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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Aye: 1083No: 912

1995 votes — page 8 of 80

1 AYE1 NO

Finance (No. 2) Bill

2 votes · 16 Dec 2025

2 NO

Opposition day

2 votes · 10 Dec 2025

1 AYE1 NO

Railways Bill

2 votes · 9 Dec 2025

4 AYE

Employment Rights Bill

4 votes · 8 Dec 2025

4 NO

Pension Schemes Bill

4 votes · 3 Dec 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

Date interest arose
6 May 2025

Registered 7 May 2025

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Rachael in Parliament

Overseas Students: Immigration Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department's immigration criteria on the number of international students attending universitie

AnsweredDepartment for Education17 Mar 2026

Overseas Students: Immigration Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the impact of her policies on the supply of international students for

AnsweredDepartment for Education17 Mar 2026

Overseas Students: Immigration Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Home Office decisions on the finances of universities.

AnsweredDepartment for Education17 Mar 2026

Veterinary Services: Insecticides

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to protect freshwater invertebrates from pesticides used in veterinary tick and flea treatmen

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs9 Mar 2026

Pets: Insecticides

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department’s policies of permitting the use of active substanc

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs9 Mar 2026

Higher Education: Redundancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of redundancies in higher education in the last year.

AnsweredDepartment for Education3 Mar 2026

Higher Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much and what proportion of university fee income is derived from international students in each of the last five years.

AnsweredDepartment for Education3 Mar 2026

Higher Education: Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the financial return to the economy of public investment in higher education.

AnsweredDepartment for Education3 Mar 2026

Higher Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of tuition fee-based funding model for higher education.

AnsweredDepartment for Education3 Mar 2026

Training: Trade Unions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding has been allocated to union-led workplace learning in each of the last five years.

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions3 Mar 2026
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