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

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.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care22 Jun 2023

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.

AnsweredDepartment for Business and Trade22 Jun 2023

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.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care21 Jun 2023

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.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care21 Jun 2023

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.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care21 Jun 2023

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.

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions21 Jun 2023

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.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care20 Jun 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

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care20 Jun 2023

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

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care20 Jun 2023

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.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care20 Jun 2023
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