Paul Maskey MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Belfast West is Paul Maskey (Sinn Féin), MP there since 9 June 2011.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no government or opposition post and no select committee membership for Paul Maskey (read 15 October 2026).
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests API returned no entries for Paul Maskey when read on 28 October 2026.
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Paul Maskey's office spent £233,918 on staff, from a staffing budget of £250,820, according to IPSA. The figure for 2023-24 was £233,085. IPSA lists office spending of £31,498 in the same year. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £233,918.00 | £233,085.28 | £209,419.75 |
| Office costs: spent | £31,497.76 | £28,132.65 | £26,980.52 |
| Accommodation: spent | £390.00 | £836.99 | £1,243.98 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £2,243.49 | £4,696.86 | £3,844.96 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £29,290 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Belfast West BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager (permanent full time), Constituency Support Manager (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Researcher (permanent full time), Executive Office Manager (permanent full time), Research Officer (permanent full time), Senior Administrative Officer (permanent part time), Constituency Assistant (permanent full time), Press Officer (permanent part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records no division vote by Paul Maskey since 4 July 2024 (read 15 October 2026).
Written questions
The Written Questions API lists no written question tabled by Paul Maskey since 4 July 2024 (read 15 October 2026). Ministers do not table written questions to their own departments.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 15,961 for Paul Maskey in Belfast West in July 2024, from 21,009 votes on a turnout of 52.7%. Result as published: SF hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Belfast West figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.