At a glanceSir Alec Shelbrooke is a Conservative MP for Wetherby and Easingwold, and has represented the seat for 16 years, 2 months. They have cast 327 votes in Commons divisions (57% attendance), tabled 214 written questions and registered 4 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Sir Alec Shelbrooke did not vote in 247. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
Current roles
- Northern Ireland Affairs Committee Committee since 29 Jun 2026
- Panel of Chairs Committee since 13 Nov 2025
- Wetherby and Easingwold Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Conservative Party since 6 May 2010
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Dr Andrew Murrison
Conservative
100.0% · 318 of 318 shared votes
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Bradley Thomas
Conservative
100.0% · 318 of 318 shared votes
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John Lamont
Conservative
100.0% · 313 of 313 shared votes
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Rebecca Harris
Conservative
100.0% · 310 of 310 shared votes
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Greg Smith
Conservative
100.0% · 308 of 308 shared votes
Votes least like
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Michael Payne
Labour
0.4% · 1 of 258 shared votes
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Ms Julie Minns
Labour
0.7% · 2 of 295 shared votes
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Steve Witherden
Labour
0.8% · 2 of 260 shared votes
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Sonia Kumar
Labour
0.8% · 2 of 259 shared votes
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Kerry McCarthy
Labour
1.0% · 3 of 294 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources3
- Silverstone Circuits Ltd - £1,860.00 (registered 8 Jul 2026)
- Bramham Park Estate - £312.00 (registered 16 Jun 2026)
- UK Commercial Group Ltd - £643.00 (registered 20 May 2026)
Family members employed1
- Susan Shelbrooke employed
Written questions
Asylum: RAF Linton-on-Ouse
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2026 to Question 15306, whether she has submitted a change of use planning application under The Town and Country Planning (Crown Development Applications) (Procedure
Answer · 24 Jul 2026
The Home Office is in the early stages of assessing the feasibility of using the MOD Linton-on-Ouse site and no decision has been made on whether it will be used to accommodate asylum seekers. No planning application has been submitted. The submission of ...
Whisky: Origin Marking
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to decide on the English Whisky Geographical Indication application.
Answer · 16 Jul 2026
Ministers are considering all the evidence gathered during the statutory assessment process before making a decision. We aim to announce our decision on the application shortly.
Asylum: RAF Linton-on-Ouse
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, can she confirm that she will submit a formal planning application to North Yorkshire Council should the she decide to use former RAF Linton-on-Ouse for asylum accommodation.
Answer · 9 Jul 2026
No final decision has been made on whether to use Linton-on-Ouse as asylum accommodation. All the necessary assessments, planning permissions and approvals would be completed and properly considered before a decision is made.
Asylum: RAF Linton-on-Ouse
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to introduce a public consultation before a decision is made to use former RAF Linton-on-Ouse for asylum accommodation.
Answer · 13 Jul 2026
No final decision has been made on whether to use Linton-on-Ouse as asylum accommodation. If the site is taken forward, the Home Office would engage regularly with local representatives and partners from the local authority, NHS, police forces and others ...
Future Combat Air System: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the total spend to date on the Tempest project, including pre-concept and early concept phases.
Answer · 24 Jun 2026
Since its inception, the UK Government has invested over £2 billion on the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) Tempest project. In addition to this, the project has attracted over £700 million of private investment since the programme began.
Type 83 Destroyers: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the total spend to date on the Type 83 Destroyer project, including pre-concept and early concept phases.
Answer · 24 Jun 2026
We inherited an underdeveloped concept for Type 83 when we took office. The Type 83 Destroyer forms part of a wider Future Air Dominance System (FADS) capability concept, making specific costs for the Type 83 element hard to differentiate from the wider w...
Charities: Iran
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the Charity Commission regarding Iran-linked charities operating in the UK.
Answer · 16 Jun 2026
The Charity Commission has published guidance for charities with links to Iran to be clear that charities must ensure any activity furthers their charity’s purposes and complies with the law and its guidance, or else face regulatory consequences.Governmen...
Arts: Antisemitism
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the Charity Commission regarding antisemitism in the arts sector.
Answer · 18 Jun 2026
All forms of racial and religious discrimination are completely unacceptable and have no place in our arts charities. The Secretary of State recently met with the Charity Commission for England and Wales to discuss how to make sure it has the powers it ne...
Early day motions
| 21 Jul 2010 | HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN AND SANCTIONS AGAINST IRANIAN OFFICIALS | 34 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
16 Jul 2026 Changing Places Toilets: Capital Funding
I will take this opportunity to wish all hon. and right hon. Members, along with departmental staff, Doorkeepers, Clerks and Hansard Reporters, a very pleasant recess. Question put and agreed to. Resolved, That this House has cons…
16 Jul 2026 Changing Places Toilets: Capital Funding
To put the fear of God into the Minister, I call Daniel Francis to wind up.
16 Jul 2026 Changing Places Toilets: Capital Funding
Colleagues may be aware that our next speaker is recovering from an operation. I am content for the right hon. Member to deliver his speech from a sedentary position, if he would like to do so.
15 Jul 2026 Iran
The Minister makes a very important point about operational independence, but elected councillors across the country, from different parties, have blatantly ignored the fact that these are terrorist organisations, and have supported them. …
15 Jul 2026 Iran
Again, does my right hon. Friend recognise that mincing around with words, saying, “Oil and gas play an important part, and we pump millions of barrels every day” is simply not good enough? We need to exploit what is there because it gives…
15 Jul 2026 Iran
Is my hon. Friend, in that one sentence, not summing up what the problem with today’s debate has been? The contributions that have been made, including from the Government Front Bench, clearly do not reflect the urgency with which the Lead…
15 Jul 2026 Iran
I do not mean to be speaking for you, but I know that this is something you are passionate about. You have been sanctioned because you have called out the human rights record of the Chinese and the way they have been exploiting the Uyghur …
15 Jul 2026 Iran
Ninety or 19? [Laughter.] A lot of people say we cannot be reliant on the petrochemical dictators, but we are utterly reliant on the Chinese, who are no more reliable than the petrochemical dictators. All our processed materials for ren…
15 Jul 2026 Iran
I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that. The point I am driving at—bringing all that together about how this lack of confidence is slowly starting to build in society through what such people are doing—is that that is why we now ha…
15 Jul 2026 Iran
Absolutely, and we all have a role to play in talking to the country and making people realise what is happening, but I do not think they want to believe it. Too many people, especially from some of the right-wing parties, are quick to jum…
15 Jul 2026 Iran
I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for clarifying that. I have been speaking to officers who command Ajax tanks. When an officer is interviewed, he has another officer stood behind him, to make sure that he says the right things. When a…
15 Jul 2026 Iran
I am most grateful to the hon. Gentleman, because that is a point that I was moving towards, given that today’s debate is about Iran, and the consequences of what is happening there for the conflict, for our country and for the defence of …
15 Jul 2026 Iran
I will give way to my colleague on the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
15 Jul 2026 Iran
It has been a fascinating debate so far this afternoon. There is no doubt about the effects of a lot of what the hon. Member for Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber (Brendan O'Hara) has just said. This debate therefore has to be set into the c…
15 Jul 2026 Iran
My hon. Friend has clearly outlined the Government’s justification for having this debate. I welcome the new Minister to his place, but during his opening speech, did my hon. Friend pick up anything about why the debate had to happen with …
15 Jul 2026 Iran
Is the hon. Gentleman suggesting that European defence spending is growing only because of the President of the United States, even though several Presidents of the United States have demanded increased defence spending? The current Presid…
15 Jul 2026 Iran
The hon. Gentleman said that we should be keeping shipping protected. How does he see that happening? What does he think needs to be protected, and from what area?
15 Jul 2026 Iran
I am listening carefully to the hon. Gentleman. He makes some powerful points. He talked about people noticing what is going on. Will he explore that in his speech? I know that he is excellent at responding while on his feet. People can an…
15 Jul 2026 Iran
May I add to what my right hon. Friend has said? I have constituents who are victims of the Iranian regime, and who have gone through torture. Victims of torture carry the scars, as do those mourning and victims of repression, as my right …
15 Jul 2026 Iran
My right hon. Friend is making an important and powerful point about recognising exactly what the Iranian regime is. Does she agree that Members of this House—and certainly some of the party members they represent—who, with their warped se…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Government posts
- Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) · Ministry of Defence 7 Sep 2022 – 26 Oct 2022
Opposition posts
- Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs) · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office 22 Jul 2025 – 13 Nov 2025
- Shadow Minister (Transport) · Department for Transport 19 Jul 2024 – 6 Nov 2024
Committee memberships
- British Citizenship (Northern Ireland) Bill 20 Mar 2024 – 17 Apr 2024
- Energy Bill [HL] 17 May 2023 – 29 Jun 2023
- UK Infrastructure Bank Bill [Lords] 16 Nov 2022 – 22 Nov 2022
- Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill 22 Jun 2022 – 7 Jul 2022
- Elections Bill 15 Sep 2021 – 26 Oct 2021
- European Scrutiny Committee 15 Jul 2015 – 7 Nov 2016
- Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee 23 Jun 2014 – 30 Mar 2015
- Backbench Business Committee 10 Dec 2013 – 14 May 2014
Previous seats
- Elmet and Rothwell · Elected 4 times 6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024
Elections contested
- Wakefield 5 May 2005
Expenses
Contact & offices
020 7219 3000
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
Constituency office
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Sir Alec Shelbrooke, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Sir Alec Shelbrooke?
Sir Alec Shelbrooke is a Member of Parliament representing Wetherby and Easingwold in the House of Commons. See Sir Alec Shelbrooke's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Sir Alec Shelbrooke represent?
Sir Alec Shelbrooke sits as Conservative. See Sir Alec Shelbrooke's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Sir Alec Shelbrooke represent?
Sir Alec Shelbrooke is the Member of Parliament for Wetherby and Easingwold. See Sir Alec Shelbrooke's official Parliament profile.
How long has Sir Alec Shelbrooke been an MP?
Sir Alec Shelbrooke has served in the House of Commons for 16 years, 2 months. See Sir Alec Shelbrooke's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Sir Alec Shelbrooke?
Sir Alec Shelbrooke has 4 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Sir Alec Shelbrooke's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.