Abena Oppong-Asare

Abena Oppong-Asare
Official portrait, 2019
Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office
Assumed office
9 July 2024
Serving with Georgia Gould
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byAlex Burghart
Shadow Minister for Women's Health and Mental Health
In office
5 September 2023 – 6 July 2024
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byRosena Allin-Khan
Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
In office
16 October 2020 – 5 September 2023
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byWes Streeting
Succeeded byTanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
Member of Parliament
for Erith and Thamesmead
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byTeresa Pearce
Majority16,302 (40.4%)
Personal details
Born
Abena Oppong-Asare[1]

(1983-02-08) 8 February 1983 (age 41)
Political partyLabour
Alma materUniversity of Kent (BA, MA)
OccupationPolitician
WebsiteOfficial website

Abena Oppong-Asare (born 8 February 1983)[1] is a British Labour Party politician who has served as a Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office since July 2024.[2] She was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Erith and Thamesmead in the 2019 general election.[3] She and Bell Ribeiro-Addy, both elected in the 2019 general election, are the first female British Ghanaian MPs.[4][5]

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.[6]

  1. ^ a b Brunskill, Ian (2020). The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. Glasgow. p. 195. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ "Ministerial Appointments: July 2024". GOV.UK. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  3. ^ Somerville, Ewan (13 December 2019). "Erith & Thamesmead constituency results 2019: Labour's Abena Oppong-Asare holds seat". Evening Standard. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Ghanaian-British Politician, Abena Oppong-Asare, wins Erith and Thamesmead seat in 2019 UK elections". www.pulse.ng. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  5. ^ "UK elections: Two Ghanaian women win seats for Labour". The Ghana Report. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Ghanaian-British MP promoted to role of Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury". www.ghanaweb.com. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2021.

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