Abena Oppong-Asare

Abena Oppong-Asare 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. In this capacity Oppong-Asare was the first woman of Ghanaian descent to hold Ministerial Office in the United Kingdom. Oppong-Asare and Bell Ribeiro-Addy, both elected in the 2019 general election, are the first female British Ghanaian MPs.