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 6 of 80

3 NO

Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 11 Mar 2026

8 AYE

Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

8 votes · 9 Mar 2026

3 NO

Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee

3 votes · 23 Feb 2026

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

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Date interest arose
6 May 2025

Registered 7 May 2025

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Rachael in Parliament

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of (a) drug use and (b) synthetic drug use in prisons.

AnsweredMinistry of Justice26 Apr 2024

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has piloted a harm reduction approach to drug use in prisons.

AnsweredMinistry of Justice26 Apr 2024

Offenders: Bail

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance is available to courts on the impact of bailing people to live at their home address.

AnsweredMinistry of Justice26 Apr 2024

Offenders: Bail

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to ensure that perpetrators of violent crimes who live close to their victims are not bailed to their home address.

AnsweredMinistry of Justice26 Apr 2024

Drugs: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to prevent increased synthetic drug use.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care25 Apr 2024

Drugs: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to educate current drug users on the risks of synthetic drugs.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care25 Apr 2024

Education: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the findings in the report by Action for Children in their report entitled Above and

AnsweredDepartment for Education25 Apr 2024

Education: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the findings in the report by Action for Children in their report entitled Above and beyond, published on 25 April 2024 on the number of

AnsweredDepartment for Education25 Apr 2024

Drugs: High Security Hospitals and Prisons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking in the (a) prison service and (b) secure hospital service to reduce harm from synthetic drugs.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care25 Apr 2024

Drugs: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of trends in the levels of synthetic drugs in circulation.

AnsweredHome Office25 Apr 2024
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