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

NHS: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan will require the creation of the new training course for NHS staff.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care4 Jul 2023

Hospices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to increase the amount of statutory funding for hospices.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care4 Jul 2023

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) funding and (b) equality of access to palliative care provided by Integrated Care Board str

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care4 Jul 2023

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish comparative data on (a) anticipated NHS workforce retirements and (b) the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan; and if will make a

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care4 Jul 2023

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide patients with access to palliative care specialists when patients receive life-limiting or terminal diagnoses.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care4 Jul 2023

Hospices: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the NHS Long-Term Workforce Plan on staff recruitment and retention in hospices.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care4 Jul 2023

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to provide training to NHS staff on providing advice to patients on palliative care.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care4 Jul 2023

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set up an expert group on the future of palliative with representatives from (a) hospices, (b) academia, (c) the community, volunta

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care4 Jul 2023

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support research into palliative care (a) standards and (b) techniques.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care4 Jul 2023

NHS: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the report by the Kings Fund entitled How does the NHS compare to the he

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care3 Jul 2023
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