Abena Oppong-Asare

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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. From 2025 to 2026, Oppong-Asare was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer. Since 2026, she has served as Chair of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee. 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.

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