Rachael Maskell, MP for York Central
Rachael Maskell has been an MP since 2015.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) | 2020 to 2021 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Employment Rights (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) | 2020 | |
| Shadow Minister (Transport) (Department for Transport) | 2017 to 2020 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) | 2016 to 2017 | |
| Shadow Minister (Defence) (Ministry of Defence) | 2015 to 2016 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Tobacco and Vapes Bill | 2024 | |
| Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill | 2023 | |
| Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill | 2022 | |
| Health and Social Care Committee | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill | 2022 | |
| Charities Bill [HL] | 2022 | |
| Charities Bill [HL] Second Reading Committee | 2022 | |
| Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill | 2022 |
Show the other 4
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Ecclesiastical Committee | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Ecclesiastical Committee | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Ecclesiastical Committee | 2015 to 2017 | |
| Health and Social Care Committee | 2015 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Rachael Maskell has 2 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | University and College Union - £25,187.00 | 22 Jan 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | Trustee of the Parliamentary Christian Trust | 7 May 2025 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Rachael Maskell asked 210 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
63 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Rachael Maskell represents York Central. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Rachael Maskell won with 57% of the votes, and Richard Hudson (Conservative) came second with 12%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rachael Maskell | Labour | 24,537 | 56.6% |
| Richard Hudson | Conservative | 5,383 | 12.4% |
| Lars Kramm | Green Party | 5,185 | 12.0% |
| Cliff Bond | Reform UK | 4,721 | 10.9% |
| Alan Page | Liberal Democrat | 3,051 | 7.0% |
| Alisdair Lord | Independent | 133 | 0.3% |
| Roger James | Independent | 131 | 0.3% |
| Ruairi Kendall | Independent | 98 | 0.2% |
| Leo Mayne | Independent | 84 | 0.2% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Rachael Maskell took part in 238 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Rachael Maskell voted the same way as their party in 229 of the 232 votes where parties gave instructions (99%), and went the other way in 3.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | Against | Free vote |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Times they voted against their party (3)
| Date | Vote | They voted | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jul | Immigration and asylum: the first main vote | Against | For |
| 5 Nov | Fraud and error in public payments: changes from the House of Lords | For | Against |
| 21 Oct | Sentencing: a proposed change | Against | For |
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 95% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 97% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 89% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this