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.

[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.

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?

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.

[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.

[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.

[42] She opposes her party's decision to introduce VAT on private school fees, believing that the policy will affect children with special needs.

[44] 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.