| Office: | Member of Parliament for West Ham and Beckton |
| Term Start: | 4 July 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Constituency established |
| Majority: | 9,254 (25.7 %) |
| Party: | Labour |
| Alma Mater: | Birmingham City University |
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.