Mark Wright is a Liberal Democrat politician from Bristol, United Kingdom.

He also completed a PhD in astrophysics at Bristol University, with a thesis on "interstellar hydroxyl masers" that won the Royal Astronomical Society's prize for "Best PhD in the UK" in 2002.

[12] He was a Governor of St George's Primary School, which he helped save from closure in 2008.

[19] He has also campaigned against nuclear power[20][failed verification][21] and against light pollution.

[22][23] In 2006 he helped save a popular piece of graffiti by local artist Banksy; an online petition he started collected over 3,500 signatures.