Brendan O'Hara

Brendan O'Hara

Constituency: Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber

Party: Scottish National Party

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Synopsis

Brendan O'Hara is the Scottish National Party MP for Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015. He currently undertakes the roles of Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Cabinet Office), Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport), and Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Middle East).

Voting attendance record for Brendan O'Hara

LAST 10 DIVISIONS

National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5

Taxation Employment & Workers Rights Parliamentary Procedure

23 Mar 2026

✗ No

National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1

Employment & Workers Rights Pensions

23 Mar 2026

✗ No

National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3

Taxation Pensions Parliamentary Procedure

23 Mar 2026

✗ No

National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2

Taxation Employment & Workers Rights Parliamentary Procedure

23 Mar 2026

✗ No

National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6

Taxation Employment & Workers Rights Parliamentary Procedure

23 Mar 2026

✗ No

Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6

Economy & Finance Parliamentary Procedure

11 Mar 2026

✓ Aye

Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11

Economy & Finance Parliamentary Procedure

11 Mar 2026

✓ Aye

Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment

Electoral Reform Parliamentary Procedure

02 Mar 2026

✗ No

Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms

Digital & AI Child Welfare & Safeguarding

24 Feb 2026

✓ Aye

Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill Committee: New Clause 3

Welfare & Benefits

23 Feb 2026

✓ Aye

VOTES BY CATEGORY

Employment & Workers Rights 60
Taxation 42
Parliamentary Procedure 39
Welfare & Benefits 19
Other / Procedural 16
Economy & Finance 14
Energy & Utilities 11
Trade & Industry 10
Pensions 9
Immigration & Asylum 7
Digital & AI 4
Justice & Law 4
Environment & Climate 3
Drug & Alcohol Policy 2
Child Welfare & Safeguarding 2
Transport 2
Education & Skills 2
Small Business 2
Food & Agriculture 2
Foreign Affairs & Defence 2
Media & Culture 1
Devolution 1
Freedom of Information & Transparency 1
NHS & Health 1
Electoral Reform 1

LEAST POPULAR DIVISIONS VOTED IN

Low-participation divisions where Brendan O'Hara voted

Sit in private

Other / Procedural

25 Apr 2025

✗ No

53 MPs voted

Opposition day: Carer's allowance

Welfare & Benefits Pensions

16 Oct 2024

✓ Aye

111 MPs voted

King's Speech (Motion for an Address): Amendment (d)

Other / Procedural

23 Jul 2024

✓ Aye

128 MPs voted

Great British Energy Bill Report Stage: Amendment 4

Energy & Utilities Trade & Industry

29 Oct 2024

✓ Aye

128 MPs voted

House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1

Devolution Parliamentary Procedure

12 Nov 2024

✓ Aye

136 MPs voted

MOST POPULAR DIVISIONS NOT VOTED IN

High-participation divisions where Brendan O'Hara did not vote

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading

20 Jun 2025 574 MPs voted

Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 45

09 Jul 2025 556 MPs voted

Budget Resolution No. 4: Income tax (dividend rates)

02 Dec 2025 535 MPs voted

Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5

20 Jan 2026 533 MPs voted

Finance (No. 2) Bill: Second Reading

16 Dec 2025 531 MPs voted