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Last 12 months

How Abena Oppong-Asare votes

Abena Oppong-Asare voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 218 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteAgainstFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateAgainstFree vote
10 SepSocial housing: an attempt to block itAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Declared interests

MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.

Abena Oppong-Asare has 2 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
MiscellaneousA Patron of Erith Town Football Club: this is an unpaid role14 Aug 2024
MiscellaneousA patron of Greenwich and Bexley Community Hospice, London. This is an unpaid role.1 Sep 2022

Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page

Questions

MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.

Abena Oppong-Asare asked 8 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department of Health and Social Care4
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government3
Home Office1

Latest questions

8 Sep 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 15 Sep 2026
8 Sep 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 15 Sep 2026
8 Sep 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 15 Sep 2026
4 Sep 2026 · to the Home Office
Answered 9 Sep 2026
22 Jun 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 16 Jul 2026

Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026

Expenses

MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.

PAID IN 2025-26
£37,079
Office costs · claims for running an office£9,742
Staffing · claims relating to staff£27,337

48 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Abena Oppong-Asare represents Erith and Thamesmead. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Abena Oppong-Asare

Labour

MAJORITY
16,302

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
51%

of people who could vote did

Abena Oppong-Asare won with 55% of the votes, and Michael Pastor (Reform UK) came second with 15%.

Votes for each party

Labour55% · 22,246
Reform UK15% · 5,944
Conservative14% · 5,564
Green Party9% · 3,482
Liberal Democrat5% · 1,872
Workers Party of Britain3% · 1,071
Everyone else0% · 200
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Abena Oppong-AsareLabour22,24655.1%
Michael PastorReform UK5,94414.7%
Richard MarkConservative5,56413.8%
Sarah BarryGreen Party3,4828.6%
Pierce ChalmersLiberal Democrat1,8724.6%
Mohammed Abu ShahedWorkers Party of Britain1,0712.7%
Diana DiamondIndependent2000.5%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£752 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
6.5%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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Has this changed over time? 90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
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Source: Commons Votes API

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