James Edward Asser (born 2 July 1975) is a British politician and Member of Parliament (MP). A member of the Labour Party, he has represented

West Ham and Beckton West Ham and Beckton is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. Boundaries The constitu ...

since July 2024.

Education

Asser studied at the

University of Central England Birmingham City University (abbrev. BCU) is a university in Birmingham, England. Initially established as the Birmingham College of Art with roots dating back to 1843, it was designated as a polytechnic in 1971 and gained university status in ...

(later re-named Birmingham City University) and was involved in its student union.

Political career

He was later the National Union of Students' Vice-President of Welfare (1998 – 2000). He was later co-chair of

LGBT+ Labour LGBT+ Labour is the socialist society (Labour Party), socialist society officially representing the LGBTQ wing of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party in the United Kingdom. The purpose of the organisation is to campaign within the Labour Party, ...

. In 2010, he and a group of LGBT+ Labour members were denied service in a London pub in an allegedly homophobic incident that year. He was the

Socialist Societies A socialist society is a membership organisation that is affiliated with the Labour Party in the UK. The best-known and oldest socialist society is the Fabian Society, founded in 1884, some years before the creation of the Labour Party itself ( ...

member of the

National Executive Committee of the Labour Party The National Executive Committee (NEC) is the governing body of the UK Labour Party, setting the overall strategic direction of the party and policy development. Its composition has changed over the years, and includes representatives of affil ...

from 2015 and chair of the NEC from 2023 until July 2024. He was also councillor in

Beckton Beckton is a suburb in east London, England, located east of Charing Cross and part of the London Borough of Newham. Adjacent to the River Thames, the area consisted of unpopulated marshland known as the East Ham Levels in the parishes of Bark ...

London Borough of Newham The London Borough of Newham () is a London borough created in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. It covers an area previously administered by the Essex county boroughs of West Ham and East Ham, authorities that were both abolished by ...

from 2018 to 2024 and served as Cabinet Member for Environment and Sustainable Transport from 2019 and Deputy Mayor from 2022. He has been the Labour Member of Parliament for

since

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

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* Living people Alumni of Birmingham City University UK MPs 2024–present Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies LGBTQ members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom English LGBTQ politicians 1975 births {{Labour-UK-MP-stub