Taiwo Owatemi

Taiwo Victoria Owatemi 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. She worked as a pharmacist at a cancer unit before entering Parliament. 

Owatemi served as Parliamentary Private Secretary(PPS) to the Shadow Home Secretary, Nick Thomas-Symonds, from April 2020 to September 2021. She was appointed as Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities in September 2021 .She resigned from this position on 7 September 2022 to focus on local constituents. 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.