Rachael Maskell

MP since 7 May 2015

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Rachael Maskell is the Labour (Co-op) MP for York Central, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015.

1995

Votes Cast

£256,869

Expenses 2024-25

19,154

Majority

56.6%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£256,869

Staffing£231,094
Office£23,052
Travel£2,554
Other£170

Year-on-Year

2024-25£256,869
2023-24£249,893
2022-23£249,587
2021-22£219,709
2020-21£204,040
2019-20£153,926
2018-19£157,135
2017-18£155,791
2016-17£150,566
2015-16£105,957

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 43,323 voters

Labour
24,537 votes56.6%
Conservative
5,383 votes12.4%
Green Party
5,185 votes12.0%
Reform UK
4,721 votes10.9%
Liberal Democrat
3,051 votes7.0%
Independent
133 votes0.3%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

707

Written Questions

40

Oral Questions

336

Debates Spoken In

441

Speeches

539

Divisions Voted

Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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1995 votes — page 23 of 80

1 AYE2 NO

Renters (Reform) Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 24 Apr 2024

2 NO

Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill

2 votes · 22 Apr 2024

3 NO

Safety of Rwanda Bill

3 votes · 17 Apr 2024

2 NO

Rwanda Bill

2 votes · 15 Apr 2024

2 AYE

Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [Lords] Report Stage

2 votes · 25 Mar 2024

3 AYE

Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords]

3 votes · 19 Mar 2024

Financial Interests(2)

(a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

University and College Union

£25,187 this donation is made to Solidarity Ltd to cover the costs of its support for the work UCU Parliamentary Group, of which I am the co-chair with Baroness Blower. The money does not come to me as an MP chairing the group.

£25,187
Name of donor
University and College Union
Address of donor
University and College Union, Carlow Street, London, NW1 7LH
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
£25,187 this donation is made to Solidarity Ltd to cover the costs of its support for the work UCU Parliamentary Group, of which I am the co-chair with Baroness Blower. The money does not come to me as an MP chairing the group.
Donor status
trade union

Registered 22 January 2026

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Date interest arose
6 May 2025

Registered 7 May 2025

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Rachael in Parliament

Identity Cards: Digital Technology

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy not to introduce ID cards.

AnsweredCabinet Office18 Dec 2025

Identity Cards: Digital Technology

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he plans to take to help support people who are digitally excluded to work, in the context of the implementation of the proposed digital ID card.

AnsweredCabinet Office18 Dec 2025

Identity Cards: Digital Technology

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether children and young people will be required to hold an ID card if they work.

AnsweredCabinet Office18 Dec 2025

Identity Cards: Digital Technology

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he plans to take to help prevent data breaches associated with the proposed digital ID cards.

AnsweredCabinet Office18 Dec 2025

Malnutrition: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2025 to Question 95676, whether his Department has conducted any evaluation of patient safety risks affe

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care18 Dec 2025

Dental Services: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to secure a new NHS dental contract.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care18 Dec 2025

Public Transport: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a standalone offence of assaulting a public transport worker.

AnsweredDepartment for Transport1 Dec 2025

Public Transport: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of legal protections against assaults at work for public transport workers.

AnsweredDepartment for Transport1 Dec 2025

Public Transport: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether protections against assaults for retail workers in the Crime and Policing Bill will apply to public transport workers involved in the ret

AnsweredHome Office1 Dec 2025

Sudan: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with international partners on protecting women and girls in El Fasher, Sudan.

AnsweredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office1 Dec 2025
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