OHARA, Edward

Member for Knowsley South since 1990 by-election. Committees: Co-Chair, All-Party Group for Ageing and Older People; Member, All-Party British-Greek Group; Member, All-Party Cyprus Group; Member of Speaker-s Panel of Chairmen. Political career: Delegate, Council of Europe and Western European Union; Member, Knowsley Borough Council 1976-90. Special political interests: Education, health, older person-s issues, local government, animal welfare, disability, European issues. Profession/Trade: Lecturer. Title/Honours/Decorations: Taxiarhis Tis Taxeos Tis Timis (Commander of the Order of Honour) (Greece 1999); Member of the Order of Alexander the Great (Macedonia-Thrace 1995). Education: Liverpool Collegiate School; Magdalen College, Oxford, MA, PGCE, Advanced Diploma in Education. Languages spoken: Greek, French, German. Affiliations: Member, Socialist Education Association, Fabians, Co-operative Party; Patron, Knowsley Performing Arts since 1998; Trustee, Community Development Foundation 1992-2004, Chair 1997-2004; President, Knowsley South Juniors Football Club since 1997; Vice-President of TS Iron Duke (Huyton Sea Cadets); Vice-Chair, National Wildflower Centre Development Trust since 1997. Hobbies: Theatre, cinema, music (classical, jazz, folk/ethnic (esp rembetiko), Greek language. b. 1 October 1937, Bootle. Married with three children.