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How Chi Onwurah votes

Chi Onwurah voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 184 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteAgainstFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateAgainstFree vote
10 SepSocial housing: an attempt to block itAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Declared interests

MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.

Chi Onwurah has 14 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPBornGood Rebuyer Ltd. - £1,200.0014 Jul 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesNewcastle Eagles Basketball Ltd - £336.0013 Jan 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesNewcastle College - £500.0013 Jan 2026
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to South Korea between 13 December 2025 and 17 December 20258 Jan 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesCristina Caffarra - £169.0011 Nov 2025
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesNewcastle City Council - £275.007 Nov 2025
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Brunei between 25 May 2025 and 30 May 20257 Nov 2025
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesCristina Caffarra - £406.0021 Mar 2025
MiscellaneousMember 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.23 Nov 2020
Land and property (within or outside the UK)Residential in Unspecified7 Nov 2016
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TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Land and property (within or outside the UK)Residential in Northumberland2 Nov 2016
MiscellaneousDirector of the Foundation for Science & Technology.12 Aug 2016
MiscellaneousHonorary Vice President of ACTSA (Action for South Africa).17 Dec 2015
MiscellaneousChartered engineer (non-practising).–

Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page

Questions

MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.

Chi Onwurah asked 122 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology36
Department of Health and Social Care16
Department for Business and Trade15
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office9
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero8

Latest questions

14 Jul 2026 · to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Answered 16 Jul 2026
13 Jul 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Answered 4 Aug 2026
13 Jul 2026 · to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Answered 27 Jul 2026
13 Jul 2026 · to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Answered 27 Jul 2026
13 Jul 2026 · to the Ministry of Defence
Answered 20 Jul 2026

Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026

Expenses

MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.

PAID IN 2025-26
£30,122
Office costs · claims for running an office£21,201
Staffing · claims relating to staff£4,400
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£4,521

112 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Chi Onwurah represents Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Chi Onwurah

Labour

MAJORITY
11,060

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
54%

of people who could vote did

Chi Onwurah won with 46% of the votes, and Ashton Muncaster (Reform UK) came second with 19%.

Votes for each party

Labour46% · 18,875
Reform UK19% · 7,815
Independent13% · 5,263
Conservative10% · 4,228
Green Party8% · 3,228
Liberal Democrat5% · 1,946
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Chi OnwurahLabour18,87545.6%
Ashton MuncasterReform UK7,81518.9%
Frances LasokConservative4,22810.2%
Yvonne RidleyIndependent3,6278.8%
John PearsonGreen Party3,2287.8%
Ali AvaeiLiberal Democrat1,9464.7%
Habib RahmanIndependent1,6364.0%

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
£614 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
5.3%
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.

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Source: Commons Votes API

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