Member of Parliament for Sherwood
Mark is the Member of Parliament for Sherwood, having been a farmer and a businessman, employing 50 people. His family have lived in Sherwood Nottinghamshire for four generations. He was born in 1970 and attended Lambley Primary School & Col Frank Seeley Schools Calverton, before training at Shuttleworth Agricultural College Bedfordshire before joining the family farm business.

His business interests include Spring Lane Farm Shop and Floralands Garden Village at Lambley. He is married to Claire and they have two children.

Mark First fought Hucknall Nottinghamshire County Council seat in 2001. He went on to win a Ravenshead Gedling District Council seat in 2003 and won Calverton Nottinghamshire County Council in 2005.

Mark currently represents the electorate of four Parish Councils; those of Ravenshead, Calverton, Woodborough & Lambley.