Official portrait of Sir Alec Shelbrooke

Sir Alec Shelbrooke

Conservative MP for Wetherby and Easingwold, since 6 May 2010

The Rt Hon Sir Alec Shelbrooke is the Conservative MP for Wetherby and Easingwold, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010.

Scorecard

57.0% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
327 Votes cast out of 575 divisions, plus 1 as teller
247 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs
4 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
588 Debates spoken in 214 written questions tabled

Ranked 535 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
15 Jul 2026 Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots deferred division No 330–109
15 Jul 2026 Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division No 330–109
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 Aye 104–412
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 Aye 102–409
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 No vote 93–323
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading No vote 264–90
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Aye 97–358
8 Jul 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 283–182
8 Jul 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 317–103
8 Jul 2026 Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 369–102
7 Jul 2026 Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners Aye 115–0
6 Jul 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 No 394–85
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 Aye 177–308
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 Aye 173–282
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 No vote 80–281
1 Jul 2026 Draft Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division No 318–107
1 Jul 2026 Draft Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 322–107
24 Jun 2026 Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 No 330–93
24 Jun 2026 Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 No 329–94
24 Jun 2026 Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 No 332–94
24 Jun 2026 Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 323–160
23 Jun 2026 Opposition Day: Puberty blockers Aye 112–283
23 Jun 2026 Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment No 294–110
23 Jun 2026 Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness Aye 108–307
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 Aye 171–322

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Silverstone Circuits Ltd
Address of donor: The Jimmy Brown Centre, Silverstone Circuit, Towcester NN12 8TN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets for hospitality at the British Grand Prix (Saturday 4th July), value £1,860
Date received: 4 July 2026
Date accepted: 4 July 2026
Donor status: company, registration 882843
(Registered 8 July 2026)

On the register since 14 Jul 2026

Name of donor: Bramham Park Estate
Address of donor: The Horse Trials Office, Bramham Park, Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 6ND
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets for Bramham Horse Trials with access to the members' enclosure on Sunday 14 June, value £312
Date received: 8 June 2026 to 14 June 2026
Date accepted: 12 June 2026
Donor status: limited liability partnership
(Registered 16 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

Name of donor: UK Commercial Group Ltd
Address of donor: 14 Octavian Way, Team Valley NE11 0HZ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Hospitality and tickets to the Directors' box at Newcastle United v West Ham on 17 May 2026, value £643
Date received: 17 May 2026
Date accepted: 17 May 2026
Donor status: company, registration 07462722
(Registered 20 May 2026)

On the register since 3 Jun 2026

9. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses

Name: Susan Shelbrooke
Relationship: Spouse
Role: Senior Secretary
Working pattern: Part time
End date: 31 May 2026
(Updated 4 June 2015 and 7 July 2026)

On the register since 14 Jul 2026

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

588 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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