Abena Oppong-Asare

Abena Oppong-Asare is a British Labour Party politician.  She was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Erith and Thamesmead in the 2019 general election. 

Early life
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. 

Political career 
She is the chair of Labour Women’s Network.  From 2014 to 2018, she was a Labour Party Councillor for Erith ward on Bexley Council, serving as Deputy Leader of the opposition Labour Group from 2014 to 2016.  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, Seema Malhotra.  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. 

Personal life 
She and Bell Ribeiro-Addy, both elected in the 2019 general election, are the first female Ghanaian-British MPs. 

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Category:21st-century British women politicians
Category:Black British politicians
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Category:English people of Ghanaian descent
Category:Labour Party (UK) councillors
Category:Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
Category:Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Category:Councillors in the London Borough of Bexley

Category:People from the London Borough of Bexley