Mark Hendrick’s voting in Parliament

Mark Hendrick is a Labour/Co-operative MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour/Co-operative MPs.

This is a selection of Mark Hendrick’s votes.

• Generally voted against increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 2 votes for, 15 votes against, 7 absences, between 2010–2015
• Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes 3 votes for, 9 votes against, 2 absences, between 2003–2016
• Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees Show votes 6 votes for, 5 votes against, 2 absences, between 2004–2017
• Generally voted against reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes 0 votes for, 7 votes against, 9 absences, between 2011–2014
• Consistently voted for raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices Show votes 5 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2013
• Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2010

We have lots more plain English analysis of Mark Hendrick’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Mark Hendrick’s full vote analysis page for more.

Mark Hendrick has occasionally rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 16 Jan 2018

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Sugar: Soft Drinks 18 Apr 2018

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date did each NHS trust in the North West sign up to NHS England's voluntary scheme to reduce the sale of sugar sweetened drinks in NHS canteens, shops and vending machines introduced in 2018; and which NHS trusts in that region have yet to sign up to that initiative.

• Written Answers — Treasury: Revenue and Customs: North West 18 Apr 2018

  To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff were employed by HMRC at the Tax Credit Office in Preston as at 28 March 2018; and how many of those staff his Department (a) estimates will be employed at that Tax Credit Office by 1 January 2019 and (b) planned to offer redundancy to, make redundant or offer jobs at other HMRC offices in Lancashire, Merseyside or Greater Manchester to.

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Disabled Students' Allowances 18 Apr 2018

  To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the introduction of the £200 self-contribution for disabled students who are in receipt of disabled student allowances on (a) the take-up of the equipment needed to study independently and (b) trends in the level of participation of disabled students; and if he will make a statement.

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Profile

Labour/Co-operative MP for Preston

Entered the House of Commons on 23 November 2000 — Byelection

Party was Labour until 14 May 2001; Labour/Co-operative until 11 Apr 2005; Labour until 30 Mar 2015

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Social Media

• @MpHendrick
• https://facebook.com/hendrick4preston

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Mark Hendrick campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department of Health
• Home Office
• Health
• Ministry of Justice
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Fracking
• Revenue and Customs: Preston
• Police: North West
• Churches: Blackburn
• Social Security Benefits: Preston

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee (5 Jan 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Foreign Affairs Committee (8 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill (Commons) Committee (7 Jul 2015 to 22 Feb 2016)
• Member, Foreign Affairs Committee (18 Jun 2012 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons) (8 Oct 2010 to 18 Mar 2013)
• Member, International Development Committee (19 Jan 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• PPS (Rt Hon Jack Straw, Lord Chancellor & Secretary of State), Ministry of Justice (30 Dec 2008 to 16 Jan 2009)
• PPS (Rt Hon Jack Straw, Lord Chancellor), Ministry of Justice (28 Jun 2007 to 27 Nov 2008)
• PPS (Rt Hon Margaret Beckett, Secretary of State), Foreign & Commonwealth Office (8 May 2006 to 28 Jun 2007)
• PPS (Rt Hon Margaret Beckett, Secretary of State), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (10 Nov 2005 to 8 May 2006)
• PPS (Rt Hon Margaret Beckett, Secretary of State), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (13 May 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)
• Member, European Scrutiny Committee (25 Jan 2001 to 14 Jun 2004)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Audrey Wise
• Stanley Thorne
• Edward Shackleton
• Samuel Segal
• John Sunderland
• Randolph Churchill
• Edward Cobb
• Adrian Moreing
• William Kirkpatrick
• Adrian Moreing
• William Jowitt
• Thomas Shaw
• William Jowitt
• Alfred Kennedy
• Thomas Shaw
• James Hodge
• Thomas Shaw
• George Stanley
• Thomas Shaw
• Urban Broughton
• Alfred Tobin
• George Stanley
• Alfred Tobin
• John Macpherson
• Harold Cox
• John Kerr
• Robert Hanbury
• William Tomlinson
• Robert Hanbury
• William Tomlinson
• Robert Hanbury
• William Tomlinson
• Robert Hanbury
• William Tomlinson
• Robert Hanbury
• William Tomlinson
• Henry Raikes
• William Ecroyd
• Edward Hermon
• John Holker
• Edward Hermon
• John Holker
• Thomas Hesketh
• Edward Hermon
• Frederick Stanley
• Thomas Hesketh
• Charles Grenfell
• Richard Cross
• Robert Parker
• Charles Grenfell
• George Strickland
• Robert Parker
• George Strickland
• Charles Grenfell
• Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood
• George Strickland
• Robert Parker
• Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood
• Henry Stanley
• Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood
• Henry Stanley
• Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood
• Henry Hunt
• John Wood
• Henry Hunt
• Edward Stanley
• John Wood
• Edward Stanley
• Samuel Horrocks
• Edmund Hornby
• Samuel Horrocks
• Edmund Hornby
• Samuel Horrocks
• Edmund Hornby
• Edward Stanley
• Samuel Horrocks
• Edward Stanley
• Samuel Horrocks
• John Horrocks
• Edward Stanley

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill Committee (0 out of 2)
• Education Bill Committee (22 out of 22)
• Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
• Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Finance Bill Committee (10 out of 16)
• European Parliament (Representation) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Pension Annuities (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Finance Bill Committee (8 out of 16)
• Commonhold & Leasehold Reform Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
• International Criminal Court Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
• Finance Bill Committee (6 out of 7)
• Social Security Contributions Committee (1 out of 1)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 10 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs. See all Mark Hendrick’s speeches
• Has received answers to 144 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 72.26% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 6 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above 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.
• 105 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Mark Hendrick’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 214 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)