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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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• Register of Members’ Interests

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Chi Onwurah voted on key issues:

• Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
• Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
• Voted very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. 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 more EU integration. votes
• Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
• Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
• Voted very strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
• Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
• Has never voted on replacing Trident. 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, Cabinet Office, Health, Treasury

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Travel and Subsistence Payments, Departmental Chief Scientific Advisers, Broadband, Government Procurement Card, Government Departments: Procurement

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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (16 out of 17)

Most recent appearances

Upcoming Business – Commons: Westminster Hall (25 Jun 2013)

“New techniques for preventing mitochondrial disease – Chi Onwurah. 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm”

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Business: Human Rights (18 Jun 2013)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he plans to publish his Department's business and human rights strategy; and what the reasons are for the time taken to publish that strategy.”

Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Open Government Partnership (17 Jun 2013)

“To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office when he intends to publish the Open Government Partnership Action Plan.”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 64 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 332 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has voted in 77.88% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above 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") 87 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register

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