Edward O'Hara

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For the early Canadian politician and British Army officer, see Edward O'Hara (Canadian politician). For the Irish footballer, see Eddie O'Hara (footballer born 1927). For the Scottish footballer, see Eddie O'Hara (footballer born 1935).

Edward O'Hara MP
Member of Parliament for Knowsley South
In office 27 September 1990 – 6 May 2010
Preceded by	Sean Hughes
Succeeded by	constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	(1937-10-01) 1 October 1937 Bootle
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Lilian Hopkins
Alma mater	Magdalen College, Oxford

Edward O'Hara (born 1 October 1937) is a British Labour Party politician who became the Member of Parliament (MP) for Knowsley South following the death of Sean Hughes. He held the seat from 1990 until 2010 when the constituency was abolished. During this period his seat was considered the safest Labour seat in the country.^[1] He was chairman of the committee for technology and aerospace of the Western European Union^[2] and was succeeded in 2009 by the German politician Axel Fischer. He left the House of Commons in 2010, after being defeated in the selection process to become Labour candidate for Knowsley by fellow Labour MP George Howarth.^[3]

Early life

O'Hara was born in Bootle, near Liverpool. He was educated at the direct-grant grammar Liverpool Collegiate School, then Magdalen College, Oxford, gaining an MA in Literae Humaniores, and the University of London. Before entering Parliament, Eddie was a councillor in Knowsley and Chair of the Education Committee. He taught at Birkenhead School before lecturing at CF Mott College (became Liverpool Polytechnic) from 1970-5, at the City of Liverpool College of Higher Education from 1975–85, and at Liverpool Polytechnic from 1985-90.

Personal life

He married Lilian Hopkins on September 11, 1962 in Bootle. They have two sons and a daughter.

References

↑ Allegra Stratton, "20 MPs would survive swing repeat", The Guardian, July 26, 2008.
↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20081117212228/http://www.assembly-weu.org/en/documents/sessions_ordinaires/rpt/2007/1990.php
↑ http://britainvotes.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/knowsley-liverpool-and-st-helens.html

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sean Hughes	Member of Parliament for Knowsley South	Constituency abolished

Persondata
Name	Ohara, Edward
Alternative names
Short description	British politician
Date of birth	1 October 1937
Place of birth	Bootle
Date of death
Place of death

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