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
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) No 364–167
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) No 327–182
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 28: Capital gains tax (employee-ownership trusts) No 362–164
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 9: Basic rate limit and personal allowance for tax years 2028-29 to 2030-31 No 348–176
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years) No 369–166
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 4: Income tax (dividend rates) No 371–166
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Third Reading No 322–179
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 80 Aye 187–320
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 69 Aye 189–320
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 17 No vote 87–321
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25 Aye 99–367
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 85 No vote 57–309
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 No vote 74–311
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 Aye 158–318
19 Nov 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 No vote 326–92
19 Nov 2025 Draft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 deferred division No vote 376–16
18 Nov 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Second Reading No vote 320–105
18 Nov 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment No vote 165–327
17 Nov 2025 Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 5 No vote 147–318
17 Nov 2025 Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 4 No vote 143–318
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 40 No 244–132
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39 No 250–133
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 No 252–130
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 No 254–129
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 33 No 257–128

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:

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. 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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