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

Dental Services: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on secondary dental healthcare for children in the 2022-23 financial year; and if he will make an assessment of

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care26 Jun 2023

State Retirement Pensions: Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of increasing the (a) State Pension and (b) Pensions Credit for people living in rented accommo

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions26 Jun 2023

Trade Unions: Strikes

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to clause 234E(1)(b) of the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, if she will outline what reasonable steps she would expect a tra

AnsweredDepartment for Business and Trade26 Jun 2023

Migrant Workers: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason prospective NHS staff from overseas have had delays securing visas to work in the UK.

AnsweredHome Office26 Jun 2023

NHS: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS staff are not recruited from countries with health worker shortages.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care22 Jun 2023

NHS: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in countries from which the NHS recruits staff on (a) language and (b) clinical language edu

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care22 Jun 2023

Insolvency: York Central

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has he made of the impact of rises in the cost of living on the numbers of (a) businesses at risk of insolvency and (b) people in debt in York C

AnsweredTreasury22 Jun 2023

Private Rented Housing: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a comparative assessment of (a) the adequacy of the Local Housing Allowance and (b) the average rental costs for accommodation in t

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions22 Jun 2023

Migrant Workers: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to create a fast-track process for visa applications from overseas healthcare staff coming to work in the NHS.

AnsweredHome Office22 Jun 2023

Sewage: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many sewage releases there have been in (a) York and (b) York Central constituency in each of the last 12 months.

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs22 Jun 2023
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