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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Aye: 1083No: 912

1995 votes — page 12 of 80

1 AYE1 NO

Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill

2 votes · 9 Sept 2025

7 AYE

Renters’ Rights Bill

7 votes · 8 Sept 2025

3 AYE

House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill

3 votes · 4 Sept 2025

2 NO

Opposition day

2 votes · 3 Sept 2025

1 AYE1 NO

English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

2 votes · 2 Sept 2025

2 NO

Opposition Day

2 votes · 15 Jul 2025

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2 AYE2 NO

Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee

4 votes · 9 Jul 2025

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

Taxis: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to introduce (a) enhanced and (b) consistent standards for taxi licensing across all local authorities.

AnsweredDepartment for Transport7 Oct 2024

Taxis: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to ban price surging in the taxi trade.

AnsweredDepartment for Transport7 Oct 2024

Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help support people who have alcohol dependencies.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care7 Oct 2024

Accident and Emergency Departments and Ambulance Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of capacity in (a) the ambulance service and (b) emergency departments on trends in the

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care7 Oct 2024

Adoption

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help tackle longer waiting times for adoption experienced by (a) disabled children, (b) Black, Asian and ethnic minority childr

AnsweredDepartment for Education7 Oct 2024

Adoption: Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help encourage more people to become adopters of children in the care system.

AnsweredDepartment for Education7 Oct 2024

Fast Food: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to introduce a ban on fast food outlets near schools.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care7 Oct 2024

Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the level of funding available for the provision of harm reduction programmes by alcohol and

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care7 Oct 2024

Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help prevent alcohol use among children and young people.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care7 Oct 2024

Leasehold: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that annual increases in fees paid by leaseholders to management are capped in line with i

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government7 Oct 2024
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