About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Brendan O'Hara) represents you, and all of the people who live in Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Scottish National Party MP for Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber

Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election

Also represented Argyll and Bute

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @BrendanOHaraMP
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Brendan O'Hara campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Ministry of Defence
• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office
• Home Office
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Department for Digital
• Culture
• Media and Sport
• Whisky: USA
• Clyde Naval Base: Military Police
• Bahrain: Political Prisoners
• Trident Missiles: Testing
• UK Domestic Advisory Group and UK-EU Civil Society Forum

Currently held offices

• Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Cabinet Office) (since 10 Jul 2024)
• Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport) (since 10 Jul 2024)
• Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Middle East) (since 10 Jul 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee on the Overseas Territories (14 Nov 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Foreign Affairs Committee (12 Sep 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Foreign Affairs) ( 4 Sep 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• SNP Chief Whip (17 Jan 2023 to 4 Sep 2023)
• Shadow SNP Spokesperson (International Development) (10 Dec 2022 to 17 Jan 2023)
• Member, Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform Bill) Committee ( 2 Nov 2022 to 29 Nov 2022)
• Member, Elections Bill Committee (15 Sep 2021 to 26 Oct 2021)
• Shadow SNP Deputy Spokesperson (Cabinet Office) ( 1 Feb 2021 to 17 Jan 2023)
• Shadow SNP Spokesperson (International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution) ( 1 Mar 2020 to 17 Jan 2023)
• Member, DCMS Sub-Committee on Disinformation (12 Mar 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Inclusive Society) ( 1 Jul 2018 to 1 Mar 2020)
• Member, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 12 Sep 2017)
• Member, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Culture and Media) (20 Jun 2017 to 17 May 2018)
• Shadow SNP Westminster Group Leader (Defence) (20 May 2015 to 20 Jun 2017)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

SNP MPs only attend sittings where the legislation pertains to Scotland.

• Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill Committee (5 out of 7)
• Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform Bill) Committee (1 out of 1)
• Elections Bill Committee (10 out of 12)
• Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill Committee (3 out of 8)
• Fisheries Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Fisheries Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
• Data Protection Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Awards for Valour (Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• Actions of Iranian Regime: UK Response 7 Jul 2025

  Last week, in the most tawdry and cynical fashion, a decision—born in anger and driven by revenge—was bulldozed through this House. I wonder: while the Government were discussing proscribing Palestine Action, did the Minister or any of his Foreign Office colleagues advise that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps could also be added to the proscribed list? If they did not, why not?...

• Government Performance against Fiscal Rules 7 Jul 2025

  A year ago we were promised radical change, but the only radical change appears to be in the Labour party itself, which has decided that if you are poor, old or disabled, it will be you who will bear the brunt of the cuts and on whose backs the books will be balanced. So were the fiscal rules always predicated on going after the most vulnerable and the weakest and those least able to organise...

• Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Israel and West Bank: British Nationals Abroad 3 Jul 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many evacuation flights have been arranged for UK nationals from (a) Israel, and (b) the West Bank since 13 June 2025.

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