Taiwo Owatemi | |
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Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | |
Assumed office 10 July 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities | |
In office 21 September 2021 –7 September 2022 | |
Leader | Keir Starmer |
Preceded by | Charlotte Nichols |
Succeeded by | Yasmin Qureshi |
Member of Parliament for Coventry North West | |
Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
Preceded by | Geoffrey Robinson |
Majority | 11,174 (26.6%) |
Personal details | |
Born | 22 July 1992 |
Political party | Labour |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | University of Kent |
Website | taiwoowatemi |
Taiwo Victoria Owatemi (born 22 July 1992) [1] is a British politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Coventry North West since 2019. A member of the Labour Party,she was Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities from September 2021 to September 2022.
Owatemi grew up in Plumstead,with close links to an extended family via her aunt and cousins in Coventry. Her father died when she was six. She was brought up with her twin and her elder brother by her mother,a nurse. [2] Owatemi has a Master's degree from the University of Kent and is qualified as a pharmacist. [3] [4] She worked as a pharmacist at a cancer unit in Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust before she entered Parliament. [5]
In December 2023 she announced the birth of her first child,a daughter. [6]
Owatemi was selected for a parliamentary internship by the Social Mobility Foundation and gained experience working in the Westminster office of Conservative MP Oliver Letwin. [7] She served in a number of roles in the Young Fabians and published writing on health policy. [4] She was a governor of a local primary school from 2016. [7] [8]
She was selected as Labour's candidate for Coventry North West at the 2019 general election after the incumbent Labour MP,Geoffrey Robinson,announced his intention to stand down. Owatemi narrowly held the seat for Labour with a majority of 208 votes. [9] [10] [11] She is one of three female MPs elected from Coventry in 2019,the others being Zarah Sultana and Colleen Fletcher.
In the 2020 Labour Party leadership election Owatemi nominated Lisa Nandy.
Owatemi served as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Shadow Home Secretary,Nick Thomas-Symonds,from April 2020 to September 2021. [12] She was appointed as Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities in September 2021. [13] She resigned from this position on 7 September 2022 to focus on local constituants. [14] [15]
Owatemi is a member of Labour Friends of Israel and was part of a delegation to the country in February 2023. [16] [17]
After the financial collapse of the Coventry City of Culture Trust,set up to run legacy projects following Coventry's year as UK City of Culture in 2021,she raised an adjournment debate in the House of Commons. [18]
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