Dame Chi Onwurah

Dame Chi Onwurah

Labour (Co-op) Sitting member
Constituency
Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
Region
England
Member since
6 May 2010

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This parliament

Voting participation
75%
Debates contributed to
208
Registered interests
15
Declared value
£25,654

Record last updated 19 Sep 2026

Dame Chi Onwurah is a Labour (Co-op) MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West, elected to the current parliament on 5 July 2024. She is longest serving 10% of MPs and longest serving 10% of Labour (Co-op) MPs, having been first elected in May 2010. She has cast 439 votes from 586 eligible divisions, a participation rate of 75%, and made 331 debate contributions across 208 debates, achieving top 25% of MPs by debate participation and top 25% of MPs elected in 2010 by debate contributions. Her main debate topics are Digital & AI, Foreign Affairs & Defence, and Trade & Industry, while her top voting topics are Parliamentary Procedure, Employment & Workers Rights, and Justice & Law.

Summary generated on 18/09/2026 (View details)

VOTING PARTICIPATION

439 / 586

74.91%

Ranked #276 of 654 MPs (58th percentile)

DEBATE CONTRIBUTIONS

208 / 11739

331 total contributions

Ranked #148 of 654 MPs (78th percentile)

REGISTERED INTERESTS

15

£25,654.26

£

Ranked #296 of 654 MPs (55th percentile)

PARLIAMENTARY RECORD

Dame Chi Onwurah is the Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010.

Constituencies

  • Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West Jul 2024 – present
  • Newcastle upon Tyne Central May 2010 – May 2024 · 4 terms

Posts held

  • Shadow Minister (Science, Research and Innovation) Sep 2023 – May 2024 · Opposition
  • Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) Apr 2020 – Nov 2021 · Opposition
  • Shadow Minister (Science, Research and Innovation) Apr 2020 – Sep 2023 · Opposition
  • Shadow Minister (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (Industrial Strategy) Oct 2016 – Apr 2020 · Opposition
  • Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills) Sep 2015 – Oct 2016 · Opposition
  • Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport) Sep 2015 – Oct 2016 · Opposition
  • Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office) Jan 2013 – Sep 2015 · Opposition
  • Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills) Oct 2010 – Jan 2013 · Opposition