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'''Ofunne Olive Kate Osamor'''<ref name="FreeBMD">{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=MpttuFHSk77qwKkalqvUsA&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=13 April 2018|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leighrayment.com/mpindex/mpindexnugpoy.htm |title=Alphabetical Index of MPs since 1660 - Nug-Poy |last=Rayment |first=Leigh |website=Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page |access-date=13 April 2018}}</ref> (born 15 August 1968), known as '''Kate Ofunne Osamor''',<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=61230 |date=18 May 2015 |page=9116}}</ref> is a British [[Labour Co-operative]] politician. She has been the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Edmonton (UK Parliament constituency)|Edmonton]] since May 2015.<ref>{{cite news |title=Edmonton parliamentary constituency – Election 2017 |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000687 |publisher=BBC News |accessdate=13 April 2018}}</ref> In June 2016, She was appointed [[Shadow Secretary of State for International Development]].
'''<ref name="FreeBMD">{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=MpttuFHSk77qwKkalqvUsA&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=13 April 2018|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leighrayment.com/mpindex/mpindexnugpoy.htm |title=Alphabetical Index of MPs since 1660 - Nug-Poy |last=Rayment |first=Leigh |website=Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page |access-date=13 April 2018}}</ref> (born 15 August 1968), known as '''Kate Ofunne Osamor''',<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=61230 |date=18 May 2015 |page=9116}}</ref> is a British [[Labour Co-operative]] politician. She has been the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Edmonton (UK Parliament constituency)|Edmonton]] since May 2015.<ref>{{cite news |title=Edmonton parliamentary constituency – Election 2017 |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000687 |publisher=BBC News |accessdate=13 April 2018}}</ref> In June 2016, She was appointed [[Shadow Secretary of State for International Development]].


==Early life and career==
==Early life and career==

Revision as of 14:55, 28 May 2018

Kate Osamor
MP
Official Parliamentary portrait, June 2017
Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
Incumbent
Assumed office
27 June 2016
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byDiane Abbott
Member of Parliament
for Edmonton
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded byAndy Love
Majority21,115 (48.4%)
Personal details
Born
Ofunne Olive Kate Osamor

(1968-08-15) 15 August 1968 (age 56)
Haringey, London, England
Political partyLabour Co-operative
Alma materUniversity of East London
WebsiteOfficial website

[1][2] (born 15 August 1968), known as Kate Ofunne Osamor,[3] is a British Labour Co-operative politician. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Edmonton since May 2015.[4] In June 2016, She was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for International Development.

Early life and career

Osamor was born to Nigerian parents in 1968 and grew up in Haringey, north London.[5] Her mother Martha Osamor (née Oburotha),[1] who came to Britain when she was young,[6] was a political activist and a member of the Black Sections in the Labour Party in the 1980s[7] who was selected as Labour candidate for the 1989 Vauxhall by-election by the local constituency party, but was replaced by Kate Hoey at the behest of the Labour leadership.[8]

Osamor was educated at Creighton Comprehensive School and read Third World Studies at the University of East London.[9] After graduating, she worked for The Big Issue, a magazine sold by the homeless.[9] She then worked for 15 years in the NHS, and was a GP practice manager before becoming an MP.[7]

Political career

Osamor is a Labour Party member, community and trade union activist, and a trustee on a women's charity based in Edmonton Green.[10] In 2014, she was elected a member of the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party.[9]

In the 2015 General Election, Osamor was selected as the candidate for Edmonton following the retirement of its Labour MP Andy Love.[11] Osamor retained the seat for her party with 25,388 votes, increasing Labour's majority from 9,613 to 15,419.[12]

Osamor was one of 36 Labour MPs to nominate Jeremy Corbyn as a candidate in the Labour leadership election of 2015.[13]

On 14 January 2016, she was appointed by Corbyn to the Official Opposition frontbench as Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities, joining Cat Smith and Kate Green in the same role.[14]

On 27 June 2016, after the resignations of dozens of Labour's ministerial team because of disquiet over Corbyn's leadership, Osamor was moved to the position of Shadow Secretary of State for International Development.[15]

In May 2018, it emerged that Osamor's victory address in the previous year's general election had plagiarised large sections of Barack Obama's 2008 victory address in his home town of Chicago.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  2. ^ Rayment, Leigh. "Alphabetical Index of MPs since 1660 - Nug-Poy". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  3. ^ "No. 61230". The London Gazette. 18 May 2015. p. 9116.
  4. ^ "Edmonton parliamentary constituency – Election 2017". BBC News. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  5. ^ Carr, Tim; Dale, Iain; Waller, Robert, eds. (18 May 2015). The Politicos Guide to the New House of Commons 2015. Biteback Publishing. ISBN 9781849549240.
  6. ^ Segalov, Michael (23 January 2016). "Labour MP Kate Osamor On Women, Race And Politics". Refinery29. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  7. ^ a b Cowburn, Ashley (12 March 2015). "'Who is this black woman?': Kate Osamor on her path to parliament". New Statesman. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  8. ^ Athwal, Harmit; Bourne, Jenny (17 November 2015). "Martha Osamor: unsung hero of Britain's black struggle". Institute of Race Relations. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  9. ^ a b c "About – Kate Osamor". Kate Osamor. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  10. ^ "Kate Osamor". Labour.
  11. ^ Peat, Charlie (23 February 2015). "Edmonton Labour candidate Kate Osamor – "It's a huge honour to be selected"". Enfield Independent. Newsquest. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  12. ^ Randle, Adeola (9 October 2015). "Nigerian Kate Osamor (MP) Appointed Parliamentary Secretary For Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (MP)". The Reflector.
  13. ^ "Who nominated who for the 2015 Labour leadership election?". New Statesman. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  14. ^ Casalicchio, Emilio (14 January 2016). "New Labour appointments as Corbyn reshuffle enters eleventh day". PoliticsHome. Dod's Parliamentary Communications. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  15. ^ Asthana, Anushka; Elgot, Jessica; Stewart, Heather (27 June 2016). "Jeremy Corbyn preparing for leadership contest". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  16. ^ Lizzy Buchan Political Correspondent. "Labour frontbencher ridiculed for copying Barack Obama's acceptance speech". The Independent. Retrieved 25 May 2018. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
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