MP for Erith and Thamesmead
“A loyal centre-left Labour MP with frontbench experience who has rebelled on end-of-life amendments.”
Abena Oppong-Asare is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Erith and Thamesmead, first elected in 2019. Her career has included prominent frontbench and committee roles, notably Shadow Exchequer Secretary (Treasury) from 2020 to 2023, Shadow Minister for Women’s Health and Mental Health (2023–2024), and Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office (2024–2025), along with work on housing and local government and finance committees.
Her voting record shows full party loyalty (100%), with attendance higher than the party average (50% vs 34%). She has five rebel votes against her party. In issues, she generally supports Universal Credit and opposes stricter immigration controls and the asylum system, while voting mixed on VAT, bus services regulation, trade union powers, transgender rights, and protest rights; she generally votes against harsher prison sentencing and against the Rwanda deportation scheme.
Declared financial interests include three entries: two miscellaneous entries and one donations/other support entry (including loans).
Generated 21 February 2026
How this MP participates in parliamentary votes. These numbers describe activity, not effectiveness.
How often this MP votes
Labour (Co-op) average: 34%
The percentage of parliamentary votes (divisions) this MP participated in. MPs may miss votes for legitimate reasons including ministerial duties, constituency work, or illness.
How often this MP votes with their party
Labour (Co-op) average: 99%
Estimated from voting record, not self-declared. This is a simplified model — real politics is more complex than a single axis.
7 positions
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
Jul 2024 - Sept 2025
Shadow Minister (Women's Health and Mental Health)
Sept 2023 - May 2024
Finance (No. 2) Bill
May 2023 - May 2023
UK Infrastructure Bank Bill [Lords]
Nov 2022 - Nov 2022
Finance (No.2) Bill
Dec 2021 - Jan 2022
Shadow Exchequer Secretary (Treasury)
Oct 2020 - Sept 2023
Figures include only interests with declared monetary values from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Some categories (e.g. hospitality, overseas visits) may not have monetary values recorded, so the total may not reflect all declared interests.
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
NOSteel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill
King's Speech Motion for an Address
AYEKing's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p)
NOKing's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l)
NOKing's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o)
NOKing's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)
NODraft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
AYEDraft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
AYEPension Schemes Bill: Government Motion relating to Lords Reason 88X
AYECollective Defined Contribution Pension Schemes Bill
Privilege
NOCrime and Policing Bill: Government motion in relation to LA439
AYECrime and Policing Bill
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Govt Motion to insist on Amdt 38J and disagree with Amdts 38V to 38X
AYEChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026
Pensions Schemes Bill: Govt motion relating to Lords Reason 88D
AYEDraft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026
AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Government motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98
AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
The percentage of votes where this MP voted the same way as the majority of their party. High loyalty is typical; most MPs vote with their party on most issues.
Rebel votes
Times this MP voted differently from the majority of their party. This can reflect independent judgement, but context matters — some rebel votes are on procedural matters, others on major policy.
