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Abena Oppong-Asare was first elected as the Labour Party candidate as MP for Erith and Thamesmeah<\/p>\n
Abena Oppong-Asare of the labour party has been elected as the next MP for Erith and Thamesmead.<\/p>\n
She follows the footsteps of her male colleagues Adam Afriyie, Sam Philip Gyimah, and Kwasi Alfred Addo Kwarteng.<\/p>\n
Abena makes history as the first female Ghanaian-British MP in the UK.<\/p>\n
She grabbed the seat after winning the seat with 48 per cent of the votes and a majority of 3,758.<\/p>\n
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It was declared early on Friday morning that Ms Oppong-Asare will become the new Labour MP for the constituency after she received 19,882 votes.<\/p>\n
Joe Robertson the Conservative candidate was second on election night, receiving 16,124 votes.<\/p>\n
Brexit Party candidate Tom Bright with 2,246 votes and Liberal Democrat Sam Webber with 1,984 votes followed respectively.<\/p>\n
The Green Party candidate Claudine Letsae won 876 votes, whilst Richard Mitchell of Christian Peoples Alliance received 272.<\/p>\n
Labour\u2019s Teresa Pearce was the constituency\u2019s long-standing MP, winning the seat in the last three elections, but she stepped down ahead of the 2019 General Election.<\/p>\n
Turnout was 63.3 per cent.<\/p>\n
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Abena Oppong-Asare is a former Bexley councillor who served as a ward representative for four years until 2018.<\/p>\n
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