Sir Mark Hendrick MP: votes, interests and costs
Sir Mark Hendrick represents Preston in the House of Commons for Labour (Co-op) and has done since 23 November 2000.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no current government, opposition or committee post for Sir Mark Hendrick; earlier posts are below.
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons) | Whips Office (Commons) | 8 October 2010 | 18 March 2013 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Panel of Chairs | 30 July 2024 | 13 November 2025 |
| Energy Security and Net Zero Committee | 12 June 2023 | 30 May 2024 |
| Powers of Attorney Bill | 22 February 2023 | 1 March 2023 |
| Electricity and Gas Transmission (Compensation) Bill | 18 January 2023 | 25 January 2023 |
| Co-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies Bill | 23 November 2022 | 30 November 2022 |
| Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill | 7 September 2022 | 12 October 2022 |
| European Statutory Instruments Committee | 27 June 2022 | 30 May 2024 |
| Committees on Arms Export Controls | 6 July 2020 | 2 February 2021 |
| Panel of Chairs | 23 March 2020 | 30 May 2024 |
| International Trade Committee | 2 March 2020 | 26 April 2023 |
| International Trade Committee | 2 July 2018 | 6 November 2019 |
| Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee | 5 January 2016 | 3 May 2017 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 ebea894e63d9.
Register of interests
Entries in the register for Sir Mark Hendrick, as the MP registered them: Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1), Visits outside the UK (1). Latest registration 24 April 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
The Football League Ltd - £900.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Two tickets, including hospitatlity, for Carabao Cup Final
- Value of the benefit: £900.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-03-22
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-03-22
- Name of the donor: The Football League Ltd
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: The Football League Ltd
International visit to Japan between 06 March 2026 and 16 March 2026
- Purpose of the visit: To improve business and diplomatic relations between the UK and Japan.
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-03-06
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-03-16
- Associated All Parliamentary Group (APPG), where relevant: Japan APPG
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £210,852 for Sir Mark Hendrick in 2024-25 against a budget of £250,820. In 2023-24 it was £187,393. Office costs came to £27,057 of a £33,020 budget. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £210,852.20 | £187,392.89 | £189,246.75 |
| Office costs: spent | £27,056.62 | £30,132.57 | £28,316.62 |
| Accommodation: spent | £34,804.17 | £32,378.02 | £30,800.00 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £23,242.68 | £18,501.15 | £13,769.72 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £2,252.67 | £446.06 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £35,970 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area, with an uplift to cover the cost of one dependant).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Preston BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager (permanent full time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker ×2 (permanent full time), Senior Researcher (permanent part time), Caseworker (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Sir Mark Hendrick is recorded voting in 277 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 13 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. The most recent, on 21 October 2026, was a No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 24 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Since 4 July 2024, 106 written questions have been tabled by Sir Mark Hendrick, the parliamentary record shows. Departments in the latest 10: Department of Health and Social Care; Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Department for Energy Security and Net Zero; Department for Science, Innovation and Technology; and others.
Social Prescribing: Recreation Spaces
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there are plans to roll out Green Social Prescribing on the NHS across (a) Lancashire and (b) England.
Temperature: Death
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of additional deaths (a) related to and (b) caused by extreme weather temperatures; and what steps her Department is taking to reduce that number.
Flood Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for the restoration of wetlands, peatlands, floodplains and salt marshes as a flood defence mechanism.
Renewable Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to ensure a safe and effective transition from fossil fuels to renewable energies; and what financial assistance and incentives will be provided to homeown …
Food: Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department plans to take to tackle food insecurity in relation to reducing food waste, improving agricultural food production and increasing climate resilience.
Weather
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of extreme weather changes on food availability, flooding and fires; and what measures her Department will take to ensure that the …
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.
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.
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.
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 …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 36ed1e664f61. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Sir Mark Hendrick.
2024 general election
Sir Mark Hendrick won Preston at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 14,006 votes (35.0%), a majority of 5,291 over Michael Lavalette (Independent). Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Preston figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.