About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (James Asser) represents you, and all of the people who live in West Ham and Beckton, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for West Ham and Beckton

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

Social Media

• @jamesasser.bsky.social
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Department for Education
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Home Office
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Pensions: Consumer Information
• Care Workers: Migrant Workers
• Further Education: STEM Subjects
• Anti-social Behaviour
• Religious Hatred

Currently held offices

• Member, Procedure Committee (since 4 Nov 2024)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Home Office: Care Workers: Migrant Workers 28 Apr 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of protections for overseas (a) health and (b) social care workers on a visa sponsorship arrangement.

• “For Women Scotland” Supreme Court Ruling 22 Apr 2025

  The Minister will not be surprised to hear that I have had a lot of correspondence on this ruling, and there is great concern among the trans community about what the impact will be. There is also concern among the wider LGBT community that, in this populist age, the ruling may signal a move away from progress on LGBT rights. I therefore welcome her statement that there will be guidance. Will...

• Israel: Refusal of Entry for UK Parliamentarians 7 Apr 2025

  The response of this House to what happened to our colleagues at the weekend should be united, because it affects us all. Does the Minister agree that any equivocation from Members of this House risks sending a green light to other countries that wish to interfere in our activities and parliamentary delegations? Perhaps the Leader of the Opposition and those on the Opposition Front Bench...

More of James Asser’s recent appearances