UK Explained

Coventry North West

Represented in Parliament by Taiwo Owatemi (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Taiwo Owatemi, Labour. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Coventry North West compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 271 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £766£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 551 areas and lower than 97.

UK 3.9%This area 5.4%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Coventry North West£7665.4%
Brent West£7725.3%
Glasgow North£7815.4%
Coventry South£7595.1%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Coventry North West

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people107,29359,597,740 in total
Aged under 1619%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over17%19%2 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher30%34%4 points lower
Households that own their home64%62%1 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association12%17%5 points lower
Households renting privately24%20%3 points higher

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Taiwo Owatemi

Labour

MAJORITY
11,174

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
56%

of people who could vote did

Taiwo Owatemi won with 47% of the votes, and Tom Mercer (Conservative) came second with 20%.

Votes for each party

Labour47% · 19,696
Conservative20% · 8,522
Reform UK19% · 7,950
Green Party8% · 3,420
Liberal Democrat5% · 1,931
Independent1% · 511
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Taiwo OwatemiLabour19,69646.9%
Tom MercerConservative8,52220.3%
Holly-Mae NelsonReform UK7,95018.9%
Esther ReevesGreen Party3,4208.1%
Tom HolderLiberal Democrat1,9314.6%
Elizabeth RichardsIndependent5111.2%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£766 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
5.4%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026