UK Explained

Lowestoft

Represented in Parliament by Jess Asato (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Jess Asato, Labour. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Lowestoft compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 514 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £689£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 438 areas and lower than 210.

UK 3.9%This area 4.0%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Lowestoft£6894.0%
North East Cambridgeshire£6883.9%
Wigan£6964.1%
Wallasey£6963.9%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Lowestoft

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people94,54759,597,740 in total
Aged under 1617%18%2 points lower
Aged 65 and over26%19%8 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher21%34%13 points lower
Households that own their home66%62%3 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association14%17%3 points lower
Households renting privately20%20%about the same

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Jess Asato

Labour

MAJORITY
2,016

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
56%

of people who could vote did

Jess Asato won with 35% of the votes, and Peter Aldous (Conservative) came second with 30%.

Votes for each party

Labour35% · 14,464
Conservative30% · 12,448
Reform UK25% · 10,328
Green Party7% · 3,095
Liberal Democrat4% · 1,489
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jess AsatoLabour14,46434.6%
Peter AldousConservative12,44829.8%
June MummeryReform UK10,32824.7%
Toby HammondGreen Party3,0957.4%
Adam RobertsonLiberal Democrat1,4893.6%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£689 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
4.0%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026