Children: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the forthcoming Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy and its delivery plan will include (a) funding and (b) measures to improve supp

AnsweredHome Office30 Oct 2025

Exploitation: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on improving consistency in identification of child victims of modern slav

AnsweredHome Office30 Oct 2025

Child Sexual Abuse Material: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the revocation of the Online Safety Act 2023 (Commencement No 5) Regulations 2025 o

AnsweredHome Office29 Oct 2025

Offences against Children: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when regulations requiring providers of regulated user-to-user services to report child sexual abuse and exploitation content to the National Cri

AnsweredHome Office29 Oct 2025

Offences against Children: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the Online Safety Act 2023 (Commencement No 5) Regulations 2025, due to come into force on 3 November, were revoked on 9 October.

AnsweredHome Office29 Oct 2025

Biomethane

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential role of biomethane in the UK’s transition to (a) a clean power system and (b) i

AnsweredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero21 Oct 2025

Biomethane

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has considered the assessment of the role of biomethane in the National Energy System Operator’s Future Energy Scenarios.

AnsweredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero21 Oct 2025

Biomethane

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support the growth of the biomethane sector.

AnsweredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero21 Oct 2025
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