Three British-Ghanaian politicians secured seats in this year's UK Parliamentary elections on 4 July.
Two British-Ghanaian Labour MPs retained their seats in London in the UK's Parliamentary elections.
Bell Ribeiro-Addy representing Clapham and Brixton Hill and Abena Oppong-Asare representing Erith and Thamesmead. She secured 22,246 votes.
UPDATE: Abena has since been appointed as Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office. This is a junior ministerial role and involves supporting the Minister for the Cabinet Office (Georgia Gould) on cross-government delivery and implementation.
Meanwhile, after a series of failed attempts to be elected in previous elections, Ben Obese-Jecty secured a seat in the Tory stronghold of Huntingdon.
Unsuccessful candidates
🗳 Labour newbie Jovan Owusu-Nepaul was up against Reform leader Nigel Farage in the Clacton constituency.
Jovan received 7,448 votes placing him in third place after Nigel (21,225 votes) and Tory Giles Watling (12,820 votes).
🗳 Reform candidate Iddrisu Sufyan came second in the Coventry East constituency.
He secured 6,685 votes compared to Labour winner Mary Creagh who secured (18,308 votes).
🗳 Labour candidate Evelyn Akoto did not secure her bid to win in the South West Wiltshire constituency.
No details of her position or number of votes have been published.
🗳 Tory candidate Anita Boateng missed out on winning the Bridgend seat. She came third with 6,764 of the votes.
Labour’s Chris Elmore received 16,516 votes, followed by Reform’s Caroline Jones with 7,921 votes.
🗳 Tory candidate Sidney Yankson did not secure the Southampton Itchen seat. No details of his position or number of votes have been published.
The information is sourced from whocanivotefor.co.ukÂ
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