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
Year-on-Year
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 43,323 voters
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 AYECrime and Policing Bill
8 votes · 14 Apr 2026
Crime and Policing Bill
8 votes · 14 Apr 2026
6 AYEVictims and Courts Bill
6 votes · 25 Mar 2026
Victims and Courts Bill
6 votes · 25 Mar 2026
2 NOOpposition Day Motion
2 votes · 24 Mar 2026
Opposition Day Motion
2 votes · 24 Mar 2026
5 AYENational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill
5 votes · 23 Mar 2026
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill
5 votes · 23 Mar 2026
2 NOOpposition day motion
2 votes · 18 Mar 2026
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
(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.
- 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
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Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
- Date interest arose
- 6 May 2025
Registered 7 May 2025
Activity Pulse
Questions asked and motions sponsored by Rachael in Parliament
Surgical Mesh Implants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to support patients who are awaiting the removal of mesh.
Insolvency
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many (a) businesses and (b) people filed for bankruptcy in (i) York, (ii) Yorkshire and the Humber and (iii) England in each year since 2015.
Cancer: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to reduce the time from receipt of urgent GP referral for suspected cancer to First Definite Treatment.
Cancer: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to increase funding for research into cancers with the poorest prognosis.
Cancer: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps toehelp ensure that funding for cancer research is focused on less survivable cancers.
State Retirement Pensions: Uprating
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of raising the rate of pensions in line with (a) rent and (b) other cost of living expenses.
Dental Services: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that all children have access to dental health education before 31 December 2023.
Dental Services: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of schools collecting data on whether children and young people ar
Diets
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to provide people with access to (a) professional dietary (i) information and (ii) support and (b) weight contr
Obesity
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle obesity-related ill health in adults.
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