Edward O'Hara (1 October 1937 – 28 May 2016)[1][2] was a British Labour politician who became Member of Parliament (MP) for Knowsley South following the death of Sean Hughes.

[3] He was chairman of the committee for technology and aerospace of the Western European Union[4] and was succeeded in 2009 by the German politician Axel Fischer.

[citation needed] O'Hara left the House of Commons in 2010, after being defeated in the selection process to become Labour candidate for the new seat of Knowsley by fellow MP George Howarth.

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, O'Hara was a councillor in Knowsley and Chair of the Education Committee.