Dame Chi Onwurah
Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West, since 6 May 2010
Dame Chi Onwurah is the Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010.
Scorecard
Voting record
590 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.
Declared financial interests
Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
Name of donor: BornGood Rebuyer Ltd.
Address of donor: Unit 36U, The Bridges, Brougham Street, Sunderland SR1 3DR
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: The donation of 3 reconditioned laptops for the use of local work experience students when on placements in the Newcastle constituency office, value £1,200
Date received: 17 June 2026
Date accepted: 17 June 2026
Donor status: company, registration 13559041
(Registered 14 July 2026)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor: Newcastle Eagles Basketball Ltd
Address of donor: Vertu Motors Arena, Scotswood Road, Newcastle NE4 7AF
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Tickets and hospitality to watch a Newcastle Eagles Basketball game. Attended by Chi her partner, her partner's son and his partner, value £336
Date received: 9 January 2026 to 9 January 2026
Date accepted: 9 January 2026
Donor status: company, registration 03041174
(Registered 13 January 2026)
Name of donor: Cristina Caffarra
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Dinner - for speakers attending The Perfect Storm Conference in Brussels - meal was held at The Sky Avenue Louise 480, 1000 Brussels £406 aprox including VAT, value £406
Date received: 30 January 2025
Date accepted: 30 January 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 21 March 2025)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 1 December 2025. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.
Name of donor: Newcastle College
Address of donor: Rye Hill Campus, Scotswood Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 7SA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: A suit made by a student to be worn for my Damehood ceremony, value £500
Date received: 8 December 2025 to 13 January 2026
Date accepted: 8 December 2025
Donor status: other (Further Education College)
(Registered 13 January 2026)
Name of donor: Cristina Caffarra
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Speaker's dinner at a conference in Brussels (value is approximate), value £169
Date received: 30 January 2025
Date accepted: 30 January 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 11 November 2025)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 1 December 2025. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.
Name of donor: Newcastle City Council
Address of donor: Civic Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8QH
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Ticket and hospitality for the Mercury Prize held in Newcastle (exact cost provided), value £275
Date received: 16 October 2025 to 16 October 2025
Date accepted: 16 October 2025
Donor status: other (Newcastle City Council)
(Registered 7 November 2025)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Wilton Park
Address of donor: Wilton Park, Wiston House Steyning, West Sussex BN44 3DZ
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£3971.21)- Chi Onwurah only Hotel accommodation and hospitality (£520)-Chi Onwurah and partner, value £4,491.21
Destination of visit: South Korea (Seoul)
Dates of visit: 13 December 2025 to 17 December 2025
Purpose of visit: ROK-UK Forum in capacity as Chair of the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
(Registered 8 January 2026)
Name of donor: Armed Forces Parliamentary Trust
Address of donor: Parliament
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights London-Brunei, value £799.82
Destination of visit: Brunei
Dates of visit: 25 May 2025 to 30 May 2025
Purpose of visit: Experience the work of the British Army stationed in the Brunei
(Registered 7 November 2025)
This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 1 December 2025. Paragraph 51 of the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct refers.
6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year
Type of land/property: Residential property (house)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Northumberland
Interest held: from 2 September 2016
(Registered 2 November 2016)
Type of land/property: Residential property (holiday apartment)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Unspecified, Portugal
Interest held: from 2 September 2016
(Registered 7 November 2016)
8. Miscellaneous
Chartered engineer (non-practising).
Honorary Vice President of ACTSA (Action for South Africa).
Date interest arose: 15 December 2015
(Registered 17 December 2015)
Director of the Foundation for Science & Technology.
Date interest arose: 6 July 2016
(Registered 12 August 2016)
Member of the Board of the Hamilton Commission, a standalone piece of research in partnership with the Royal Academy of Engineering, that will work to improve the representation of black people in UK motorsport.
Date interest arose: 4 August 2020
(Registered 23 November 2020)
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Debates
1339 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:
- EU-UK Relationship
- Education and Skills Reform
- Personal Data (Digital Twins)
- Frontier Artificial Intelligence
- Topical Questions
- National Energy System Operator: Blackout Risk
- Science, innovation and technology Committee
- Israeli Settlements: Trade Ban
- Timms Review: Interim Report
- Topical Questions
Money declared to them
1 donation accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £4,491 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.
| Accepted | Recipient | Donor | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Dec 2025 | Chi Onwurah sitting MP | Wilton Park Other | Visit | £4,491 |
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