text: When Maskey organised a protest against a parade by Royal Irish Regiment soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan in October 2008, he explained that he wanted "a peaceful, dignified protest" against the wars, but that he did want to see British forces returning without injury. In December 2010, Maskey criticised other political parties in Northern Ireland for seeking to keep the details of people who funded them confidential; he said that "justifiable public cynicism is generated when it is perceived that political parties are not being open about their financial affairs." He was re-elected in 2011, topping the poll with 5,343 first preference votes. He was again named as Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee in the new mandate.
  Parliamentary career
  At the 2011 Belfast West by-election, Maskey was elected to Parliament as MP for Belfast West with 70.6% of the vote and a majority of 13,123. He was re-elected as MP for Belfast West at the 2015 general election with a decreased vote share of 54.2% and a decreased majority of 12,365. Maskey was again re-elected at the snap 2017 general election, with an increased vote share of 66.7% and an increased majority of 21,652. He was again re-elected at the 2019 general election, with a decreased vote share of 53.8% and a decreased majority of 14,672.
  In May 2024, Maskey was re-selected as the Sinn Fein candidate for Belfast West at the 2024 general election.