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Abena Oppong-Asare
Abena Oppong-Asare (born 8 February 1983) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Erith and Thamesmead since 2019. In September 2025, Oppong-Asare was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer. She was previously a Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office from July 2024 to September 2025. In this capacity Oppong-Asare was the first woman of Ghanaian descent to hold Ministerial Office in the United Kingdom. Oppong-Asare and Bell Ribeiro-Addy, both elected in the 2019 general election, are the first female British Ghanaian MPs.
She was appointed to the Official Opposition frontbench in 2020, becoming Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, and later Shadow Minister for Women's Health and Mental Health.
Oppong-Asare is of Ghanaian descent and studied Politics with International Relations at the University of Kent, where she also attained a master's degree in International Law with International Relations. Since her election to Parliament she has maintained a working relationship with the University, which is attended by many of her constituents.
Oppong-Asare is the chair of the Labour Women's Network.
From 2014 to 2018, she was a Labour Party Councillor for the Erith ward in Bexley Council, serving as Deputy Leader of the opposition Labour Party from 2014 to 2016 and acting as the spokesperson on education. She has also previously served as a parliamentary assistant and constituency liaison officer, and has advised the shadow minister for Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls. Prior to her election, Oppong-Asare worked at the Greater London Authority, supporting GLA members to effectively represent the people of London. During this time, she led community engagement following the Grenfell Tower fire.
In 2019, she stood as Labour's prospective parliamentary candidate in Erith and Thamesmead after the incumbent MP, Teresa Pearce, announced she would be standing down at the next election.
In 2020, she released a report entitled 'Leaving Nobody Behind in Erith and Thamesmead', examining the impact of the Pandemic on key groups in her constituency, including disabled people, people from ethnic minority backgrounds, women, young people and those from a lower socio-economic backgrounds. The report was widely praised upon publication and picked up by local and national media outlets.
On 14 January 2020 she was announced as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the new Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Luke Pollard.
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Abena Oppong-Asare
Abena Oppong-Asare (born 8 February 1983) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Erith and Thamesmead since 2019. In September 2025, Oppong-Asare was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer. She was previously a Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office from July 2024 to September 2025. In this capacity Oppong-Asare was the first woman of Ghanaian descent to hold Ministerial Office in the United Kingdom. Oppong-Asare and Bell Ribeiro-Addy, both elected in the 2019 general election, are the first female British Ghanaian MPs.
She was appointed to the Official Opposition frontbench in 2020, becoming Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, and later Shadow Minister for Women's Health and Mental Health.
Oppong-Asare is of Ghanaian descent and studied Politics with International Relations at the University of Kent, where she also attained a master's degree in International Law with International Relations. Since her election to Parliament she has maintained a working relationship with the University, which is attended by many of her constituents.
Oppong-Asare is the chair of the Labour Women's Network.
From 2014 to 2018, she was a Labour Party Councillor for the Erith ward in Bexley Council, serving as Deputy Leader of the opposition Labour Party from 2014 to 2016 and acting as the spokesperson on education. She has also previously served as a parliamentary assistant and constituency liaison officer, and has advised the shadow minister for Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls. Prior to her election, Oppong-Asare worked at the Greater London Authority, supporting GLA members to effectively represent the people of London. During this time, she led community engagement following the Grenfell Tower fire.
In 2019, she stood as Labour's prospective parliamentary candidate in Erith and Thamesmead after the incumbent MP, Teresa Pearce, announced she would be standing down at the next election.
In 2020, she released a report entitled 'Leaving Nobody Behind in Erith and Thamesmead', examining the impact of the Pandemic on key groups in her constituency, including disabled people, people from ethnic minority backgrounds, women, young people and those from a lower socio-economic backgrounds. The report was widely praised upon publication and picked up by local and national media outlets.
On 14 January 2020 she was announced as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the new Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Luke Pollard.
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