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 18 of 80

1 AYE2 NO

Employment Rights Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 12 Mar 2025

4 NO

Employment Rights Bill Report Stage

4 votes · 11 Mar 2025

3 NO

Finance Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 3 Mar 2025

2 NO

Opposition Day

2 votes · 26 Feb 2025

1 AYE1 NO

Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill

2 votes · 25 Feb 2025

4 NO

Crown Estate Bill [Lords] Report Stage

4 votes · 24 Feb 2025

1 AYE1 NO

Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

2 votes · 10 Feb 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
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

Universal Credit: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has he made of the implications for his policies of the report entitled Guarantee our essentials: reforming Universal Credit to ens

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions20 Jun 2023

Police

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of (a) welfare concern and (b) mental health incident cases attended by police officers in each of the

AnsweredHome Office20 Jun 2023

Police: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Right Care, Right Person model operated by North Yorkshire Police on (a) service users and (b)

AnsweredHome Office20 Jun 2023

Pregnancy: Dismissal

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of legislation protecting pregnant women from dismissal; and if she will take legislative step

AnsweredDepartment for Business and Trade19 Jun 2023

Parental Pay: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of raising levels of (a) Statutory Maternity Pay and (b) Statutory Paternity Pay on staff ret

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions19 Jun 2023

Business: Equal Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what further steps she plans to take with businesses to help ensure equal pro rata pay between full-time and part-time staff.

AnsweredDepartment for Business and Trade19 Jun 2023

Remote Working: Equal Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the impact of working from home policies on the gender pay gap.

AnsweredDepartment for Business and Trade19 Jun 2023

Employment: Bullying

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of anti-bullying (a) policies and (b) legislation on the number of incidences of bullyi

AnsweredDepartment for Business and Trade19 Jun 2023

Radiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commission an independent review of the provision of radiotherapy services for cancer care.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care15 Jun 2023

Radiotherapy: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the latest technology is being used in radiotherapy treatments.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care15 Jun 2023
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