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 12 of 80
1 AYE1 NODiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
2 votes · 9 Sept 2025
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
2 votes · 9 Sept 2025
7 AYERenters’ Rights Bill
7 votes · 8 Sept 2025
Renters’ Rights Bill
7 votes · 8 Sept 2025
3 AYEHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
3 votes · 4 Sept 2025
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
3 votes · 4 Sept 2025
2 NOOpposition day
2 votes · 3 Sept 2025
Opposition day
2 votes · 3 Sept 2025
1 AYE1 NOEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
2 votes · 2 Sept 2025
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
2 votes · 2 Sept 2025
2 AYE2 NOUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee
4 votes · 9 Jul 2025
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee
4 votes · 9 Jul 2025
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
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
Obesity
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help people change (a) diet and (b) exercise to (i) achieve and (ii) maintain healthy BMI.
Dental Services: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to commission (a) dental surgeons and (b) other professional educators to deliver preventative dental health programme
Dental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to ensure that all families have access to (a) a toothbrush and (b) toothpaste.
Children: Food Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to prevent hunger among children whose families are subject to the two-child benefit cap during the school summer holidays.
Ministry of Defence: Land
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that trail hunting on his Department's land complies with the Hunting Act 2004.
Income: Debts
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, What estimate he has made of the minimum individual income threshold that is required to prevent people from going into debt.
Housing: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps his Department is taking to help people financially in areas that are subject to high housing costs.
Social Security Benefits: Cost of Living
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that the benefit system helps people impacted by increases in (a) inflation and (b) mortgages.
Local Housing Allowance: York
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Local Housing Allowance for residents in (a) York and (b) York Central constituency.
Equal Pay
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment she has made of trends in equal pay in (a) York and (b) the UK.
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