Kate Osamor, MP for Edmonton and Winchmore Hill
Kate Osamor has been an MP since 2015.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for International Development (Department for International Development) | 2016 to 2018 | |
| Junior Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities (Government Equalities Office) | 2016 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill [HL] | 2024 | |
| Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill | 2022 | |
| Public Accounts Committee | 2021 to 2022 | |
| Committees on Arms Export Controls | 2020 to 2024 | |
| International Development Sub-Committee on the Work of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact | 2020 to 2024 | |
| International Development Committee | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) | 2015 to 2017 | |
| Petitions Committee | 2015 to 2016 |
Show the other 1
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Education Committee | 2015 to 2016 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Kate Osamor has 3 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous | A Member of the British Group Interparliamentary Union Executive Committee. This is an unpaid role. | 27 Nov 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Director and Trustee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch). | 31 Oct 2024 |
| Family members employed | Ish Osamor employed | 18 Apr 2016 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Kate Osamor asked 82 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
86 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Kate Osamor represents Edmonton and Winchmore Hill. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Kate Osamor won with 50% of the votes, and Zoe Huggins (Conservative) came second with 19%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kate Osamor | Labour | 20,520 | 50.0% |
| Zoe Huggins | Conservative | 7,888 | 19.2% |
| Luke Balnave | Green Party | 3,681 | 9.0% |
| Neville Watson | Reform UK | 3,501 | 8.5% |
| Tim Martin | Liberal Democrat | 2,721 | 6.6% |
| Khalid Sadur | Independent | 1,700 | 4.1% |
| Denise Headley | Workers Party of Britain | 668 | 1.6% |
| Yemi Awolola | Christian Peoples Alliance | 366 | 0.9% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Kate Osamor took part in 105 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Kate Osamor voted the same way as their party in 103 of the 103 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | Against | Free vote |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this