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Rachael Maskell

Labour (Co-op) York Central

Voting record

4
Voted for
3
Voted against
2
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

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Whip meter Estimate 70%

How often Rachael Maskell voted the same way as most of the Labour (Co-op) party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes
Representation of the People Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted No at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted No at 3rd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted No at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

Rachael Maskell doesn’t currently hold a government or shadow front-bench post, but has in the past. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Previously held
Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) — Department for Culture, Media and Sport (2020-04-10 to 2021-12-14) Shadow
Shadow Secretary of State for Employment Rights — Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (2020-01-07 to 2020-04-06) Shadow
Shadow Minister (Transport) — Department for Transport (2017-07-03 to 2020-01-07) Shadow
Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2016-06-27 to 2017-02-01) Shadow
Shadow Minister (Defence) — Ministry of Defence (2015-09-18 to 2016-06-27) Shadow

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Rachael Maskell →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

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)

EducationEmployment & business
8. Miscellaneous

Trustee of the Parliamentary Christian Trust
Date interest arose: 6 May 2025
(Registered 7 May 2025)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Rachael Maskell yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Rachael Maskell has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£266,004.97 paid out to or for Rachael Maskell across 165 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Rachael Maskell’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £231,063.62 (3 claims)
Office Costs — £32,217.65 (156 claims)
MP Travel — £1,872.00 (3 claims)
Staff Travel — £681.70 (2 claims)
Miscellaneous — £170.00 (1 claim)
Most recent claims
Software & applications — £75.00, 2026-03-21 — SURVEYMONK T [***] [200013613-1595]
Software & applications — £66.49, 2026-03-13 — ADOBE ADOBE [200013613-10541]
Stationery & printing — £644.08, 2026-03-12 — CARTRIDGE SAVE [200013613-908]
Software & applications — £75.00, 2026-02-21 — SURVEYMONK T [***]
Software & applications — £66.49, 2026-02-13 — ADOBE ADOBE
Software & applications — £75.00, 2026-01-21 — SURVEYMONK T [***]
Website hosting and design — £71.95, 2026-01-14 — rachaelmaskell.com
Stationery & printing — £671.27, 2026-01-13 — CARTRIDGE SAVE

Every claim on file for Rachael Maskell →

Early Day Motions

Rachael Maskell has tabled 4 Early Day Motions on file (as primary sponsor), drawing 72 sponsor signatures in total across them. This only counts motions Rachael Maskell personally tabled — not motions Rachael Maskell may have added their name to as a supporter, which this data source doesn’t track per MP. See Early Day Motions for what this does and doesn’t cover.

Most recent tabled
King's Guard's real fur bearskin caps — tabled 2026-06-09, 11 sponsors
Higher Education pensions — tabled 2026-06-01, 33 sponsors
York City Football Club — tabled 2026-04-28, 1 sponsor

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Rachael Maskell is a listed officer of 5 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Ageing and Older People — Chair & Registered Contact
Declared funding: Age UK (£4,501-6,000).
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Adoption and Permanence — Chair & Registered Contact
Declared funding: Home for Good (£4,501-6,000); Adoption UK (£4,501-6,000).
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dying Well — Chair & Registered Contact
No declared funding on file.
Child of the North All-Party Parliamentary Group — Co-Chair
Declared funding: Health Equity North (£30,001-31,500).
Drugs, Alcohol and Justice All-Party Parliamentary Group — Vice Chair
Declared funding: Solidarity Consulting (£9,001-10,500).
Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: Health Equity North — about £30,750.50 across 1 group (Child of the North All-Party Parliamentary Group).

Health Equity North — about £30,750.50, 1 group
Solidarity Consulting — about £9,750.50, 1 group
Adoption UK — about £5,250.50, 1 group
Age UK — about £5,250.50, 1 group
Home for Good — about £5,250.50, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Rachael Maskell personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Rachael Maskell is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.

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