At a glanceSir Mark Hendrick is a Labour (Co-op) MP for Preston, and has represented the seat for 25 years, 8 months. They have cast 256 votes in Commons divisions (45% attendance), tabled 1,673 written questions and registered 2 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Sir Mark Hendrick did not vote in 319. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
Current roles
- Preston Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Labour Party since 23 Sep 2000
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Liz Twist
Labour
100.0% · 246 of 246 shared votes
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Sally Jameson
Labour (Co-op)
100.0% · 245 of 245 shared votes
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Sojan Joseph
Labour
100.0% · 244 of 244 shared votes
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Satvir Kaur
Labour
100.0% · 241 of 241 shared votes
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Johanna Baxter
Labour
100.0% · 239 of 239 shared votes
Votes least like
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David Davis
Conservative
1.0% · 1 of 104 shared votes
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George Freeman
Conservative
1.5% · 2 of 132 shared votes
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
1.8% · 3 of 164 shared votes
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Victoria Atkins
Conservative
1.9% · 3 of 157 shared votes
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Mr Mark Francois
Conservative
2.1% · 3 of 144 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources1
- The Football League Ltd - £900.00 (registered 24 Apr 2026)
Visits outside the UK1
- International visit to Japan between 06 March 2026 and 16 March 2026 (registered 24 Mar 2026)
Written questions
Child Maintenance Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what process Child Maintenance Service uses to verify reports by constituents that incorrect or unverified information has been used in maintenance assessments.
Answer · 14 Jul 2026
The primary goal of the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is to ensure that children receive the financial support they are entitled to. To achieve this, the CMS collaborates with HMRC and Benefit systems to accurately calculate maintenance payments. This c...
UK Relations with EU: Technology
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether alignment of EU and UK clean technology standards are a subject of discussion of the EU-UK Reset negotiations.
Answer · 15 Jul 2026
The UK and EU are working together to support the development of clean energy technologies; the Electricity Agreement will cover the promotion of renewables, and the May 2025 Common Understanding welcomed continued technical and regulatory exchanges on ne...
Pupil Exclusions: Young Offenders
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of data from ADR UK on multiple temporary exclusions of pupils and the criminal justice system, published in April 2026.
Answer · 15 Jul 2026
We recognise the disproportionate impact repeated, preventable exclusion can have on pupils’ education and life chances. The findings published by ADR UK in April 2026 underline the importance of tackling repeat suspensions and ensuring vulnerable pupils ...
Railways: Temperature
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the impact of the recent heatwave on the punctuality of trains across the national rail network; and what steps she has taken to ensure passengers receive timely delay compensati
Answer · 15 Jul 2026
Network Rail uses a combination of proactive monitoring and investment in smart technologies to protect critical infrastructure and keep the railway running during periods of hot weather. For safety reasons, during periods of extreme weather, trains opera...
Social Media: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will take steps to ensure that the planned social media ban for under-16s will have robust blocks in place to avoid circumvention.
Answer · 15 Jul 2026
The Government is committed to ensuring that the new social media restrictions are effective in practice and deliver meaningful protections for children. Through the ‘Growing up in the Online World’ consultation, the government sought views and evidence o...
Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with advanced and terminal illnesses receive the Civil Service Pensions in a timely manner.
Answer · 7 Jul 2026
The Cabinet Office awarded Capita the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme in November 2023 under the previous government. The current delays facing scheme members are entirely unacceptable, and this Government has taken firm action to ...
Recruitment: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure that automated and remote recruitment processes do not act as a barrier to entry-level employment for young people with no prior work
Answer · 15 Jun 2026
Most AI systems are already regulated at the point of use by our existing expert regulators. The ICO has recently closed a consultation on their draft guidance about automated decision-making, including profiling. Government has previously published Respo...
Mental Health Services: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy of mental health provision for young people and (b) the potential impact of rates of anxiety, depression, autism and ADHD on youth economic inactivit
Answer · 8 Jul 2026
The Government is committed to improving access to mental health services for children and young people, and to ensuring a system that is simpler, faster, and stronger at every stage. Access to support is expanding, but services remain under pressure, and...
Early day motions
| 5 Jul 2022 | The contribution of the co-operative movement in the UK economy | 19 sig. |
| 14 Jun 2021 | Loneliness Awareness Week and the digital divide faced by people with a learning disability | 19 sig. |
| 31 Oct 2018 | VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS | 24 sig. |
| 11 Oct 2017 | UCLAN AND THE MEDICAL STUDENTS DISPLACED BY HURRICANE IRMA | 13 sig. |
| 22 Oct 2015 | BATTLE OF PRESTON, 1715 | 12 sig. |
| 11 Nov 2013 | COMMEMORATION OF JOHN F KENNEDY | 39 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
25 Feb 2026 UK-German Relations
I thank all my colleagues in the Chamber for showing such warmth and affection for our relationship with Germany. It is 10 years since the Brexit referendum. The discussion that was taking place in this country at that time was very dama…
25 Feb 2026 UK-German Relations
I totally concur with my hon. Friend, who has had a distinguished military career in the RAF. As a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent horrors, there is growing awareness in the UK that we need to be able to def…
25 Feb 2026 UK-German Relations
I beg to move, That this House has considered UK-German relations. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Twigg. I requested that this debate take place today because tomorrow the German Bundestag will have its first read…
10 Feb 2026 Clean Industry Bonus: Jobs
What steps is the Secretary of State taking to ensure that the jobs generated through the clean industry bonus are directed towards communities formerly dependent on fossil fuel industries and that workers at risk of displacement during th…
10 Feb 2026 Clean Industry Bonus: Jobs
13. What estimate he has made of the potential impact of the contracts for difference clean industry bonus on the number of clean energy jobs.
27 Jan 2026 Digital Exploitation of Women and Girls
Thank you, Ms Jardine. I thank the Minister and all my colleagues for an excellent debate. I think we had a brilliant response from the Minister. I am sure she is determined to ensure that the digital space can be as safe as possible for w…
27 Jan 2026 Digital Exploitation of Women and Girls
I totally concur; my hon. Friend makes some very strong points. The examples that I just mentioned highlight the need for consistent and mandatory guidance for all police forces to recognise digital abuse and online stalking, and not ju…
27 Jan 2026 Digital Exploitation of Women and Girls
I totally agree. Without getting too much into the politics of this, there is a very right-wing argument about what free speech means. When I first came to Parliament in the early 2000s, the then Prime Minister used to talk about rights an…
27 Jan 2026 Digital Exploitation of Women and Girls
I totally agree. In fact, I have just been discussing with some of our visitors from Lancashire what needs to happen in schools so that young people are aware of digital exploitation and the damage and distress that it can cause. I hope th…
27 Jan 2026 Digital Exploitation of Women and Girls
I beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of tackling the digital exploitation of women and girls. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Jardine. Online abuse and digital exploitation are extremely prevale…
12 Dec 2024 Disability History Month
Order. We are running over and need to get other speakers in.
12 Dec 2024 Disability History Month
I remind Members that they need to bob, as some of you are, if they wish to be called in the debate.
3 Dec 2024 Home-to-School Transport: Children with SEND
I thank everybody for their indulgence in keeping their speeches short. We have had 33 speakers in this debate, which I think is the most that anybody has ever crammed into an hour; I hope that Guinness World Records is paying attention. …
3 Dec 2024 Home-to-School Transport: Children with SEND
I thank all Back Benchers for being very good with their timekeeping. We now move to the Front-Bench speakers.
3 Dec 2024 Home-to-School Transport: Children with SEND
Order. I call Jo Platt.
3 Dec 2024 Home-to-School Transport: Children with SEND
As I said earlier, you will get only a minute each. I encourage people not to intervene, as it will mean that we have to cut down on the total number of speakers. I call Shockat Adam.
3 Dec 2024 Home-to-School Transport: Children with SEND
May I just say that the Member who is speaking is not obliged to take interventions? It does take time away from those who have put in to speak.
3 Dec 2024 Home-to-School Transport: Children with SEND
I remind hon. Members that if they wish to speak, they need to bob during the debate. This is only a one-hour debate and hon. Members can see how many people are present; you do not need to be experts in maths to know that that there are l…
3 Dec 2024 Freight Crime
I notice a little army of Labour Back Benchers in the Chamber. If they wish to speak, they should have sought the permission of the Member in charge.
3 Dec 2024 Family Farming in Devon
Order. Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 10(6)).
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Opposition posts
- Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons) · Whips Office (Commons) 8 Oct 2010 – 18 Mar 2013
Committee memberships
- Panel of Chairs 30 Jul 2024 – 13 Nov 2025
- Energy Security and Net Zero Committee 12 Jun 2023 – 30 May 2024
- European Statutory Instruments Committee 27 Jun 2022 – 30 May 2024
- Panel of Chairs 23 Mar 2020 – 30 May 2024
- International Trade Committee 2 Mar 2020 – 26 Apr 2023
- Powers of Attorney Bill 22 Feb 2023 – 1 Mar 2023
- Electricity and Gas Transmission (Compensation) Bill 18 Jan 2023 – 25 Jan 2023
- Co-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies Bill 23 Nov 2022 – 30 Nov 2022
- Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill 7 Sep 2022 – 12 Oct 2022
- Committees on Arms Export Controls 6 Jul 2020 – 2 Feb 2021
- International Trade Committee 2 Jul 2018 – 6 Nov 2019
- Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee 5 Jan 2016 – 3 May 2017
- Foreign Affairs Committee 8 Jul 2015 – 3 May 2017
- High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill (Commons) 7 Jul 2015 – 22 Feb 2016
- Foreign Affairs Committee 18 Jun 2012 – 30 Mar 2015
- International Development Committee 19 Jan 2009 – 6 May 2010
- European Scrutiny Committee 25 Jan 2001 – 14 Jun 2004
Previous seats
- Preston · Elected 4 times 6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024
- Preston · Elected 3 times 23 Nov 2000 – 6 May 2010
Expenses
Contact & offices
020 7219 4791
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
Constituency Office
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Sir Mark Hendrick, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Sir Mark Hendrick?
Sir Mark Hendrick is a Member of Parliament representing Preston in the House of Commons. See Sir Mark Hendrick's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Sir Mark Hendrick represent?
Sir Mark Hendrick sits as Labour (Co-op). See Sir Mark Hendrick's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Sir Mark Hendrick represent?
Sir Mark Hendrick is the Member of Parliament for Preston. See Sir Mark Hendrick's official Parliament profile.
How long has Sir Mark Hendrick been an MP?
Sir Mark Hendrick has served in the House of Commons for 25 years, 8 months. See Sir Mark Hendrick's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Sir Mark Hendrick?
Sir Mark Hendrick has 2 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Sir Mark Hendrick's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.