Chi Onwurah

Chi Onwurah is the Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010.

Current:

Representation: Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West [4 July 2024-Present]

Party Affiliation: Labour [6 May 2010-Present]

Committee Memberships: Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, Chair [11 September 2024-Present]; Liaison Committee (Commons) [4 December 2024-Present]

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Prior to Chi’s election to Parliament in May 2010 she worked as an engineer in the telecoms sector for over 20 years. From 2004 to 2010 she was at UK regulator Ofcom, as Head of Telecoms Technology she focused on the implications for competition and regulation of the services and technologies associated with Next Generation Networks.

Prior to Ofcom, Chi was a Partner in Hammatan Ventures, a US technology consultancy, developing the GSM markets in Nigeria and South Africa. Previously she was Director of Market Development with Teligent, a Global Wireless Local Loop operator and Director of Product Strategy at GTS.  She has also worked for Cable & Wireless and Nortel as Engineer, Project and Product Manager in the UK and France, Chi is a Chartered Engineer with a BEng in Electrical Engineering from Imperial College London and an MBA from Manchester Business School. She was born in Wallsend and attended Kenton Comprehensive School in Newcastle, where she was elected the school’s ‘MP’ in mock elections aged 17.

Chi is a Presidency Member of the Party of European Socialists (PES), and a Fellow of both the Institution of Engineering & Technology (FIET) and the City & Guilds of London Institute (FCGI) and also an Honorary Fellow of the British Science Association.