About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Chi Onwurah) represents you, and all of the people who live in Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

MPs split their time between Parliament and their constituency. In Parliament, they debate and vote on new laws, review existing laws, and question the Government. In the constituency, their focus is on supporting local people and championing local issues. They have a small staff team who help with casework, maintain their diaries, and monitor their inbox.

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Proffil

Llafur MP ar gyfer Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West

Aeth i mewn i'r Tŷ'r Cyffredin ar 6 Mai 2010 — Etholiad cyffredinol

Also represented Newcastle upon Tyne Central

• Wikipedia page

Cyfryngau Cymdeithasol

• @chionwurah.bsky.social
• @ChiOnwurah
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Themau o ddiddordeb

Chi Onwurah campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Department for Digital
• Culture
• Media and Sport
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Department for Science
• Innovation and Technology
• Broadband
• Research: Finance
• Training
• Travel and Subsistence Payments
• Cybercrime

Swyddogaethau cyfredol

• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (since 4 Rha 2024)
• Chair, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee (since 11 Med 2024)
• Chair, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee (since 11 Med 2024)
• Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (since 10 Ebr 2020)

Swyddogaethau eraill yn y gorffennol

• Chair, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee (11 Med 2024 to 11 Mai 2020)
• Shadow Minister (Science, Research and Innovation) ( 5 Med 2023 to 30 Mai 2024)
• Member, Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill Committee ( 3 Mai 2023 to 23 Mai 2023)
• Member, Powers of Attorney Bill Committee (22 Chw 2023 to 1 Maw 2023)
• Member, Professional Qualifications Bill [HL] Committee (12 Ion 2022 to 18 Ion 2022)
• Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) (10 Ebr 2020 to 29 Tach 2021)
• Shadow Minister (Science, Research and Innovation) ( 9 Ebr 2020 to 5 Med 2023)
• Member, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee ( 2 Maw 2020 to 11 Med 2024)
• Shadow Minister (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (Industrial Strategy) (10 Hyd 2016 to 10 Ebr 2020)
• Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills) (18 Med 2015 to 10 Hyd 2016)
• Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport) (18 Med 2015 to 9 Hyd 2016)
• Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office) (11 Ion 2013 to 18 Med 2015)
• Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills) ( 8 Hyd 2010 to 11 Ion 2013)
• Member, Business, Innovation and Skills Committee (12 Gor 2010 to 2 Tach 2010)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
• Powers of Attorney Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Professional Qualifications Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• National Security and Investment Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Telecommunications (Security) Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Deregulation Bill Committee (17 out of 18)
• Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (16 out of 17)

Ymddangosiadau diweddar

• Government Performance against Fiscal Rules 7 Jul 2025

  It is extraordinary that the Tories have recovered so quickly from their economic mismanagement that they feel able to stop apologising, and even to offer advice—if only the economic wellbeing of my constituents had recovered as quickly. Does the Chief Secretary to the Treasury agree with me that the Office for Budget Responsibility, like economists the world over, finds it easier to...

• Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism 2 Jul 2025

  I often show visitors the statue of Viscount Falkland and its missing spur, removed when a suffragette chained herself to it. I was here when protesters superglued their buttocks to the glass panel above us, causing some scandal and damage. Will the Minister confirm that criminal damage, no matter how creatively or indeed scandalously undertaken, will always be dealt with under criminal law,...

• Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism 2 Jul 2025

  I often show visitors the statue of Viscount Falkland and its missing spur, removed when a suffragette chained herself to it. I was here when protesters superglued their buttocks to the glass panel above us, causing some scandal and damage. Will the Minister confirm that criminal damage, no matter how creatively or indeed scandalously undertaken, will always be dealt with under criminal law,...

Mwy o ymddangosiadau diweddar Chi Onwurah