Abena Oppong-Asare

Abena Oppong-Asare
Abena Oppong-Asare; MP
Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 16 October 2020
Leader	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Wes Streeting
Member of Parliament; for Erith and Thamesmead
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 12 December 2019
Preceded by	Teresa Pearce
Majority	3,758 (9.1%)
Personal details
Political party	Labour
Alma mater	University of Kent (B.A., M.A.)

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.[1] She and Bell Ribeiro-Addy, both elected in the 2019 general election, are the first female British Ghanaian MPs.[2][3]

Early life

Oppong-Asare is of Ghanaian descent[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] She ran to be the Labour prospective parliamentary candidate in Erith and Thamesmead when the incumbent MP Teresa Pearce announced she would stand down at the next election.

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.[7]

On 16 April 2020, Oppong-Asare was announced as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the newly appointed Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Anneliese Dodds.[8]

On 16 October 2020, Oppong-Asare was promoted to Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, replacing Wes Streeting, who was moved to the position of Shadow Minister for Schools following resignations the previous day relating to the Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill.[9]

References

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 Politician, Abena Oppong-Asare, wins Erith and Thamesmead seat in 2019 UK elections". www.pulse.ng. 13 December 2019.
Chappell, Elliot (2 November 2019). "Abena Oppong-Asare picked to replace Teresa Pearce". LabourList. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
PoliticsHome.com (16 December 2019). "Class of 2019: Meet the new MPs". PoliticsHome.com. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
Pollard, Luke [@LukePollard] (14 January 2020). "Delighted to announce the new Shadow DEFRA Team: Shadow Fisheries @RuthNewportWest Shadow Farming @DanielZeichner and shared with Shadow BEIS Shadow Waste & Recycling @alanwhiteheadmp. Whip @ThangamMP and Lords Minister @WhitchurchGirl with new MP @abenaopp as my PPS" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
Dodds, Anneliese [@AnnelieseDodds] (16 April 2020). "Great to have had our first team meeting this morning with the full complement of the Shadow Treasury Team! Am so pleased that @abenaopp, @FloEshalomi, Denis Tunnicliffe and @SpenceLivermore have also joined us" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
Rodgers, Sienna (16 October 2020). "Wes Streeting, James Murray, Abena Oppong-Asare given new frontbench roles". LabourList. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

External links

Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom

Contributions in Parliament at Hansard

Voting record at Public Whip

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Teresa Pearce	Member of Parliament for Erith and Thamesmead 2019–present	Incumbent

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[1] Somerville, Ewan (13 December 2019). "Erith & Thamesmead constituency results 2019: Labour's Abena Oppong-Asare holds seat". Evening Standard. Retrieved 13 December 2019.

[2] "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.

[3] "UK elections: Two Ghanaian women win seats for Labour". The Ghana Report. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.

[4] "Ghanaian-British Politician, Abena Oppong-Asare, wins Erith and Thamesmead seat in 2019 UK elections". www.pulse.ng. 13 December 2019.

[5] Chappell, Elliot (2 November 2019). "Abena Oppong-Asare picked to replace Teresa Pearce". LabourList. Retrieved 18 December 2019.

[6] PoliticsHome.com (16 December 2019). "Class of 2019: Meet the new MPs". PoliticsHome.com. Retrieved 18 December 2019.

[7] Pollard, Luke [@LukePollard] (14 January 2020). "Delighted to announce the new Shadow DEFRA Team: Shadow Fisheries @RuthNewportWest Shadow Farming @DanielZeichner and shared with Shadow BEIS Shadow Waste & Recycling @alanwhiteheadmp. Whip @ThangamMP and Lords Minister @WhitchurchGirl with new MP @abenaopp as my PPS" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[8] Dodds, Anneliese [@AnnelieseDodds] (16 April 2020). "Great to have had our first team meeting this morning with the full complement of the Shadow Treasury Team! Am so pleased that @abenaopp, @FloEshalomi, Denis Tunnicliffe and @SpenceLivermore have also joined us" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[9] Rodgers, Sienna (16 October 2020). "Wes Streeting, James Murray, Abena Oppong-Asare given new frontbench roles". LabourList. Retrieved 16 October 2020.