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Chi Onwurah
Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Chi Onwurah voted on key issues:
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
- Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Business, Innovation and Skills, Culture Media and Sport, Health, Treasury, Cabinet Office
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Chief Scientific Advisers, Broadband, Government Departments: Procurement, Departmental Work Experience, Work Experience
(based on written questions asked by Chi Onwurah and answered by departments)
Most recent appearances
- Previous Business – Lords: Select Committee (22 May 2012)
“Communications: Superfast Broadband.
Witnesses: (at 3.15pm) Chi Onwurah MP, former Head of Telecoms Technology, Ofcom and Shadow Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills; (at 4.00pm) Mr Andrew Barron, Chief Operating Officer, Virgin Media; and (at 4.45pm) Mr Steve Robertson, former Head of Openreach, Chief Executive Officer, Tru.”- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Energy: Housing (22 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the potential contribution to green home improvement of employee benefit schemes.”
- Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Broadband (21 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what steps he has taken to ensure that small businesses benefit from BDUK broadband funding.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 54 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 404 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 76.90% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 2 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 56 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register