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Chi onwurah mp biography of donald
Chi Onwurah
British politician (born 1965)
Chinyelu Susan "Chi" Onwurah[1] (; born 12 April 1965) is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West since 2024, and previously for Newcastle upon Tyne Central from 2010 to 2024, when the constituency was abolished.[2] She is a member of the Labour Party.
Onwurah was the shadow minister for Industrial Strategy, Science and Innovation under Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn from October 2016[3] until April 2020, when she was appointed shadow minister for Science, Research and Digital by Keir Starmer.[4]
Early life
Onwurah's mother was from Newcastle.
Her father, from Nigeria, was working as a dentist while he studied at Newcastle University Medical School when they met and married in the 1950s.[5]
Onwurah was born on 12 April 1965 in Wallsend, then in Northumberland.[6][7] While she was still in her