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 5 of 80

8 AYE

Crime and Policing Bill

8 votes · 14 Apr 2026

6 AYE

Victims and Courts Bill

6 votes · 25 Mar 2026

2 NO

Opposition Day Motion

2 votes · 24 Mar 2026

NODefence
You
5 AYE

National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill

5 votes · 23 Mar 2026

2 NO

Opposition day motion

2 votes · 18 Mar 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

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the ability of the construction trade to deliver his Department's housebuilding targets.

AnsweredDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities5 Jul 2023

Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to improve the capacity of the planning system.

AnsweredDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities5 Jul 2023

Bus Services: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what impact the £2 bus ticket cap has had on bus usage.

AnsweredDepartment for Transport5 Jul 2023

Bus Services: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing the bus cap to match London bus ticket prices.

AnsweredDepartment for Transport5 Jul 2023

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to section 3 of the National Health Service Act 2006, what steps he is taking to fund the expansion of palliative care.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care5 Jul 2023

Health Visitors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that (a) the number of health visitors and (b) caseloads for health visitors return to 2015 levels.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care4 Jul 2023

Physiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the proposed number of physiotherapists provided for by the NHS Workforce Plan in (a) 2026-27

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care4 Jul 2023

NHS: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the provision of key worker housing for s

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care4 Jul 2023

NHS: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of widening access to NHS careers by providing (a) support for mature students and (b) c

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care4 Jul 2023

Nurses: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, published on 3 July 2023, for what reason he plans to reduce the number of trainee childre

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care4 Jul 2023
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