Chi Onwurah
Labour MP, Shadow Minister for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Chi Onwurah is the Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central, and has been an MP continuously since 6 May 2010. She currently undertakes the role of Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Before entering parliament Chi enjoyed a long career in engineering: graduating from Imperial College London in 1987 with a degree in electrical engineering and working in hardware and software development, product management, market development and strategy for a variety of companies in a number of different countries. Prior to entering Parliament, Onwurah was Head of Telecoms Technology at Ofcom,[11] with a focus on broadband provision.[10]