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Mark Hendrick
Labour MP for Preston
- Entered Parliament on 23 November 2000 — Byelection
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Mark Hendrick voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Work and Pensions, Education and Skills, Home Department, Communities and Local Government
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Fracking, Transport Services (Preston), Schools: Preston, Health Services: Preston, Employment Statistics (Preston)
(based on written questions asked by Mark Hendrick and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Education Bill Committee (22 out of 22)
- Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
- European Parliament (Representation) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Finance Bill Committee (10 out of 16)
- Finance Bill Committee (8 out of 16)
- Commonhold & Leasehold Reform Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- Pension Annuities (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
- Finance Bill Committee (6 out of 7)
- Social Security Contributions Committee (1 out of 1)
- International Criminal Court Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Syria (20 May 2013)
“What leads the Foreign Secretary to believe that the commitments made by members of the Syrian National Coalition in the compact are worth the paper they are written on?”
- Mental Health (16 May 2013)
“I am sure that my hon. Friend, like many other hon. Members, has come across many constituents attending surgeries who are developing serious mental health problems purely and simply because of the pressures caused by the reforms to the benefits system. I am finding that people who are mentally ill and do not know it are getting worse—they are under pressure from the benefit changes...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 19 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 84 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 70.84% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 6 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 169 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £17,168 (378th) | £16,226 (472nd) | £21,867 (276th) | £21,471 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £15,209 (332nd) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £28,462 (20th) | £19,528 (267th) | £20,667 (264th) | £22,883 | £16,813 (420th) | £20,397 (6th) | £18,216 (joint 245th with 2 others) | £20,966 (138th) |
| Staffing costs | £84,774 (521st) | £77,544 (560th) | £62,356 (624th) | £64,483 | £63,855 (566th) | £67,957 (323rd) | £61,204 (491st) | £32,083 (617th) |
| Communications Allowance | £13,854 (38th) | £9,469 (joint 235th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £14,099 (91st)1 | £14,844 (80th)2 | £13,266 (109th)3 | £11,054 | £13,975 (173rd) | £12,071 (243rd) | £10,563 (303rd) | £6,229 (412th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £616 (131st) | £699 (joint 150th with 1 other) | £654 (184th) | £1,029 | £2,729 (29th) | £550 (250th) | £935 (180th) | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £2,267 (482nd) | £477 (505th) | £932 (302nd) | £679 | £4,007 (31st) | £1,215 (180th) | £855 (404th) | £1,207 (260th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £360 (628th) | £1,300 (538th) | £1,645 | £11,355 (34th) | £5,294 (105th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,296 (joint 190th with 3 others) | £1,470 (15th) | £919 | £1,630 (joint 530th with 1 other) | £1,630 (520th) | £1,242 (603rd) | £859 (582nd) | |
| Other Costs | £4,367 (45th) | £0 | £1,773 (47th) | £2,021 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £165,604 (119th) | £140,443 (411th) | £124,285 (516th) | £126,184 | £135,266 (111th) | £129,447 (127th) | £112,737 (333rd) | £76,553 (531st) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,333 (243rd). Rail £7,523 (93rd). Air £532 (116th). Misc £389 (90th). Other: European £2,322 (10th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,164 (191st). Rail £9,986 (50th). Air £540 (117th). Misc £154 (138th).
3 Car £3,818 (257th). Rail £8,308 (60th). Air £177 (212th). European £963 (44th).