Mark Phillip Hendrick (born 2 November 1958) British politician and is the Labour Co-operative Member of Parliament for Preston. Mark Hendrick, who is half-Somali, was born in Salford, Lancashire and was educated at the Salford Grammar School and the Liverpool Polytechnic (now Liverpool John Moores University) before attending the University of Manchester where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering; a master's degree in computer science; and the Certificate in Education. He also studied at a Volkshochschule in Germany. He worked as a student engineer with the Ministry of Defence in 1979 and as a work student with AEG Telefunken in 1981. He was appointed as an engineer with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council in 1982 for six years. In 1990