Dame Chi Onwurah
Labour Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
Voting record
Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.
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Every Commons division on file for Dame Chi Onwurah — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 1,812 of 2,376 (76%). Recorded in both lobbies (a deliberate abstention) 1 time.
Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.
Government & opposition roles
Dame Chi Onwurah doesn’t currently hold a government or shadow front-bench post, but has in the past. See Government for who else currently holds one.
Declared financial interests
From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Dame Chi Onwurah →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.
Name of donor: BornGood Rebuyer Ltd.
Address of donor: Unit 36U, The Bridges, Brougham Street, Sunderland SR1 3DR
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: The donation of 3 reconditioned laptops for the use of local work experience students when on placements in the Newcastle constituency office, value £1,200
Date received: 17 June 2026
Date accepted: 17 June 2026
Donor status: company, registration 13559041
(Registered 14 July 2026)
Name of donor: Cristina Caffarra
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Dinner - for speakers attending The Perfect Storm Conference in Brussels - meal was held at The Sky Avenue Louise 480, 1000 Brussels £406 aprox including VAT, value £406
Date received: 30 January 2025
Date accepted: 30 January 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 21 March 2025)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 1 December 2025. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.
Name of donor: Newcastle City Council
Address of donor: Civic Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8QH
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Ticket and hospitality for the Mercury Prize held in Newcastle (exact cost provided), value £275
Date received: 16 October 2025 to 16 October 2025
Date accepted: 16 October 2025
Donor status: other (Newcastle City Council)
(Registered 7 November 2025)
Name of donor: Cristina Caffarra
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Speaker's dinner at a conference in Brussels (value is approximate), value £169
Date received: 30 January 2025
Date accepted: 30 January 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 11 November 2025)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 1 December 2025. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.
Name of donor: Newcastle Eagles Basketball Ltd
Address of donor: Vertu Motors Arena, Scotswood Road, Newcastle NE4 7AF
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Tickets and hospitality to watch a Newcastle Eagles Basketball game. Attended by Chi her partner, her partner's son and his partner, value £336
Date received: 9 January 2026 to 9 January 2026
Date accepted: 9 January 2026
Donor status: company, registration 03041174
(Registered 13 January 2026)
Name of donor: Newcastle College
Address of donor: Rye Hill Campus, Scotswood Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 7SA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: A suit made by a student to be worn for my Damehood ceremony, value £500
Date received: 8 December 2025 to 13 January 2026
Date accepted: 8 December 2025
Donor status: other (Further Education College)
(Registered 13 January 2026)
Name of donor: Armed Forces Parliamentary Trust
Address of donor: Parliament
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights London-Brunei, value £799.82
Destination of visit: Brunei
Dates of visit: 25 May 2025 to 30 May 2025
Purpose of visit: Experience the work of the British Army stationed in the Brunei
(Registered 7 November 2025)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 1 December 2025. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.
Name of donor: Wilton Park
Address of donor: Wilton Park, Wiston House Steyning, West Sussex BN44 3DZ
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£3971.21)- Chi Onwurah only Hotel accommodation and hospitality (£520)-Chi Onwurah and partner, value £4,491.21
Destination of visit: South Korea (Seoul)
Dates of visit: 13 December 2025 to 17 December 2025
Purpose of visit: ROK-UK Forum in capacity as Chair of the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
(Registered 8 January 2026)
Type of land/property: Residential property (house)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Northumberland
Interest held: from 2 September 2016
(Registered 2 November 2016)
Type of land/property: Residential property (holiday apartment)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Unspecified, Portugal
Interest held: from 2 September 2016
(Registered 7 November 2016)
Chartered engineer (non-practising).
Honorary Vice President of ACTSA (Action for South Africa).
Date interest arose: 15 December 2015
(Registered 17 December 2015)
Director of the Foundation for Science & Technology.
Date interest arose: 6 July 2016
(Registered 12 August 2016)
Member of the Board of the Hamilton Commission, a standalone piece of research in partnership with the Royal Academy of Engineering, that will work to improve the representation of black people in UK motorsport.
Date interest arose: 4 August 2020
(Registered 23 November 2020)
Written questions to government
No written questions on file for Dame Chi Onwurah yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Dame Chi Onwurah has ever tabled.
Business costs (IPSA)
£333,772.67 paid out to or for Dame Chi Onwurah across 332 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Dame Chi Onwurah’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.
Early Day Motions
No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Dame Chi Onwurah — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Dame Chi Onwurah’s full record.
All-Party Parliamentary Groups
Dame Chi Onwurah is a listed officer of 4 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.
Biggest declared funder across these groups: Capital Counsel — about £26,250.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group for UK Innovation Startups and SMEs).
Showing the top 5 of 10 funders.
Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Dame Chi Onwurah personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Dame Chi Onwurah is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.
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