Rachael Maskell

Rachael Maskell
MP
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for York Central
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded byHugh Bayley
Majority19,154 (44.1%)
Shadow cabinet portfolios
2020–2020Shadow Secretary of State for Employment Rights
2016–2017Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Personal details
Born (1972-07-05) 5 July 1972 (age 52)
Winchester, Hampshire, England
Political partyLabour Co-op
Other political
affiliations		Socialist Campaign Group
Alma materUniversity of East Anglia (BSc)
WebsiteOfficial website

Rachael Helen Maskell (born 5 July 1972) is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for York Central since 2015. She was Shadow Environment Secretary from 2016 to 2017 and Shadow Employment Secretary in 2020.

Early life and career

Rachael Maskell was born in Winchester, and was brought up in Highcliffe-on-Sea.[1] She was influenced to take an interest in politics by her uncle Terence Morris a close associate of Louis Blom-Cooper, who was a professor of criminology and criminal justice at the London School of Economics.[1] Morris had campaigned for the abolition of the death penalty, in addition to serving as an advisor to the Wilson government and as an academic.[2]

Maskell graduated from the University of East Anglia with a degree in physiotherapy in 1994.[3] She worked as a care-worker and physiotherapist in the National Health Service for 20 years in Norwich and the London Borough of Barnet.[1] Maskell has also been a trade-union official.[4][5]

In 2006, Maskell stood as a Labour candidate for the Blackheath ward in Lewisham, south east London, but was unsuccessful.[6]

Parliamentary career

1st term (2015-2017)

At the 2015 general election, Maskell was elected to Parliament as MP for York Central with 42.4% of the vote and a majority of 6,716.[7][8] Maskell used her maiden speech to advocate for a new mental health hospital in York to replace the ageing Bootham Park.[9] Speaking of the vision of "[the] late member for Ebbw Vale" Aneurin Bevan, she said that "the growing social and financial inequalities manifest themselves in health inequality, and access to vital services is delayed and even denied as a direct result of the £3 billion structural reorganisation that the previous Government introduced."[10]

On Wednesday 8 July 2015, Maskell was one of four Labour MPs elected to the Health Select Committee.[11]

On 20 July 2015 Maskell voted against the Welfare Bill in the House of Commons. She made a statement saying "I have a duty to protect our vulnerable people. I could not stand by and let the most vicious Tory attacks on some of the poorest in our city go unchallenged."[12]

In September 2015, during the European refugee crisis, Maskell called on the UK to open its doors to refugees.[13] Speaking as 20,000 refugees arrived in Munich in one weekend,[14] and as the German Government received 800,000 refugees in 2015,[15] Maskell said that the UK Government must do more. She questioned David Cameron in the House of Commons asking "what criteria has the Prime Minister used to arrive at a figure of just six refugees per constituency per year?"[16] In a statement on the crisis, she urged local authorities to help in every way they could and to use every space they had to offer to aid people fleeing war in Syria and Northern Iraq,[17] she said "we are in the midst of a humanitarian crisis that is getting worse, I am incensed that Turkey is hosting over one and a half million refugees and our government says we will open our borders to no more than six men, women and children a year in each constituency."[18]

Maskell spoke in the Trade-Union Bill 2nd Reading debate on 14 September 2015. She referred the house to her Register of Interests as a member of Unite the Union and declared "I am a proud trade-unionist" – she subsequently voted against the Bill.[19]

Following a period working part of the Shadow Defence Team under Shadow Secretary of State for Defence Maria Eagle,[20] Maskell was appointed Shadow Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary as part of the Labour Party's post-Brexit reshuffle.[21] Maskell resigned from her position ahead of the vote on the second reading in the House of Commons European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill 2017 triggering Article 50, which carried a three-line whip imposed on Labour MPs.[22]

2nd term (2017-2019)

Maskell was re-elected as MP for York Central at the snap 2017 general election with an increased vote share of 65.2% and an increased majority of 18,575.[23][24]

She returned to the Labour front bench on 3 July 2017 as Shadow Rail Minister.[25]

On 5 March 2019, Maskell joined a dozen other Labour MPs on Westminster Bridge, next to the Houses of Parliament, in a protest against Brexit under the banner 'Love Socialism Hate Brexit'.[26]

She was one of five Labour MPs to vote against the extension of abortion rights to Northern Ireland.[27] During votes on the same bill, she also abstained on extending same-sex marriage to Northern Ireland.[28]

3rd term (2019-2024)

At the 2019 general election, Maskell was again re-elected, with a decreased vote share of 55.2% and a decreased majority of 13,545.[29][30]

Maskell endorsed Clive Lewis in the 2020 Labour Party leadership election.[31][32] In January 2020, Maskell was returned to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Employment Rights, replacing Laura Pidcock, who lost her seat in the 2019 general election.[33]

On 14 December 2021, Maskell resigned from her frontbench role in order to defy the party whip by voting against mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for NHS staff.[34] She also voted in line with the party whip by voting in favour of COVID-19 vaccine passports and an expansion of mask mandates.[35][36]

On 22 June 2022, Maskell was the only Labour MP to vote against extension of abortion services in Northern Ireland.[37]

In 2023 Maskell suggested that English local councils should introduce maximum speed limits of 10mph in residential areas.[38]

4th term (2024-)

At the 2024 general election, Maskell was again re-elected, with an increased vote share of 56.6% and an increased majority of 19,154.[39][40][41]

Maskell, in her capacity as Chair of the Dying Well APPG, became the leading voice against Kim Leadbeater's proposed assisted dying bill.[42] She opposes her party's decision to introduce VAT on private school fees, believing that the policy will affect children with special needs.[43]

On 5 November 2024, Maskell tabled an Early day motion calling for the introduction of a 'Gaza Family Visa Scheme' based on the Ukraine Family Scheme, which would allow those affected by the Gaza War to seek refuge in the UK.[44]

Personal life

Maskell is a keen cyclist and rode the trip to the 2015 Labour Party Conference in Brighton from Parliament in aid of the British Heart Foundation.[45] She is an evangelical Christian.[46]

References

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  2. ^ "Interview with Rachael Maskell". The Yorker. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Physio heads for Westminster as victorious MP". Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  4. ^ Mitchell, Jasmine (25 September 2015). "Rising through ranks progressive agenda". dehavilland.co.uk. DeHavilland. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
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  6. ^ Teale, Andrew. "2006 – Lewisham". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
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  8. ^ "York Central". BBC News. Archived from the original on 13 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  9. ^ Prest, Victoria (3 June 2015). "York's new MP gives first Commons speech". The Press. York. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  10. ^ "Rachael Maskell MP Maiden Speech". They Work For You. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  11. ^ "Health Committee – Membership – UK Parliament". Parliament. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  12. ^ Maskell, Rachael. "Rachael Votes Against Welfare Bill". rachaelmaskell.com. Rachael Maskell. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  13. ^ Hall, Macer (15 September 2015). "Anger as Labour MP tells Government 'take refugees until Britain BREAKS'". Daily Express. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  14. ^ Shapiro, Emily (8 September 2015). "Refugee Crisis: What you need to know". ABC News. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  15. ^ "Germany raises estimate on refugee arrivals to 800,000 this year". The Guardian. Berlin. Reuters. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  16. ^ "Syria: Refugees and Counter-Terrorism". They Work For You. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  17. ^ Maskell, Rachael. "Refugee Crisis". rachaelmaskell.com. Rachael Maskell. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  18. ^ "UK should do more". rachaelmaskell.com. Rachael Maskell. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  19. ^ "Trade-Union Bill: 14 Sep 2015 : House of Commons debates". They Work For You. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  20. ^ "Labour Frontbench: in full". labourlist.org. LabourList. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  21. ^ "Jeremy Corbyn unveils new top team after resignations". BBC News. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  22. ^ Cowburn, Ashley (1 February 2017). "Rachael Maskell and Dawn Butler resign from Labour's Shadow Cabinet ahead of Article 50 vote". The Independent. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  23. ^ "Parliamentary election results June 2017". City of York Council. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  24. ^ "York Central Parliamentary constituency – Election 2017". Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  25. ^ oidptg (8 July 2017). "Reshuffle 2: The Maintenance of the Malcontents". New Socialist. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  26. ^ Read, Jonathon (5 March 2019). "Love Socialism Hate Brexit protest held by Labour MPs in Westminster". The New European. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  27. ^ "Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill: Committee of the whole House New Clause 10 (Creasy) – CommonsVotes". commonsvotes.digiminster.com. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  28. ^ "Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill: Committee of the whole House New Clause 1 (McGinn) – CommonsVotes". commonsvotes.digiminster.com. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  29. ^ "Parliamentary Election results December 2019 : York Central". City of York Council. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  30. ^ "Election 2019 : York Central Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  31. ^ "Rachel Maskell MP makes her leadership pick". Minster FM. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  32. ^ "Rachael Maskell MP: Clive Lewis is the 'political signpost' that will lead the Labour Party back to power". Politics Home. 6 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  33. ^ "Shadow cabinet jobs for Yorkshire MPs Tracy Brabin and Rachael Maskell". Yorkshire Post. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  34. ^ Rodgers, Sienna; Chappell, Elliot (14 December 2021). "22 Labour MPs rebel and two frontbenchers quit over new Covid laws". LabourList. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  35. ^ "Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416". UK Parliament. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  36. ^ "Health Regulations (Face Coverings) SI No 1400". UK Parliament. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  37. ^ "Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022 (SI, 2022, No. 554) Votes by Party". 22 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  38. ^ Simpson, Jack (12 May 2023). "Labour MP calls for 10mph speed limit". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  39. ^ "General Election 2024: Full results across York and North Yorkshire". York Press. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  40. ^ "Parliamentary election results July 2024". City of York Council. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
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  42. ^ Elgot, Jessica; editor, Jessica Elgot Deputy political (27 October 2024). "MPs' opposition to assisted dying bill grows amid criticism of lack of debate". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 29 October 2024. {{cite news}}: |last2= has generic name (help)
  43. ^ Snepvangers, Pieter; Ross, Madeleine (28 October 2024). "VAT raid 'simply won't work', warns Labour MP". The Telegraph. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  44. ^ "Gaza family visa scheme". UK Parliament. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  45. ^ "Cycle stunts and circuits". York Mix. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  46. ^ "A Labour election view: Faith comes first". Evangelicals Now. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
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