Taiwo Owatemi, MP for Coventry North West
Taiwo Owatemi has been an MP since 2019. Currently: Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2024 to 2026 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Opposition Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Shadow Minister (Equalities Office) (Government Equalities Office) | 2021 to 2022 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill | 2026 to now | Now |
| Mental Health Bill [HL] | 2025 | |
| Tobacco and Vapes Bill | 2024 to 2025 | |
| Energy Bill [HL] | 2023 | |
| Nationality and Borders Bill | 2021 | |
| Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) Bill | 2021 | |
| Petitions Committee | 2021 to 2022 | |
| International Trade Committee | 2020 to 2021 |
Show the other 1
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Health and Social Care Committee | 2020 to 2024 |
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.
Taiwo Owatemi has 3 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Coventry City Football Club Ltd - £450.00 | 30 Apr 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | Pharmacist registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council. | 21 May 2021 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Afrika Connekt Ltd | 7 Jan 2020 |
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.
Taiwo Owatemi has not asked any written questions in the last 12 months. Government ministers cannot ask them, so this can simply reflect an MP’s role.
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.
64 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
Taiwo Owatemi represents Coventry North West. 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
Taiwo Owatemi won with 47% of the votes, and Tom Mercer (Conservative) came second with 20%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwo Owatemi | Labour | 19,696 | 46.9% |
| Tom Mercer | Conservative | 8,522 | 20.3% |
| Holly-Mae Nelson | Reform UK | 7,950 | 18.9% |
| Esther Reeves | Green Party | 3,420 | 8.1% |
| Tom Holder | Liberal Democrat | 1,931 | 4.6% |
| Elizabeth Richards | Independent | 511 | 1.2% |
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 Taiwo Owatemi took part in 143 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way as their party in 143 of the 143 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jul | Immigration and asylum: the first main vote | For | Same as party |
| 13 Jul | Immigration and asylum: an attempt to block it | Against | Same as party |
| 6 Jul | Threats to national security from other states: changes from the House of Lords | For | Same as party |
| 1 Jul | Taxes on energy and vehicles: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 1 Jul | Taxes on energy and vehicles: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 1 Jul | Taxes on energy and vehicles: 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% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
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