Kate Osamor MP: votes, interests and costs
Kate Osamor represents Edmonton and Winchmore Hill in the House of Commons for Labour (Co-op) and has done since 7 May 2015.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no current government, opposition or committee post for Kate Osamor; earlier posts are below.
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for International Development | Department for International Development | 27 June 2016 | 1 December 2018 |
| Junior Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities | Government Equalities Office | 14 January 2016 | 27 June 2016 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill [HL] | 6 November 2024 | 13 November 2024 |
| Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill | 5 January 2022 | 12 January 2022 |
| Public Accounts Committee | 13 July 2021 | 4 July 2022 |
| Committees on Arms Export Controls | 5 October 2020 | 16 January 2024 |
| International Development Sub-Committee on the Work of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact | 10 March 2020 | 30 May 2024 |
| International Development Committee | 2 March 2020 | 30 May 2024 |
| Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) | 9 November 2015 | 3 May 2017 |
| Petitions Committee | 20 July 2015 | 14 March 2016 |
| Education Committee | 6 July 2015 | 1 February 2016 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 3e344db9a499.
Register of interests
Kate Osamor has 3 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 18 April 2016 and the latest on 27 November 2025. By category: Miscellaneous (2), Family members employed (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
A Member of the British Group Interparliamentary Union Executive Committee. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2025-11-26
- Date on which the interest ended: 2026-11-29
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Director and Trustee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch).
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2024-10-16
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Ish Osamor employed
- Job title or role: Executive Office Manager
- Pattern of working hours: Full time
- Name of the person employed: Ish Osamor
- Who the family member is directly related to: Related to member directly
- Nature of relationship: Son
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £202,695 for Kate Osamor in 2024-25 against a budget of £268,550. The figure for 2023-24 was £210,072. IPSA lists office spending of £38,298 in the same year. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £202,694.50 | £210,072.25 | £193,051.94 |
| Office costs: spent | £38,298.39 | £33,374.18 | £31,175.37 |
| Accommodation: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £69.35 | £0.00 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £9,456.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £38,678, staffing £268,550, accommodation £0 (Standard London area budget, plus an uplift of £2,128, granted following an application to IPSA; Standard London area budget).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Edmonton and Winchmore Hill BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Chief of Staff (permanent full time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Senior Researcher (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 334 votes by Kate Osamor in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 37 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 14 April 2026 to 14 October 2026. On 14 October 2026 Kate Osamor voted No on "Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 28 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Since 4 July 2024, 212 written questions have been tabled by Kate Osamor, the parliamentary record shows. The latest 10 were addressed to Department of Health and Social Care, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and 4 other departments.
Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued on support that should be made available to children and young people while they are awaiting assessment by Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
Gaza: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to protect children in Gaza, with reference to the report from the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Pale …
Bangladesh: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to monitor the human rights situation in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of helping to establish an independent investigation into allegations of political violence and human rights a …
Internet: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to ensure new restrictions on stranger communications on online services do not negatively impact online learning platforms.
Overseas Students: Gaza
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help students from Gaza who hold places at UK universities to come to the UK for studies beginning this year.
Public Bodies: Living Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the proposals by the Living Wage Foundation, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of all publicly funded institutions paying staff the real living wage as calcula …
Hussam Abu Safiya
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 6 August 2025 to Question 68333 on Hussam Abu Safiya, what recent steps he has taken to help ensure the immediate and unconditional release of …
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the level of engagement with and representation of people with SEND, carers and SEND professionals in future government campaigns and communications on SEND.
Criminal Proceedings: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, about the steps his Department is taking to improve the (a) fairness and (b) transparency of the Single Justice Procedure.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 3eceb20483ac. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Kate Osamor.
2024 general election
Kate Osamor won Edmonton and Winchmore Hill at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 20,520 votes (50.0%), a majority of 12,632 over Zoe Huggins (Conservative). Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Edmonton and Winchmore Hill figures
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