UK Parliament · member 5156
Jess Asato MP
- Party
- Labour — Labour Party
- Constituency
- Lowestoft
- Member for this seat since
- 4 July 2024
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Jess Asato, and how each was tied to them
Declared interests
MPs must register financial interests within 28 days. This is the register’s own text, republished verbatim from the official Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Registering an interest is a requirement met, not a finding against anyone.
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP
- Francesca Perrin - £25,000.00 (registered 6 July 2026)
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. (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. (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)
Source: UK Parliament Register of Members’ Financial Interests API (Open Parliament Licence). Amounts are shown only where the register itself records one as a figure; nothing is parsed out of the free text.
Voting record
In the 461 recorded divisions where Jess Asato and at least one other Labour member were recorded voting, Jess Asato voted the same way as most voting Labour members 448 times (97.2%).
This compares Jess Asato with other members of their own party who were recorded voting in the same division. It is not a measure of loyalty to a whip: Civometry holds no whipping records, so it cannot say which votes were whipped, and voting differently from party colleagues is not described here as a rebellion. Members not recorded in a division are excluded from the comparison rather than counted, because an absence from a division list is not a vote and does not mean the member was absent from the House.
Donations reported to the Electoral Commission
£25,000 across 1 reported donations from 1 distinct donor name, received from 1 January 2019 onward.
| Donor (as published) | Status | Donations | Total value | Received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francesca Perrin | Individual | 1 | £25,000 | 2026-06-16 |
Source: Electoral Commission register of donations. Reporting thresholds apply, so this is not every sum given. A donation is a lawful, reported transaction; its presence here says nothing about why it was made and nothing about anything that followed it.
Staffing and business costs paid by IPSA
2025-26: £18,605 across 52 claim lines; 2024-25: £199,916 across 151 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 45 | £13,849 |
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 7 | £4,756 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 5 | £158,810 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 118 | £25,823 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 15 | £10,320 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 9 | £3,386 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 3 | £1,491 |
| 2024-25 | Dependant Travel | 1 | £86 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2024 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner October 2024 | £100 | Paid |
| 27 March 2025 | Accommodation · Rent | — | £950 | Paid |
| 27 February 2025 | Accommodation · Rent | — | £950 | Paid |
| 28 January 2025 | Accommodation · Rent | — | £950 | Paid |
| 30 December 2024 | Accommodation · Rent | — | £950 | Paid |
| 27 September 2024 | Accommodation · Rent | Constituency Accommodation 27 September to 26th October | £950 | Paid |
| 20 January 2025 | Office Costs · Recruitment Services &Costs | HIVE SUPPORT LTD | £900 | Paid |
| 25 October 2024 | Accommodation · Rent | [***] - October Rent | £900 | Paid |
| 25 October 2024 | Accommodation · Rent | [***] | £900 | Paid |
| 22 August 2024 | Staffing · Bought-in services | Administrative services — HIVE SUPPORT LTD | £900 | Paid |
| 13 August 2025 | Office Costs · Cleaning services | Jul-25 | £90 | Paid |
| 6 June 2025 | Office Costs · Cleaning services | May Invoice for Cleaning | £90 | Paid |
| 9 December 2024 | Office Costs · Postage & couriers | Post Office Special Delivery - Constituency to Westminster | £9 | Paid |
| 11 September 2024 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner October 2024 | £9 | Paid |
| 3 May 2025 | Accommodation · Utilities | Electricity — Electricity May June 2025 | £89 | Paid |
Source: IPSA, MP staffing and business costs (Open Government Licence v3), joined on IPSA’s Parliamentary ID, which is Parliament’s member id. These are the running costs of an MP’s office and staff, claimed within IPSA’s rules and paid by IPSA; they are not the member’s salary and not personal income. A claim is a claim, not a finding. Staffing costs are published by IPSA in aggregate categories, not per employee.
Sources on this page: UK Parliament Members API, Register of Members’ Financial Interests API and Commons Votes API (Open Parliament Licence); Electoral Commission register of donations; IPSA business costs. Each section links its own official record. This page assembles public registers and draws no conclusion from their appearing together.