Ms Abena Oppong-Asare

Ms Abena Oppong-Asare is the Labour MP for Erith and Thamesmead, and has been an MP continually since 12 December 2019. She currently holds the Government post of Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office).

Last election result

Review the last election result for the constituency Erith and Thamesmead when Ms Abena Oppong-Asare was elected.

2024 General Election

The 2024 General Election was held on 4 July 2024. A total of 7 candidates ran for election.

Summary

LAB
Labour Hold
Majority
16,302
Electorate
78,740
Turnout
51.3%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

UK Parliamentary constituency boundaries have changed following a review in 2023. For the 2024 General Election, changes in vote share, majorities and turnout are calculated on the basis of 2019 notional results. Find out more about constituency boundary changes in this BBC explainer.*

*Estimates compiled by Professors Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher on behalf of BBC News, ITV News, Sky News and the Press Association. Calculations for Scotland done by Professor David Denver, those for Northern Ireland by Nicholas Whyte.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Abena Oppong-Asare
Labour
22,246 55.1% -3.3%
Michael Pastor
Reform UK
5,944 14.7% 9.7%
Richard Mark
Conservative
5,564 13.8% -14.4%
Sarah Barry
Green Party
3,482 8.6% 5.8%
Pierce Chalmers
Liberal Democrat
1,872 4.6% -0.3%
Mohammed Abu Shahed
Workers Party of Britain
1,071 2.7% 2.7%
Diana Diamond
Independent
200 0.5% 0.5%