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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4 NO

National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee

4 votes · 17 Jun 2026

2 NO

Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages

2 votes · 16 Jun 2026

3 NO

Railways Bill Remaining Stages

3 votes · 10 Jun 2026

3 NO

Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee

3 votes · 9 Jun 2026

3 NO

Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee

3 votes · 8 Jun 2026

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

Mental Health Services: Domestic Abuse and Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will issue guidance to NHS commissioners on commissioning qualified counselling and psychotherapy services as part of the specialist sup

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care29 Aug 2025

Mental Health Services: Domestic Abuse and Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of issuing statutory guidance to NHS commissioning bodies to ensure that they commission

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care29 Aug 2025

Supported Housing: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to (a) deliver long-term financial sustainability for the supported housing sector and (b) prevent

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government29 Aug 2025

Counselling: Domestic Abuse and Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of (a) current waiting times and (b) levels of access to specialist counselling suppor

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care29 Aug 2025

Affordable Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with Homes England on the (a) design and (b) delivery of the 10-year Affordable Homes P

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government29 Aug 2025

Child Rearing

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's policy paper Giving every child the best start in life strategy, published on 7 July 2025, what steps her Department is

AnsweredDepartment for Education29 Aug 2025

Family Hubs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of funding his Department is providing to the (a) Best Start in Life strategy and (b) Best Start Family Hubs.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care29 Aug 2025

Assistance Animals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to give emotional support animals the same legal status as guide dogs.

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions22 Jul 2025

Schools: Neurodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the extension of the PINS programme on children with developmental language disorder.

AnsweredDepartment for Education22 Jul 2025

Running: Gender Based Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report entitled Abuse of women runners: implications for the violence against women and girls policy agenda, published by t

AnsweredHome Office21 Jul 2025
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