Belfast West / data

Paul Maskey · Sinn Féin · sitting since 09 Jun 2011 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
5434days
from 09 Jun 2011
Divisions
0
of 504 possible
Attendance
0%
504 absent / paired
Whip alignment
%
vs party majority
Speeches
0
0 debates
Written Qs
0
tabled
Committees
0
memberships
Expenses
£268k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 55 claims
Interests
1
1 category

A · Overview

Last update: 25 Apr 2026

Issue volume

Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.

Issue summary unavailable.

Speech topics

Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.

Speech overview unavailable.

B · Notable divisions

Source: Hansard · The Public Whip

Free votes, rebellions and high-salience whipped votes — the moments that distinguish this MP from the party machine. The full division-by-division record will follow once the per-MP archive is wired.

No notable votes recorded for this MP yet.

C · Speeches

Source: Hansard · 0 words

No Hansard contributions ingested for this MP yet.

D · Written questions

Source: UK Parliament Written Questions API (questions-statements.parliament.uk)

No written questions tabled by this MP in our records.

E · Committees

Source: UK Parliament Committees API

No committee memberships recorded for this MP.

F · Expenses

Source: IPSA individual MP business-cost claims (theipsa.org.uk) · FY 2024–2025 · £268,130 paid · 55 claims

Every business-cost claim reimbursed by IPSA in the current financial year, grouped by category. “Aggregated” rows are IPSA’s own year-end totals for cost types like payroll and rent that aren’t itemised claim-by-claim.

Category breakdown
CategoryClaimsPaid (£)Share
Office Costs4631,57911.8%
Accommodation13900.1%
Staffing0233,91887.2%
MP Travel02,2430.8%
Top itemised cost types
Cost typeCategoryClaimsPaid (£)
Business ratesOffice Costs110,429
UtilitiesOffice Costs52,857
Insurance - buildingsOffice Costs11,802
Landline phone & internet - rental & usageOffice Costs131,322
Maintenance, Redecorations & RepairsOffice Costs71,008
Mobile telephone - contract & usageOffice Costs12901
Equipment - purchaseOffice Costs5412
Hotel - LondonAccommodation1390
Stationery & printingOffice Costs2128
Most recent
DateCategoryDescriptionPaid (£)Status
31 Mar 2025Office Costs
Utilities
Electricity1,342Paid
31 Mar 2025Office Costs
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage
Not Applicable99Paid
27 Mar 2025Office Costs
Equipment - purchase
Other office equipment50Paid
14 Mar 2025Office Costs
Utilities
Water17Paid
06 Mar 2025Office Costs
Equipment - purchase
Sundries23Paid
05 Mar 2025Office Costs
Mobile telephone - contract & usage
EE Mobile70Paid
04 Mar 2025Office Costs
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage
Not Applicable98Paid
21 Feb 2025Office Costs
Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs
MA Cool it Refrigeration Ltd187Paid
05 Feb 2025Office Costs
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage
Not Applicable106Paid
05 Feb 2025Office Costs
Mobile telephone - contract & usage
EE Mobile Bill70Paid
15 Jan 2025Office Costs
Equipment - purchase
Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories164Paid
15 Jan 2025Office Costs
Equipment - purchase
Other office equipment126Paid
05 Jan 2025Office Costs
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage
Not Applicable77Paid
05 Jan 2025Office Costs
Mobile telephone - contract & usage
EE Mobile67Paid
02 Jan 2025Office Costs
Utilities
Electricity770Paid
05 Dec 2024Office Costs
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage
Not Applicable97Paid
05 Dec 2024Office Costs
Mobile telephone - contract & usage
EE mobile bill73Paid
20 Nov 2024Office Costs
Stationery & printing
Banner December 2024108Paid
19 Nov 2024Office Costs
Stationery & printing
Banner December 202420Paid
15 Nov 2024Office Costs
Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs
Replacement Santiser Unit30Paid

G · Register of interests

Source: UK Parliament Members API — Registered Interests (members-api.parliament.uk) · 1 current · last amended 17 Jun 2025

Every financial interest declared by the MP, grouped under the Register’s official categories. Retracted entries are hidden but counted above.

4. Visits outside the UK1 entry
17 Jun 2025
Name of donor: Friends of Sinn Féin USA Address of donor: 1212 6th Avenue, Fifth Floor, New York, NY 10036 USA Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£706.75) and accommodation (£684.10), value £1,390.85 Destination of visit: United States (New York) Dates of visit: 4 June 2025 to 7 June 2025 Purpose of visit: To speak at Glór na Móna (Irish language organisation) event in New York to promote their new building development proposals Croí na Carraige in west Belfast. (Registered 16 June 2025)

H · Ward results

Source: Local Government Boundary Commission · DCLEAPIL

Ward-level results have not yet been ingested for this constituency.

I · Demographics

Source: ONS Census 2021 · NOMIS

Demographic profile unavailable for this constituency.

J · Public spending

Source: HMT Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (gov.uk/PESA) and departmental funding allocations · Status: Pending ingest

HMT publishes headline spending identifiable by region in PESA. Constituency-level capital allocations (Levelling-Up Fund, Towns Fund, UKSPF, transport capital, BEIS R&D) are published as separate departmental datasets. We are evaluating the cleanest reconciliation for a per-constituency view.

Sources

Hansard · UK Parliament Members API · UK Parliament Committees API · The Public Whip · Office for National Statistics · Local Government Boundary Commission for England · DCLEAPIL · NOMIS · HMRC SPI · ASHE.

Pending ingest: IPSA individual MP claims · Register of Members’ Financial Interests · HMT PESA & departmental funding allocations · UK Parliament Written Questions API (per-MP feed).

About this view

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