About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Jessica Asato) represents you, and all of the people who live in Lowestoft, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

MPs split their time between Parliament and their constituency. In Parliament, they debate and vote on new laws, review existing laws, and question the Government. In the constituency, their focus is on supporting local people and championing local issues. They have a small staff team who help with casework, maintain their diaries, and monitor their inbox.

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Profile

Labour MP for Lowestoft

Entered the House of Commons on 5 July 2024 — General election

Social Media

• @jessasatomp.bsky.social
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Education
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Home Office
• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Sexual Offences: Lowestoft
• Pupils: Attendance
• Counselling: Domestic Abuse and Sexual Offences
• Protective Clothing: Procurement
• Financial Services: Disadvantaged

Currently held offices

• Member, Education Committee (since 21 Oct 2024)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• James Prior
• Edward Evans
• Pierse Loftus
• Gervais Rentoul
• Edward Beauchamp
• Harry Foster
• Edward Beauchamp
• Francis Lucas
• Harry Foster
• Savile Crossley

Recent appearances

• Children’s Health 10 Jul 2025

  I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Stroud (Dr Opher) for securing this important debate. One of the most frequent issues raised with me in Lowestoft is dentistry, and the situation is particularly acute for children. As we have heard, one in four five-year-olds experience tooth decay, and preventable tooth decay remains one of the top reasons for hospital admission. That is why the...

• Education Committee 10 Jul 2025

  I thank my hon. Friend for her statement. Like her, I pay tribute to the care leavers who spoke to us, often sharing deeply traumatic stories of their journey through the care system. Their corporate parent is ultimately the state, and we as its custodians must bear the responsibility of ensuring that we support children in care as if they are our own. Does my hon. Friend agree that that is...

• Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Health Services: Domestic Abuse 10 Jul 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to develop central commissioning guidance for clinically-based domestic violence and abuse specialists.

More of Jessica Asato’s recent appearances

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