Voting Record — Chi Onwurah MP, Newcastle upon Tyne Central (24807)

Chi Onwurah is currently Member, Liaison Committee (Commons), Chair, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee and Chair, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee

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Constituency	From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West	5 Jul 2024	still in office	Lab	3 votes out of 154, 1.9%	154 votes out of 206, 74.8%	0 times
Newcastle upon Tyne Central	13 Dec 2019	30 May 2024	Lab	0 votes out of 818, 0.0%	818 votes out of 1069, 76.5%	0 times
Newcastle upon Tyne Central	9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	Lab	0 votes out of 376, 0.0%	376 votes out of 463, 81.2%	0 times
Newcastle upon Tyne Central	8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Lab	3 votes out of 334, 0.9%	334 votes out of 467, 71.5%	0 times
Newcastle upon Tyne Central	6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Lab	2 votes out of 948, 0.2%	948 votes out of 1239, 76.5%	0 times

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Interesting Votes

Votes in parliament for which this MP's vote differed from the majority vote of their party (Rebel), or in which this MP was a teller (Teller), or both (Rebel Teller).

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House	Date	Subject	Chi Onwurah	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	16 May 2025	Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — New Clause 10 - No obligation to provide assistance etc	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 May 2025	Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — New Clause 10 - No obligation to provide assistance etc	minority	aye	Rebel
4 Dec 2024	Became Member, Liaison Committee (Commons)
Commons	3 Dec 2024	Elections (Proportional Representation)	both	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Nov 2024	Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
11 Sep 2024	Became Chair, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
11 Sep 2024	Became Chair, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
11 Sep 2024	Became Chair, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
11 Sep 2024	Stopped being Member, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
House	Date	Subject	Chi Onwurah	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
30 May 2024	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Science, Research and Innovation),
5 Sep 2023	Became Shadow Minister (Science, Research and Innovation),
5 Sep 2023	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Science, Research and Innovation),
23 May 2023	Stopped being Member, Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill Committee
3 May 2023	Became Member, Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill Committee
1 Mar 2023	Stopped being Member, Powers of Attorney Bill Committee
22 Feb 2023	Became Member, Powers of Attorney Bill Committee
18 Jan 2022	Stopped being Member, Professional Qualifications Bill [HL] Committee
12 Jan 2022	Became Member, Professional Qualifications Bill [HL] Committee
29 Nov 2021	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport),
11 May 2020	Stopped being Chair, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
10 Apr 2020	Became Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport),
10 Apr 2020	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (Industrial Strategy),
9 Apr 2020	Became Shadow Minister (Science, Research and Innovation),
2 Mar 2020	Became Member, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
House	Date	Subject	Chi Onwurah	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
House	Date	Subject	Chi Onwurah	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	8 Feb 2017	Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) Between the European Union and Canada	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	8 Feb 2017	European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	8 Feb 2017	European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — All Clauses Stand Part	minority	aye	Rebel
10 Oct 2016	Became Shadow Minister (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (Industrial Strategy),
10 Oct 2016	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills),
9 Oct 2016	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport),
18 Sep 2015	Became Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport),
18 Sep 2015	Became Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills),
18 Sep 2015	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office),
House	Date	Subject	Chi Onwurah	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	4 Dec 2013	Categories of Gaming Machine (Amendment) Regulations 2014 — Stake and Prize Limit Increases	Majority	no	Rebel
11 Jan 2013	Became Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office),
11 Jan 2013	Stopped being Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills),
Commons	12 Mar 2012	Backbench Business Committee — Election of Members and Chair — Operation of Committee	minority	aye	Rebel
2 Nov 2010	Stopped being Member, Business, Innovation and Skills Committee
8 Oct 2010	Became Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills),
12 Jul 2010	Became Member, Business, Innovation and Skills Committee

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this MP and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

Agreement	Policy
7%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0%	Academy Schools - for
81%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
76%	Action to Reduce Spread of COVID-19
91%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
28%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
69%	Apprenticeships
50%	Assisted Dying
5%	Asylum System - More strict
21%	Authorised Criminal Conduct by Undercover Sources
0%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
85%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
50%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
0%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
16%	Closed Material Proceedure
16%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
0%	Cull Badgers
100%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
22%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
7%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
77%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
94%	Easier access to abortion
20%	Employee Shareholder Status
59%	Employment rights
29%	Encourage and incentivise saving
0%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
87%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
0%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
100%	Environmental water quality
7%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
74%	European Union Integration - For
4%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
0%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
100%	Fire Safety
51%	Fixed Term Parliaments
75%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
25%	Free Market Within United Kingdom
99%	Fully Elected House of Lords
78%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
64%	Further devolution to Scotland
74%	Further devolution to Wales
84%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
0%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
100%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
86%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
100%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
18%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
64%	Higher taxes on banks
25%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
100%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
78%	HS2 - In Favour
91%	Human Rights and Equality
76%	Imported Goods Must Equal UK Standards
67%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
92%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
21%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
22%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
0%	Increase the state pension age
17%	Increase VAT
67%	Inheritance Tax
50%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
89%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
50%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
0%	Localise Council Tax Support
36%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
0%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
54%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
100%	Mansion Tax
87%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
45%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100%	Member trustees on pension boards
0%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
33%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
85%	Minimum Wage
100%	More Emergency Service Workers
100%	More funds for social care
72%	More powers for local councils
100%	More restrictive planning laws
100%	MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
50%	No detention without charge or trial
79%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
77%	Nuclear power - For
81%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
0%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
0%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
0%	Police and Crime Commissioners
75%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
100%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
0%	Privatise Royal Mail
0%	Promote Occupational Pensions
52%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
100%	Protect tenants & leasholders from safety costs
15%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
84%	Public Ownership of Railways
88%	Rail Fares - Lower
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
14%	Reduce capital gains tax
5%	Reduce central funding for local government
70%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
13%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
0%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
16%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
21%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
0%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
76%	Referendum on any EU withdrawal arrangements
50%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
0%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
29%	Register of Lobbyists
99%	Regulate letting agent fees
38%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
99%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0%	Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
63%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
1%	Require voters to show photo ID before voting
0%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
9%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
100%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
0%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
77%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
58%	Right to strike
81%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
100%	Same Sex Marriage - for
0%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
0%	Sell England's Public Forests
63%	Smoking ban - In favour
99%	State control of bus services
78%	Stop climate change
71%	Support current and former armed service members
38%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
100%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
7%	Termination of pregnancy - against
9%	Tougher on illegal immigration
0%	Trade Unions - Restrict
70%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
0%	University Tuition Fees - For
41%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
92%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
71%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
93%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Chi Onwurah MP, Newcastle upon Tyne Central (24807)

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