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Taiwo Owatemi

Labour MP for Coventry North West, since 12 December 2019

Taiwo Owatemi is the Labour MP for Coventry North West, and has been an MP continually since 12 December 2019.

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Scorecard

82.3% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
375 Votes cast out of 575 divisions, plus 98 as teller
102 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
12 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
3 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
184 Debates spoken in 277 written questions tabled

Ranked 138 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 against party line Aye 233–254
11 Jun 2025 Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 deferred division Aye 350–176
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Third Reading Aye 306–174
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 114 No 78–309
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 85 No 107–314
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 No 73–312
10 Jun 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA49 and make (a) to (e) in lieu Aye 304–189
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 No 180–307
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 15 No 73–323
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 43 No 167–334
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 39 No 113–335
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]: Third Reading Aye 264–99
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage: Amendment 24 No 164–273
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage: Amendment 16 No 100–339
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage: New Clause 4 No 171–274
3 Jun 2025 Motion to Disagree with the Lords in their Amendment 49F (Data Use and Access Bill) Teller 317–185
3 Jun 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendments 2 and 3 Teller 329–101
3 Jun 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 Teller 315–184
3 Jun 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 Teller 319–180
22 May 2025 Data Use and Access Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 49D No vote 195–124
21 May 2025 Opposition Day: Immigration No vote 83–267
21 May 2025 Opposition Day: Business and the economy No vote 88–253
16 May 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 against party line Aye 243–279
16 May 2025 Closure motion against party line No 288–239
14 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill CCLM: motion to insist Commons Amendment 52 No vote 366–98

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Coventry City Football Club Ltd
Address of donor: Sky Blue Lodge, Leamington Road, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Coventry CV8 3FL
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets and hospitality at a football match, value £450
Date received: 3 April 2026
Date accepted: 3 April 2026
Donor status: company, registration 07612487
(Registered 30 April 2026)

On the register since 19 May 2026

7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

Name of company or organisation: Afrika Connekt Ltd
Nature of business: A clothing company
(Registered 7 January 2020)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

8. Miscellaneous

Pharmacist registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
Date interest arose: 24 April 2021
(Registered 21 May 2021)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

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Debates

184 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →

Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 4 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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