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

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to encourage more people to take up higher apprenticeships.

AnsweredDepartment for Education29 Jun 2023

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will incentivise universities to generate more higher apprenticeships.

AnsweredDepartment for Education29 Jun 2023

Apprentices and Young People: Minimum Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has made a recent assessment of the implications for her policies of removing the (a) National Minimum Wage youth rate and (b) apprent

AnsweredDepartment for Business and Trade29 Jun 2023

Bus Services: Concessions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing free bus travel to people aged under 25.

AnsweredDepartment for Transport29 Jun 2023

Bus Services: Concessions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to conduct a pilot programme of free bus travel for under 25 year olds.

AnsweredDepartment for Transport29 Jun 2023

Adrenaline Auto-injectors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing charges for the renewal of a faulty EpiPen.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care28 Jun 2023

Household Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of existing levels of funding for the Housing Support Fund.

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions28 Jun 2023

Affordable Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what further steps he plans to take to increase the rate of social housing building, in the context of levels of demand for tha

AnsweredDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities28 Jun 2023

Private Rented Housing: Evictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that people in private rented accommodation are not evicted from their pr

AnsweredDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities28 Jun 2023

Health Services: Per Capita Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make a comparative estimate of the funding for healthcare per person in (a) the UK and (b) other similar countries.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care27 Jun 2023
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