Jess Asato
Labour MP for Lowestoft, since 4 July 2024
Jess Asato is the Labour MP for Lowestoft, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.
Scorecard
Voting record
590 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.
Declared financial interests
Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
Name of donor: Francesca Perrin
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £25,000 for social media and media support
Date received: 16 June 2026
Date accepted: 16 June 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 6 July 2026)
8. Miscellaneous
I have a conditional fee arrangement with my lawyers, AWO (the trading name of HNK Litigation Limited) in relation to a forthcoming court case against xAI. The case relates to the ‘Grok’ AI platform operated by xAI. I have additional support from Reset Tech which is dependent on the outcome of the case.
Date interest arose: 29 January 2026
(Registered 1 June 2026)
Appointed as a Director for The Social Market Foundation (SMF) which is widely recognised as Britain’s leading cross-party think tank. Its mission is to ensure that markets and government can work in partnership to serve the interests of society. The SMF pursues this goal by producing high-quality, independent, and pragmatic public policy research and fostering debate across a broad range of social and economic issues.
Date interest arose: 18 March 2025
(Registered 25 March 2025)
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)
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Debates
59 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
- Infants, Parents and Carers Bill
- Crime and Policing Bill
- Women’s Safety: Walking, Wheeling, Cycling and Running
- Business of the House
- Domestic Abuse-related Deaths: NHS Prevention
- Social Media: Non-consensual Sexual Deepfakes
- Business of the House
- Violence against Women and Girls Strategy
- Pornography and Violence against Women
Money declared to them
1 donation accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £25,000 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.
| Accepted | Recipient | Donor | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Jun 2026 | Jess Asato sitting MP | Francesca Perrin Individual | Non Cash Administration services | £25k |
Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →
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