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Rachael Maskell · Labour and Co-operative Party · sitting since 07 May 2015 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
4006days
from 07 May 2015
Divisions
468
of 504 possible
Attendance
93%
36 absent / paired
Whip alignment
95%
vs party majority
Speeches
271
194 debates
Written Qs
647
646 answered
Committees
0
memberships
Expenses
£257k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 105 claims
Interests
2
2 categories
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 91 | |
| Economy | 86 | |
| Employment | 51 | |
| Crime & Policing | 43 | |
| Education | 40 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 27 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 26 | |
| Housing | 24 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Social Care | 65 | 19,356 |
| Health | 44 | 16,414 |
| Economy Jobs | 72 | 14,032 |
| Local Government | 42 | 8,115 |
| Fiscal Policy | 34 | 7,886 |
| Education | 27 | 6,814 |
| Culture Community | 23 | 6,457 |
| Cost Of Living | 32 | 6,148 |
B · Notable divisions
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.
| Date | Division | Whip | MP voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Mar 2026 | Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026Vote on regulations to raise university tuition fees in England by 2.71% for 2026-27. The Labour government backed the increase, while oppos… | Rebelled | No |
| 14 Jan 2026 | Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025MPs voted on new regulations expanding the Public Order Act 2023 to criminalise interference with key national infrastructure, such as energ… | Rebelled | No |
| 09 Jul 2025 | Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand partVote on whether Clauses 2 and 3 of the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill should remain part of the Bill. These clauses… | Rebelled | No |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Apr 2026 | EngagementsQ14. In 1777, Bootham Park hospital was given in trust to the people of York. Since it closed in 2015, NHS Property Services has squandered £5.5 million—almost its sale price—keepi… DefenceImmigrationEconomy Jobs | 86 |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Security VettingAt the beginning of February 2026, we learned from former Prime Minister Gordon Brown that Peter Mandelson had shared highly sensitive Government information with Jeffrey Epstein. … Mp PerformanceDefence | 94 |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Topical QuestionsSome 4% of children are diagnosed with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder. It is totally avoidable, yet it can impact on movement, communication, thinking, concentration and many phy… EducationSocial CareLabour Market | 60 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | NHS Federated Data PlatformWill my hon. Friend give way? HealthTechnologyEconomy Jobs | 6 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | NHS Federated Data PlatformIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dame Siobhain. I thank the hon. Member for Newton Abbot (Martin Wrigley) for securing this excellent debate today. I agree with ever… HealthTechnologyEconomy Jobs | 390 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Women’s Health StrategyAs the Minister knows, I have long campaigned around mental health. The strategy highlights that women disproportionately have poor mental health, and I welcome that recognition. H… HealthSocial Care | 77 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | NHS Federated Data PlatformI raised the issue of patient trust. We know that over 50% of the public do not have confidence in this system, so they might not share vital health information with their clinicia… HealthTechnologyEconomy Jobs | 68 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Business of the HouseAcademics in York, a human rights city, drew my attention to the Government consultation, “Family Returns: Reforming Asylum Support and Enforcing Family Returns”, which seeks to ex… DefenceLocal GovernmentHealth | 72 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | National Suicide Prevention StandardI really appreciate all the work that my hon. Friend does in this area. I was very moved when a constituent, a police officer, came to me to share the experiences from his force wh… HealthEconomy JobsLabour Market | 121 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | National Suicide Prevention StandardIn 2003, the last Labour Government introduced a programme called Dignity at Work. It looked at bullying in the workplace, which we know is significant, and there are a lot of para… HealthEconomy JobsLabour Market | 87 |
| 13 Apr 2026 | SEND Provision and ReformWe know the stories, the concerns, the trauma, and the battles and fights. Of course, we know the embedded inequality in the system, in which parents with little agency have little… EducationSocial CareLocal Government | 433 |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Short-term Holiday Lets: Registration11. What progress he has made on introducing a registration scheme for short-term holiday lets. HousingLocal GovernmentEconomy Jobs | 15 |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Short-term Holiday Lets: RegistrationThe scale of short-term holiday lets in York continues to heighten our significant housing challenges and affect our public services and the economy, while residents have to put up… HousingLocal GovernmentEconomy Jobs | 85 |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Middle EastResorting to violence does not achieve anything, but it has left 2,000 Lebanese dead and 1.2 million displaced. As the Prime Minister is demonstrating, bilateral and multilateral d… DefenceEnergyCost Of Living | 64 |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Local Bus ServicesIn York, we are ambitious to see modal shifts that get people out of their cars and on to buses, but we have an affordability problem. The mayor has a very generous transport budge… TransportLocal Government | 63 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Social Care | 196 | 30.3% |
| Department for Education | 99 | 15.3% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 71 | 11.0% |
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 54 | 8.3% |
| Home Office | 40 | 6.2% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 25 | 3.9% |
| Department for Transport | 23 | 3.6% |
| Ministry of Defence | 22 | 3.4% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Apr 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential impact of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder on SEND provision. | Pending |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure access to speech and language therapy for people with primary progressive aphasia. | Answered |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to issue guidance to Integrated Care Boards on commissioning speech and language therapy services for people with primary progressive aphasia. | Answered |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how he plans to deliver the MSF on Palliative Care. | Answered |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure equal access to palliative care. | Answered |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with ICBs on determining funding required to meet palliative care needs. | Answered |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what was the number of redundancies announced in higher education over the past year. | Answered |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what public funding has been allocated to union-led workplace learning in each of the past five years. | Answered |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with Vice Chancellors on the impact of Government policy on university finances. | Answered |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS Workforce Plan will include clinicians required for Palliative Medicine in (a) acute, (b) community and (c) hospice settings. | Answered |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there is a mechanism in place for Integrated Care Boards to respond to correspondence from Members of Parliament. | Answered |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria is being used to determine the replacement for the Carr-Hill funding formula. | Answered |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how will GPs identify and refer patients for palliative care following the retiring of the Palliative Care Register. | Answered |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients are referred early for assessments for palliative care. | Answered |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has undertaken a review of the tuition fee-based funding model for higher education. | Answered |
E · Committees
No committee memberships recorded for this MP.
F · Expenses
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
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Costs | 95 | 23,280 | 9.1% |
| Staffing | 1 | 231,064 | 89.9% |
| Miscellaneous | 1 | 170 | 0.1% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 1,872 | 0.7% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 682 | 0.3% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 18 | 6,087 |
| Pooled staffing services | Staffing | 1 | 4,600 |
| Service charge & ground Rent | Office Costs | 5 | 3,731 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 13 | 3,102 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 30 | 2,161 |
| Newspapers, journals, magazines | Office Costs | 10 | 1,233 |
| Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Office Costs | 7 | 546 |
| Insurance - contents | Office Costs | 1 | 303 |
| Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Office Costs | 3 | 256 |
| Mobile telephone - contract & usage | Office Costs | 4 | 204 |
| Removals | Miscellaneous | 1 | 170 |
| Postage & couriers | Office Costs | 1 | 85 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | SENDINBLUE [200011725-6308] | 20 | Paid |
| 21 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | SURVEYMONK T [***] [200011725-5505] | 75 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 438 | Paid |
| 13 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | ADOBE ADOBE [200011725-4158] | 57 | Paid |
| 11 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | CURRYS ONLINE [200011725-3988] | 44 | Paid |
| 06 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | [200011725-6525] | 124 | Paid |
| 04 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Newspapers, journals, magazines | MORRISONS DAILY [200011725-3058] | 158 | Paid |
| 24 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | SENDINBLUE [200011725-1291] | 20 | Paid |
| 21 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | SURVEYMONK T [***] [200011725-1268] | 75 | Paid |
| 19 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Sharpie pens and card | 6 | Paid |
| 13 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | WWW.RYMAN.CO.UK [200011726-816] | 90 | Paid |
| 13 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | ADOBE ADOBE [200011725-545] | 57 | Paid |
| 28 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | WWW.RYMAN.CO.UK [200011725-1539] | 75 | Paid |
| 24 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | SENDINBLUE [200011725-1525] | 20 | Paid |
| 23 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Newspapers, journals, magazines | MORRISONS DAILY [200011725-1523] | 143 | Paid |
| 21 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | SURVEYMONK T [***] [200011725-1518] | 75 | Paid |
| 17 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Service charge & ground Rent | ZETTLE_ YORK CENTRE FO [200011725-1165] | 981 | Paid |
| 17 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Service charge & ground Rent | ZETTLE_ YORK CENTRE FO [200011725-1166] | 164 | Paid |
| 17 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Service charge & ground Rent | ZETTLE_ YORK CENTRE FO [200011725-1167] | 115 | Paid |
| 17 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | [200011725-235] | 90 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
Every financial interest declared by the MP, grouped under the Register’s official categories. Retracted entries are hidden but counted above.
2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation1 entry
03 Feb 2026
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)
8. Miscellaneous1 entry
13 May 2025
Trustee of the Parliamentary Christian Trust
Date interest arose: 6 May 2025
(Registered 7 May 2025)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 9 wards, 22 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acomb | Jason Rose | Labour Party | 1,364 | 04 May 2023 |
| Acomb | Katie Lomas | Labour Party | 1,506 | 04 May 2023 |
| Clifton | Danny Myers | Labour Party | 1,371 | 04 May 2023 |
| Clifton | Margaret Wells | Labour Party | 1,221 | 04 May 2023 |
| Fishergate | Conrad James Whitcroft | Labour Party | 1,447 | 04 May 2023 |
| Fishergate | Sarah Wilson | Labour Party | 1,704 | 04 May 2023 |
| Guildhall | Dave Merrett | Labour Party | 1,501 | 04 May 2023 |
| Guildhall | Rachel Melly | Labour Party | 1,707 | 04 May 2023 |
| Guildhall | Tony Clarke | Labour Party | 1,593 | 04 May 2023 |
| Heworth | Ben Burton | Labour Party | 1,890 | 04 May 2023 |
| Heworth | Bob Webb | Labour Party | 1,867 | 04 May 2023 |
| Heworth | Claire Elizabeth Douglas | Labour Party | 2,149 | 04 May 2023 |
| Holgate | Jenny Kent | Labour Party | 2,319 | 04 May 2023 |
| Holgate | Kallum Taylor | Labour Party | 2,471 | 04 May 2023 |
| Holgate | Lucy Steels-Walshaw | Labour Party | 2,236 | 04 May 2023 |
| Hull Road | John Moroney | Labour Party | 1,203 | 04 Jul 2024 |
| Micklegate | Jane Frances Burton | Labour Party | 2,746 | 04 May 2023 |
| Micklegate | Jonny Crawshaw | Labour Party | 3,063 | 04 May 2023 |
| Micklegate | Pete Kilbane | Labour Party | 2,795 | 04 May 2023 |
| Westfield | Andrew Waller | Liberal Democrats | 1,504 | 04 May 2023 |
| Westfield | Emily Nelson | Labour Party | 1,469 | 04 May 2023 |
| Westfield | Jo Coles | Labour Party | 1,471 | 04 May 2023 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 106,577 | Electorate 79,557 (2024) |
| Median age | 33 | years |
| Degree-educated | 39.1% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 90.1% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 53.5% | households |
| Private-rented | 27.9% | households |
| Social-rented | 18.4% | households |
| Employment rate | 55.4% | 16-64 in work |
J · Public spending
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.