Kate Osamor

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kate Osamor
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Aug 15, 1968(1968-08-15)
Age	56
Birthplace	London Borough of Haringey
Country	United Kingdom
Horoscope	Leo

Kate Osamor Biography

Kate Osamor is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on August 15, 1968 in London Borough of Haringey, United Kingdom. Osamor is a child of Nigerian parents in the year 1968. She was raised in Haringey North London. Four children of hers, and whose father passed away as a young child she recalled her mother Martha Osamor, Baroness Osamor (nee Oburotha), working “three, sometimes four jobs” to survive. Martha Osamor was a political activist and was a part of the Labour Party Black Sections in the 1980s. She was elected as a councillor, and deputy leader for Haringey Council; in 1989 she was nominated by a few branches of the Vauxhall Constituency Labour Party in the process of selecting an election candidate however, she was not chosen to the Labour Party National Executive Committee. Her appointment as a member of the House of Lords on the suggestion from Jeremy Corbyn in 2018.

The 2015 General Election, Osamor stood as the Labour Party candidate for Edmonton following the retirement of previous Member of Parliament (MP) Andy Love. Osamor received 25,388 votes, the Labour Party’s total majority going from 9,613 votes to 15,419. Osamor was one of the 36 Labour MPs who endorsed Jeremy Corbyn as a candidate in the Labour leadership contest in 2015. She was appointed an MP’s Secretary to Corbyn in September of 2015.

On 14 January 2016, Osamor was appointed by Corbyn to the Opposition frontbench as Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities. On 27 June 2016, after the resignations of numerous members of Labour’s ministerial team due to disquiet over Corbyn’s leadership, Osamor was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for International Development. Osamor advocated an increase in aid funding for women’s groups, and argued that international aid should be targeted towards schemes which aimed to reduce inequality as well schemes aimed at poverty reduction.

She is the daughter of Labour Peer Baroness Osamor. In June 2016, she was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for International Development by Jeremy Corbyn. In December 2018, Osamor resigned from the Shadow Cabinet following events surrounding her son’s drugs conviction.

The year 2014 was the time that Osamor has been elected to the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party.

Kate Osamor Net Worth

Kate Osamor is one of the richest Politician from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kate Osamor 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Ofunne Kate Osamor (/oU ‘ S ae M O born on August 15, 1968) is a British Labour Co-operative politician who has been a the Member of Parliament (MP) in the city of Edmonton since the year 2015.

Kate Osamor was educated at Fortismere School in Muswell Hill, Haringey, between 1979 between 1979 and 1983. The year 1989 was the first time she was blessed with her child, Ishmael Osamor, born Ishmael Ngozi Udi. He was with Kim Udi, a painter and decorator from New Cross. In 2003-2006, following having completed an access course in Hackney College, she read Third World Studies at the University of East London where she was diagnosed with dyslexia and she blamed it on struggling at school. After graduation, she was employed at The Big Issue, a magazine that is sold to homeless people, but has also mostly worked within the NHS as executive assistant during nine years within an GP off-hours service and during two consecutive years, as an GP practitioner manager. She also was a member of unions such as the Unite the trade union.

In January 2016 Osamor was accused of hypocrisy for advertising an unpaid internship which paid expenses only. The job listing to assist Osamor in her constituency required degree-level qualifications and “commitment to the full duration of the role”, though was also described as voluntary. Tanya de Grunwald, a campaigner for fair internships, criticised the MP, stating: “You can’t claim to care about social mobility and diversity and still rely on unpaid interns, it’s as simple as that”. Due to an negative reaction to the story, Osamor withdrew the advert, claiming it had been a “misunderstanding”.

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In October 2018, it emerged that Osamor continued to employ her son, Ishmael Osamor, as a senior communications officer in her Parliamentary office despite his convictions for three counts of possession of class A controlled drugs with intent to supply and one of possession. He had been arrested for this offence over a year previously after being caught with £2,500 worth of the illegal drugs (cocaine, ecstasy, ketamine and cannabis), at the Bestival music festival in August 2017. After disclosure of his conviction, he resigned his cabinet seat and, after pressure from the opposition, his seat as a councillor for Haringey Council. On 1 November 2018, Conservative MP Anne-Marie Trevelyan referred Osamor to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards stating her “failure to uphold” the MPs code of conduct, with regards to her son’s continued employment. Osamor denied any wrongdoing and called the referral “politically motivated”.

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Kate Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Kate Osamor celebrates birthday on August 15 of every year.

In October 2019, it was announced that Osamor was to face re-selection as the Labour Party candidate at the next General Election. Some local Labour party members are said to have been dissatisfied with her selection as candidate in

2015. This, along with other reselection processes, was cancelled after Labour decided to support a general election.