James Asser | |
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Member of Parliament for West Ham and Beckton | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Majority | 9,254 (25.7 %) |
Personal details | |
Political party | Labour |
Alma mater | Birmingham City University |
Website | www |
James Edward Asser is a British Labour politician and Member of Parliament.
Asser studied at the University of Central England (later re-named Birmingham City University) and was involved in its student union. He was later the National Union of Students' Vice-President of Welfare (1998 –2000) [1] and was later co-chair of LGBT+ Labour. [2] In 2010,he and a group of LGBT+ Labour members were denied service in a London pub in an allegedly homophobic incident that year. [3]
He was the chair of the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party from 2023 [4] until July 2024. He was also councillor in Beckton,London Borough of Newham since 2018 and served as Deputy Mayor and Cabinet Member for Environment and Sustainable Transport since 2022. [5]
He has been the Labour Member of Parliament for West Ham and Beckton since 2024. [6]
He has visited many schools across Beckton and West Ham like Ellen Wilkinson Primary School.
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