Photos: Abena Oppong-Asare wins election to become the 1st female Ghanaian-British Member of Parliament in UK

Abena Oppong-Asante has made history following her election into the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

She becomes the first female Ghanaian-British to win election to represent her people in Parliament in the United Kingdom.

Abena Oppong-Asare won on the ticket of the Labour Party in Erith and Thamesmead Constituency.

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Following the victory She’s taken to Twitter to thank all those who voted for her to win the parliament seat.

Thank you very much to everyone who voted for me to become the @E_TLabour MP. Also thank you to everyone that rallied behind me – working their socks off to make this possible. There are soo many unsung heroes who helped me fight to keep this seat red! ???? pic.twitter.com/RzvLSqrEqV

— Abena Oppong-Asare (@abenaopp) December 13, 2019

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