Ms Abena Oppong-Asare
Labour MP for Erith and Thamesmead
2024 Election Result
Subject Grades
How Ms scored on each issue. Tap any subject for the individual votes.
Civil Liberties
0 kept · 2 broke
Won with 55.1% of the vote, majority of 16,302
Cost of Living
0 kept · 7 broke
5,522 households in fuel poverty locally (10.24%)
NHS & Health
0 kept · 1 broke · 3 missed
Local A&E: only 73.4% seen within 4 hours (target: 95%)
Housing
0 kept · 3 broke
59% of constituents rent their home
Environment
0 kept · 4 broke
10.24% of local households in fuel poverty
Immigration
0 kept · 2 broke · 1 missed
Workers' Rights
0 kept · 1 broke · 2 missed
Won with 55.1% of the vote, majority of 16,302
Welfare & Benefits
1 kept · 7 broke · 1 missed
7,064 children in poverty in this constituency (23%)
Follow the Money
What Ms claims, earns, and receives — compared to how they vote on the issues affecting their constituents.
Expense Breakdown
The Broken Promise
Voted to strip £300/year heating help from 10 million pensioners — including 5,522 fuel poor households in their own constituency
Voted to scrap jury trials — removing an 800-year-old right that protects ordinary citizens
Registered interests do not imply improper influence. All interests are publicly declared under parliamentary rules.
Registered Interests
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)(1 entry)£2k
Oscar Mayer Limited
Name of donor: Oscar Mayer Limited Address of donor: C/O Oscar Mayer Limited Gastro Hub, Ash Road South, Wrexham Industrial Estate, Wrexham LL13 9UG Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 sponsor Abena Oppong-Asare's Summer School 2025 Date received: 3 June 2025 Date accepted: 3 June 2025 Donor status: company, registration 01239606 (Registered 3 June 2025)
8. Miscellaneous(2 entries)
Undisclosed
A patron of Greenwich and Bexley Community Hospice, London. This is an unpaid role. Date interest arose: 18 May 2022 (Registered 1 September 2022)
Undisclosed
A Patron of Erith Town Football Club: this is an unpaid role Date interest arose: 13 August 2024 (Registered 14 August 2024)
Sources: IPSA 2024-25, Register of Members' Financial Interests (Parliament API)
Every Penny: Ms's Expenses
94 individual claims totalling £311,030.75 since this parliament opened (July 2024). Click any category to see exactly where the money went, down to every receipt. Items marked “LUMP SUM” are bundled by IPSA (mainly travel) — they won't break these down further.
Staffing(20 claims)£286,494.55
Payroll(1)£249,857.55
Bought-in services(16)£35,815.00
Training - staff(3)£822.00
Office Costs(74 claims)£24,536.20
Rent(9)£10,162.51
Stationery & printing(15)£4,135.55
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage(16)£2,355.93
Training - staff(2)£2,196.00
Recruitment Services &Costs(2)£2,070.00
Software & applications(11)£1,696.23
Equipment - purchase(1)£598.67
Cleaning services(9)£450.00
Postage & couriers(1)£388.80
Venue hire, meetings & surgeries(4)£290.25
Landline phone & internet - installation & equipment purchase(2)£98.20
Hospitality(1)£94.06
Training - MP(1)£0.00
Source: IPSA Individual Business Costs 2024-25 — every claim published under the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009
Erith and Thamesmead: The Real Impact
The people Ms was elected to represent — and how they voted on the issues that affect them most.
Sources: DWP FYE 2024, DESNZ 2023, Census 2021, Election 2024