Abena Oppong-Asare
Abena Oppong-Asare | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
| Assumed office 11 September 2025 Serving with Jon Pearce and Catherine Fookes | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Chris Ward Liz Twist |
| Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office | |
| In office 9 July 2024 – 6 September 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Alex Burghart |
| Succeeded by | Chris Ward Satvir Kaur |
| 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 8 February 1983 |
| Party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of Kent (BA, MA) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | Official website |
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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. In September 2025, Oppong-Asare was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer. She was previously a Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office from July 2024 to September 2025. 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.