Abena Oppong-Asare | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Chair of the Labour Women's Network | |
| Assumed office September 2019 | |
| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office | |
| Assumed office 9 July 2024 Serving with Georgia Gould | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Alex Burghart |
| Shadow Minister for Women's Health and Mental Health | |
| In office 5 September 2023 – 6 July 2024 | |
| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Rosena Allin-Khan |
| Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury | |
| In office 16 October 2020 – 5 September 2023 | |
| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Wes Streeting |
| Succeeded by | Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi |
| Member of Parliament for Erith and Thamesmead | |
| Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Teresa Pearce |
| Majority | 16,302 (40.4%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Abena Oppong-Asare[1] 8 February 1983 |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of Kent (BA, MA) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | Official 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]
- ^ 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) - ^ "Ministerial Appointments: July 2024". GOV.UK. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ Somerville, Ewan (13 December 2019). "Erith & Thamesmead constituency results 2019: Labour's Abena Oppong-Asare holds seat". Evening Standard. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "UK elections: Two Ghanaian women win seats for Labour". The Ghana Report. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "Ghanaian-British MP promoted to role of Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury". www.ghanaweb.com. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2021.