Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West.

All five of Onwurah's rebel votes in June 2025 fell on a single day and a single subject: the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. She backed amendments to tighten the bill's safeguards -- voting to close the loophole that would allow voluntary starvation to qualify someone as terminally ill, and to ensure that if an independent assessor becomes incapacitated mid-process a replacement can be appointed. On both issues she voted against the Labour majority. She was appointed a Dame in the King's Birthday Honours that same month, and has since used her profile to press for answers on science research funding cuts, reflecting her role as Chair of the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee.

At 74% voting participation -- slightly below the Commons average -- she is active but not omnipresent in the division lobby. On 96.9% of votes she follows the Labour line, making the assisted dying cluster her most visible break from party. Her speeches span economy and jobs, defence, and technology, consistent with her committee work on science and innovation. The stance data shows strong alignment with workers' rights (88%) and progressive taxation (93%), weaker alignment with pro-business positions (11%), and notably low scores on parliamentary scrutiny (18%) and Lords scrutiny (0%) -- suggesting she backs the government when it overrides amendment processes.

Her committee chairmanship is the most distinctive feature of her record: she has used the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee to publicly challenge both government and UK Research and Innovation over funding decisions affecting the research sector. Local news over the past 90 days skews toward culture and community stories rather than political controversy. Data on her full voting history before the 2024 election is not available in this briefing.