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Edward O'Hara
Former Labour MP for Knowsley South
- Entered Parliament on 27 September 1990 — unknown
- Left Parliament on 12 April 2010 — did not stand for re-election
- Majority: 17,688 votes. — 13th out of 643 MPs.
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Edward O'Hara voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in their last parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Health: Blood: Contamination (29 Mar 2010)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 12 March 2010, Official Report, column 562W, on blood: contamination, what discussions he had with Lord Archer of Sandwell before publishing his estimate that the cost to the public purse of implementing the recommendations of Lord Archer's report on contaminated blood and blood products could be between £3 billion and...”
- Thameslink (2 Feb 2010)
“Order. I remind hon. Members who wish to contribute to the debate that the Front-Bench contributions must start not later than 12 o'clock.”
- [Mr. Edward O'Hara in the Chair] — Population and Immigration (2 Feb 2010)
“Order. We must now turn our attention to the Thameslink programme.”
More of Edward O'Hara's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 8 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 8 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 61.34% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 3 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 41 people are tracking this MP.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 144 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 12 Apr 2010. More about the Register
View the history of this MP's entries in the Register
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £23,973 (64th) | £20,711 (366th) | £21,906 (272nd) | £21,633 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £18,432 (352nd) | £18,400 (joint 400th with 1 other) | £16,237 (144th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £12,347 (525th) | £20,914 (184th) | £16,611 (521st) | £18,295 | £17,242 (joint 401st with 1 other) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £17,167 (473rd) | £8,739 (552nd) |
| Staffing costs | £86,234 (505th) | £90,741 (165th) | £90,996 (53rd) | £78,941 | £65,715 (531st) | £66,321 (400th) | £61,282 (487th) | £43,923 (joint 407th with 1 other) |
| Communications Allowance | £623 (581st) | £1,014 (578th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £10,547 (177th)1 | £11,146 (179th)2 | £12,157 (127th)3 | £13,922 | £18,256 (78th) | £18,966 (63rd) | £21,258 (39th) | £17,539 (34th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £477 (165th) | £0 | £797 (157th) | £638 | £1,124 (162nd) | £256 (345th) | £1,062 (161st) | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £261 (638th) | £220 (619th) | £551 (510th) | £214 | £323 (583rd) | £376 (571st) | £302 (joint 612th with 1 other) | £512 (joint 547th with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,151 (543rd) | £1,223 (549th) | £679 | £810 (597th) | £804 (597th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,127 (joint 455th with 3 others) | £0 | £483 | £1,346 (joint 618th with 1 other) | £1,346 (joint 606th with 1 other) | £1,346 (joint 590th with 1 other) | £982 (joint 564th with 1 other) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £134,460 (509th) | £147,024 (319th) | £144,241 (188th) | £134,805 | £125,718 (280th) | £125,300 (201st) | £120,817 (150th) | £87,932 (346th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £6,045 (41st). Rail £3,577 (256th). Misc £456 (82nd). Other: European £469 (103rd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £6,293 (42nd). Rail £4,335 (222nd). Misc £340 (90th). Other: Air £178 (36th).