Brendan O'Hara
Brendan O'Hara (born April 27, 1963 in Glasgow ) is a Scottish politician of the Scottish National Party (SNP).
Life
O'Hara was born in Glasgow in 1963. He attended St. Andrew's Secondary School in the Carntyne district of Glasgow . After several years with the city administration, he studied modern history and economic history at the University of Strathclyde until 1992 . O'Hara worked as a freelance producer for the BBC , Sky Sports and STV . His documentary Road To Referendum , produced for STV, was nominated for the Scottish Film Prize in 2013.
O'Hara has lived in Helensburgh in the Council Area Argyll and Bute since 2004 . He is married and has two daughters.
Political career
For the first time, O'Hara ran for elections at the national level in the 1987 general election. He applied for the SNP in the Glasgow Springburn constituency , but was clearly defeated by Labor candidate Michael Martin . In the 1992 general election , O'Hara ran in the neighboring constituency of Glasgow Central . In these elections, too, he was unable to prevail against the Labor candidate, in this case Michael Watson .
In the British general election in 2015 , O'Hara ran for the SNP in the Argyll and Bute constituency . He stood against the Liberal Democrat Alan Reid , who represented the constituency in the British House of Commons since 2001 . After the SNP gained massive votes in these elections, O'Hara achieved the highest percentage of votes and subsequently moved into the House of Commons for the first time. In the newly formed parliament, O'Hara was the first new MP to give his maiden speech. He acts as the party spokesman for defense.
With a loss of votes, O'Hara was able to maintain his mandate in the 2017 general election just ahead of the conservative challenger Gary Mulvaney.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry on myparliament.info
- ↑ a b c Information from the SNP ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Information from BAFTA
- ↑ Results of the lower house elections 1987 ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Results of the general election in 1992 ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Results of the general election 2015
- ↑ Information from the British Parliament
- ↑ The Buteman: Argyll and Bute's MP welcomes Trident safety debate , May 24, 2015.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | O'Hara, Brendan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 27, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glasgow |