Brendan O'Hara
Scottish National Party Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
Voting record
Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.
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How often Brendan O'Hara voted the same way as most of the Scottish National Party party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.
Government & opposition roles
Brendan O'Hara currently holds 3 government or shadow front-bench posts. See Government for who else currently holds one.
Declared financial interests
From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Brendan O'Hara →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.
Name of donor: Enersoft International Ltd
Address of donor: 74 York Street, Suite 7-4, Glasgow, G2 8JX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets and hospitality for myself and a guest to attend the League Cup Final at Hampden Park, value £625
Date received: 14 December 2025
Date accepted: 14 December 2025
Donor status: company, registration SC621728
(Registered 8 January 2026; updated 5 February 2026)
Name of donor: Enersoft International Limited
Address of donor: 74 York Street, Suite 7-4, Glasgow G2 8JX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Single ticket and matchday hospitality at Tottenham Hotspur v Borussia Dortmund, value £900
Date received: 20 January 2026
Date accepted: 20 January 2026
Donor status: company, registration SC621728
(Registered 9 February 2026)
Name of donor: International Human Rights Committee
Address of donor: Suite 23, 95 Miles Road, Mitcham, CR4 3FH
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£885), hotels including breakfast in Thailand (£99), hotels including breakfast in Malaysia (£390), value £1,374
Destination of visit: Thailand and Malaysia
Dates of visit: 30 November 2025 to 6 December 2025
Purpose of visit: The purpose of the trip was ascertain the progress for refugees, including a lack of recognised refugee status, limited access to adequate healthcare and education, and restrictions on free religious worship.
(Registered 8 January 2026)
Name of donor: Korber-Stiftung
Address of donor: Pariser Platz 4A, 10117 Berlin Germany
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Two nights hotel accommodation at Schloss Neuhardenberg incl. breakfast (£240), meals (£213), return flights from London (£431), airport transfers(£283), value £1,167
Destination of visit: Germany (Neuhardenberg)
Dates of visit: 3 June 2026 to 5 June 2026
Purpose of visit: As chair of the APPG on Greenland I was invited by the Korber Stifung to attend their annual Korber Policy Game in Neuhardenberg, Germany. Along with politicians, security experts, diplomats and academics from the UK, Denmark/Greenland, Norway and Germany, we were there to discuss and scenario-plan a European response to a potential crisis in the Arctic.
(Registered 22 June 2026)
Name of company or organisation: Oh! Television (not trading)
Nature of business: Television production company
Additional information: I am a director of this company. It has not traded.
(Registered 11 January 2016)
A Director of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 26 April 2021
(Registered 19 May 2021)
Name: Catherine O'Hara
Relationship: Spouse
Role: Office Manager
Working pattern: Full time
(Registered 19 January 2016; updated 8 October 2020)
Written questions to government
No written questions on file for Brendan O'Hara yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Brendan O'Hara has ever tabled.
Business costs (IPSA)
£374,348.54 paid out to or for Brendan O'Hara across 265 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Brendan O'Hara’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.
Early Day Motions
Brendan O'Hara has tabled 6 Early Day Motions on file (as primary sponsor), drawing 18 sponsor signatures in total across them. This only counts motions Brendan O'Hara personally tabled — not motions Brendan O'Hara may have added their name to as a supporter, which this data source doesn’t track per MP. See Early Day Motions for what this does and doesn’t cover.
All-Party Parliamentary Groups
Brendan O'Hara is a listed officer of 3 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.
Biggest declared funder across these groups: Magnitsky Foundation — about £10,000.00 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arbitrary Detention and Hostage Affairs).
Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Brendan O'Hara personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Brendan O'Hara is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.
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