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Coventry North West

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Apr 2026

A safe Lab seat, won with 47% of the vote in 2024. Centred on Coventry. Population 110,922. Median income £26K (below average).

Owatemi's most notable recent action was voting against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at Third Reading in June 2025 -- one of only five rebel votes she has cast against her party. As a pharmacist by background, her opposition to assisted dying legislation carries professional weight, and she also voted for amendments seeking to restrict or add safeguards to the bill, breaking with a Labour majority that backed its passage. Beyond that single significant rebellion, she has otherwise been a 97% party-line voter, supporting the government across the Victims and Courts Bill and opposing Conservative opposition motions on defence and oil and gas.

Her parliamentary participation sits at 83% -- broadly in line with the Commons average -- and her voting pattern shows consistent alignment with the government agenda (100% across 74 divisions), progressive taxation, and a tough-on-crime stance. She deviates slightly from Labour colleagues by voting less frequently in favour of local democracy measures (13% versus the party's 27% average) and is marginally more relaxed on regulatory burden. No speech data is available, and she currently holds no select committee positions, which limits the picture of where she focuses her parliamentary energy.

386
Commons votes
This parliament
£26k
Median income
HMRC · 2024
75.0k
Electorate
2024 GE

Lab held for 5 consecutive elections.

Current Member of Parliament

Taiwo Owatemi

Taiwo Owatemi

Labour Party

Taiwo Owatemi is the Labour MP for Coventry North West, and has been an MP continually since 12 December 2019. She currently holds the Government post of Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury.

Notable Votes

Vote on whether to prevent someone from qualifying as 'terminally ill' under the assisted dying bill solely because they have chosen to stop eating and drinking. The amendment would close a potential loophole where a person who is not otherwise terminally ill could meet the bill's eligibility criteria by voluntarily starving themselves.

MP voted YesAgainst party majority

A procedural vote on whether to allow New Clause 16 to be formally considered as part of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at Report Stage, after proceedings had been interrupted on 13 June when an objection was raised. The debate excerpts do not reveal the substantive content of New Clause 16.

MP voted YesAgainst party majority

Vote on whether to add a provision to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill ensuring that if an independent doctor dies or becomes too ill to complete their assessment before signing off on an assisted dying request, a further referral can be made to another doctor — mirroring an existing provision in the Bill for the attending doctor.

MP voted YesAgainst party majority

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Voting at a Glance

A safe Lab seat, won with 47% of the vote in 2024. Centred on Coventry. Population 110,922. Median income £26K (below average).

2024 General Election

§ 06This week in Westminster.Live · today’s sittingOrder Paper · refreshed daily

Owatemi’s scheduled Commons activity this week — whipped divisions, oral questions, debates — drawn from the House of Commons Order Paper.

§ 07The record, at a glance.412 divisions voted

Two readings of the same data. Issue volume shows where Owatemi has cast the most ballots — a proxy for engagement, not direction. Notable votes are the moments where the whip was free or where they broke ranks.

Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted · cumulative this Parliament
Taxation
79
Economy
76
Crime & Policing
47
Employment
44
Education
36
Welfare and Benefits
28
Notable votes
Free votes and rebellions — moments the MP’s own judgment matters more than the whip
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 2420 Jun 2025 · free vote
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1620 Jun 2025 · free vote
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 1220 Jun 2025 · free vote
Aye
§ 08The local picture.6 wards

Constituencies are not uniform. Below — the local council make-up, key facts worth knowing, and the neighbouring seats on either side.

WardCouncillorVotesParty
BablakeBea Christopher1,612Labour P
HolbrookRachel Lancaster2,180Labour P
RadfordMal Mutton1,082Labour P
SherbourneDave Toulson1,636Labour P
WhoberleyJayne Innes2,070Labour P
WoodlandsGary Christopher Ridley1,994Conserva
Population (2021 Census)
110,922
Electorate 75,036 · 2024 register
Median income
£25,500
HMRC SPI 2024
Households renting privately
23.3%
England average 20.0%
Schools
38
29 primary · 5 secondary
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