Chi Onwurah.

Elevated to Dame Commander in the 2025 Birthday Honours, Chi Onwurah has used that platform to press harder on the issues that define her parliamentary identity. Most recently, she broke with Labour's majority five times on 20 June 2025 to oppose the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voting against Third Reading and several amendments that would have advanced the legislation, while backing a new clause that would have barred assisted dying where the wish to die was driven by disability, financial pressure, or fear of being a burden. She sits well to the sceptical end of her party on this question: her voting record puts her 47 percentage points below the Labour average on assisted dying access, and 33 points above it on restrictions.

Outside that rebellion, Onwurah is a 97% party-line voter who participates in 74% of divisions — near the Commons average. Her speech record of 241 contributions across 151 debates is substantial. Economy and jobs dominate, followed by defence and technology, reflecting her background as an electrical engineer and her role as Chair of the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee. In that chair's role she pressed the government and UKRI in early 2026 for urgent answers on science research funding cuts, receiving significant parliamentary coverage. Her stance scores show strong alignment with fiscal responsibility and workers' rights, but notably low scores on civil liberties, parliamentary scrutiny, and Lords oversight — typical for a loyal government backbencher.

Her local coverage over the past 90 days leans heavily toward culture and sport, with health and NHS funding generating the most positive sentiment — notably her intervention on hearing service inequalities in Newcastle. She has flagged child poverty and digital inclusion as constituent priorities. Data on her committee work is available; detailed division records are complete from 2025 onwards.