Dame Chi Onwurah
LabourMP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West · Since 2010
Recent Activity
Voted AYE on: King's Speech Motion for an Address
Chi Onwurah voted AYE on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address' (307-171, passed)
Voted NO on: King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p)
Chi Onwurah voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p)' (104-316, defeated)
Voted NO on: King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l)
Chi Onwurah voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l)' (78-408, defeated)
Voted NO on: King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o)
Chi Onwurah voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o)' (104-317, defeated)
Spoke in debate: Child Protection Online
Parliamentary appearance by Dame Chi Onwurah
Voted NO on: King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p)
Chi Onwurah voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p)' (104-316, defeated)
Voted NO on: King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l)
Chi Onwurah voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l)' (78-408, defeated)
Voted NO on: King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o)
Chi Onwurah voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o)' (104-317, defeated)
Voted AYE on: King's Speech Motion for an Address
Chi Onwurah voted AYE on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address' (307-171, passed)
Child Protection Online
The original sin underpinning many of today’s digital harms is engagement-driven digital advertising. That is what incentivised the platforms to hook young people on infinite scrolling, as members of FlippGen explained to me when I met them on Monday. It is also what drives the “London is broken” misinformation that Sadiq Khan highlighted, and what rewards the fabricated clickbait AI Auschwitz images called out by the Auschwitz Museum. Will the Secretary of State take steps to regulate digital a
Voted NO on: King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)
Chi Onwurah voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)
Voted NO on: King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)
Chi Onwurah voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)
Spoke in debate: Points of Order
Parliamentary appearance by Dame Chi Onwurah
Points of Order
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. The Leader of the Opposition, who is no longer in her place, said that 1.5 million extra people were on universal credit. She will know that this is a deeply misleading number, because it is largely a consequence of the transition from legacy systems to universal credit—her background is in IT, so she should know how it works. In fact, more people are in work now than under the Tories, so given—
Voted AYE on: Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X
Chi Onwurah voted AYE on 'Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X' (272-64, passed)
Voted AYE on: Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion
Chi Onwurah voted AYE on 'Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion' (279-176, passed)
Voted AYE on: Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion
Chi Onwurah voted AYE on 'Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion' (279-176, passed)
Voted AYE on: Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f)
Chi Onwurah voted AYE on 'Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f)' (279-164, passed)
Voted AYE on: English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123
Chi Onwurah voted AYE on 'English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123' (271-171, passed)
Voted AYE on: English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C
Chi Onwurah voted AYE on 'English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C' (269-170, passed)