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Dame Chi Onwurah

Dame Chi Onwurah MP

Labour · Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West · NE5 2HE

Key facts

Party Labour (Lab)
ConstituencyNewcastle upon Tyne Central and West
First elected6 May 2010
ResultLab Hold
GenderF
Emailchi.onwurah.mp@parliament.uk
Phone020 7219 7114
Websitehttp://chionwurahmp.com/

Election results

Results for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West at the most recent general election.

Chi Onwurah
Labour 18875 45.6%
Ashton Muncaster
Reform UK 7815 18.9%
Frances Lasok
Conservative 4228 10.2%
Yvonne Ridley
Independent 3627 8.8%
John Pearson
Green Party 3228 7.8%
Ali Avaei
Liberal Democrat 1946 4.7%
Habib Rahman
Independent 1636 4.0%

Opposition posts

PostFromTo
Shadow Minister (Science, Research and Innovation) 5 September 2023 30 May 2024
Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) 10 April 2020 29 November 2021
Shadow Minister (Science, Research and Innovation) 9 April 2020 5 September 2023
Shadow Minister (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (Industrial Strategy) 10 October 2016 10 April 2020
Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills) 18 September 2015 10 October 2016
Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport) 18 September 2015 9 October 2016
Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office) 11 January 2013 18 September 2015
Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills) 8 October 2010 11 January 2013

Committees

CommitteeFromTo
Business, Innovation and Skills Committee 12 July 2010 2 November 2010
Science, Innovation and Technology Committee 11 September 2024 Present
Science, Innovation and Technology Committee 2 March 2020 11 May 2020
Professional Qualifications Bill [HL] 12 January 2022 18 January 2022
Powers of Attorney Bill 22 February 2023 1 March 2023
Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill 3 May 2023 23 May 2023
Liaison Committee (Commons) 4 December 2024 Present

Constituencies represented

ConstituencyFromTo
Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West Present
Newcastle upon Tyne Central Present

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Labour 6 May 2010 Present