Rt Hon Sir Alec Shelbrooke, MP for Wetherby and Easingwold
Alec Shelbrooke has been an MP since 2010. Currently: Northern Ireland Affairs Committee; Panel of Chairs.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Ministry of Defence) | 2022 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs) (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) | 2025 | |
| Shadow Minister (Transport) (Department for Transport) | 2024 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Northern Ireland Affairs Committee | 2026 to now | Now |
| Panel of Chairs | 2025 to now | Now |
| British Citizenship (Northern Ireland) Bill | 2024 | |
| Energy Bill [HL] | 2023 | |
| UK Infrastructure Bank Bill [Lords] | 2022 | |
| Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill | 2022 | |
| Elections Bill | 2021 | |
| European Scrutiny Committee | 2015 to 2016 |
Show the other 2
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 2014 to 2015 | |
| Backbench Business Committee | 2013 to 2014 |
Countries of interest
Political Interests
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Alec Shelbrooke has 4 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Silverstone Circuits Ltd - £1,860.00 | 8 Jul 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Bramham Park Estate - £312.00 | 16 Jun 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | UK Commercial Group Ltd - £643.00 | 20 May 2026 |
| Family members employed | Susan Shelbrooke employed | – |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Alec Shelbrooke asked 24 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
47 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Alec Shelbrooke represents Wetherby and Easingwold. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Conservative
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Alec Shelbrooke won with 39% of the votes, and Ben Pickles (Labour) came second with 30%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Shelbrooke | Conservative | 20,597 | 39.4% |
| Ben Pickles | Labour | 15,751 | 30.1% |
| Mike Jordan | Reform UK | 7,288 | 13.9% |
| Arnold Warneken | Green Party | 4,529 | 8.7% |
| James Monaghan | Liberal Democrat | 3,351 | 6.4% |
| John Hall | The Yorkshire Party | 743 | 1.4% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Alec Shelbrooke took part in 168 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way as their party in 166 of the 166 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | Against | Free vote |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this