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Paul Maskey

Paul Maskey

Sinn Féin MP for Belfast West

Paul Maskey is the Sinn Féin MP for Belfast West, and has been an MP continually since 9 June 2011.

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Percentage of votes

52.86%

Winning margin

40.16%

Recent swing

+4.4% Sinn Féin

Party

Sinn Féin

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Benefits and Jobs

Meeting on the welfare of hunger strikers

Signed 1 open letter

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Latest from Paul

Recent posts pulled from their website

Report shows its one rule for data centres and another for households around water use – Boylan

Blog · 24 Jul 2026

New charging connections will make electricity grid connections more affordable – Delargy

Blog · 1 Jul 2026

Gildernew calls on Minister to introduce legislation to tackle damp and mould

Blog · 25 Feb 2026

Key Parliamentary Votes

Sinn Féin MPs are abstentionists and therefore choose not vote in Parliament

DID NOT VOTE4 Sep 2025

House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill

✓ Passed — 336 For, 77 Against

DID NOT VOTE9 Mar 2026

Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

✓ Passed — 307 For, 173 Against

DID NOT VOTE10 Mar 2026

Courts and Tribunals Bill

✓ Passed — 304 For, 203 Against

Where Paul fits into things

Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham

Prime Minister

Paul Maskey

Paul Maskey

Sinn Féin MP for Belfast West

Surgeries

Monthly in-person, occasional online

Examples of successful citizen influence

Coordinated constituent emails leading to parliamentary questions
Local campaign prompting a public statement

Pressure that tends to influence

High volume constituent contact
Media attention on local issues
Cross-party committee pressure

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