Chi Onwurah | |||||||||||||||
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| Chair of the Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee[a] | |||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 11 September 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Greg Clark | ||||||||||||||
| Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West Newcastle upon Tyne Central (2010–2024) | |||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 6 May 2010 | |||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Jim Cousins | ||||||||||||||
| Majority | 11,060 (26.7%) | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | 12 April 1965 Wallsend, Northumberland, England | ||||||||||||||
| Political party | Labour | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | chionwurahmp | ||||||||||||||
Chinyelu Susan "Chi" Onwurah[1] (// ; born 12 April 1965) is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West since 2024, and previously for Newcastle upon Tyne Central from 2010 to 2024, when the constituency was abolished.[2] She is a member of the Labour Party.
Onwurah was the shadow minister for Industrial Strategy, Science and Innovation under Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn from October 2016[3] until April 2020, when she was appointed shadow minister for Science, Research and Digital by Keir Starmer.[4]
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- ^ "No. 59418". The London Gazette. 13 May 2010. p. 8738.
- ^ "Election 2010: Results". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ "Jeremy Corbyn welcomes 10 returning MPs to shadow team". Sky News. 9 October 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ "Keir Starmer appoints Labour frontbench" (Press release). Labour Party. 9 April 2020.