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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.

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Scorecard

79.3% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
456 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
119 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
13 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
4 Interests declared 1 at £5,000 or more
57 Debates spoken in 169 written questions tabled

Ranked 189 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 Aye 287–150
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 Aye 284–149
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 Aye 291–144
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36 Aye 288–147
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 Aye 287–149
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 Aye 297–147
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 Aye 298–152
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 Aye 293–155
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 No vote 292–158
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 No vote 294–61
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 No vote 294–156
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E No vote 293–159
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 No vote 248–139
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 No vote 259–136
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B No vote 254–144
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 No vote 256–150
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 Aye 277–150
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 Aye 271–95
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 Aye 273–159
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 Aye 275–159
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 Aye 269–162
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 Aye 276–155
15 Apr 2026 Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 Aye 269–103
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye 278–158
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments No vote 247–21

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)

£25,000

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)

On the register since 14 Jul 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)

On the register since 3 Jun 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)

On the register since 25 Mar 2026

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)

On the register since 7 Oct 2025

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Debates

57 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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