Wetherby and Easingwold.

A reliable Conservative vote who has nonetheless been busy lately, Shelbrooke backed the opposition push to refer Prime Minister Starmer to the Privileges Committee in April over allegations he misled Parliament on the Mandelson appointment. He also voted against the Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill and opposed the government's King's Speech programme -- all standard Conservative positions, but the Privileges vote drew wider attention as a direct challenge to the Prime Minister's integrity. Locally, he has been more distinctive: leading a cross-party lobbying effort against housing targets in North Yorkshire, joining calls for a Competition and Markets Authority investigation into heating oil pricing, and raising concerns in Parliament about National Insurance increases hitting small businesses and farmers in his constituency.

At 56% voting participation -- below the Commons average -- Shelbrooke's attendance record is patchy, though his 195 contributions across 105 debates suggests he engages when present. He votes 100% with the Conservative Party line and his stance profile places him well to the right of his parliamentary group on welfare, public services funding, and criminal justice reform, where he sits 17--23 percentage points below even the Conservative average. His speech activity clusters heavily around economy and jobs, defence, and social care, with a notable specialism in dementia care that has generated positive local coverage.

Shelbrooke has held Wetherby and Easingwold since 2024 (previously Elmet and Rothwell from 2010) and currently sits on no select committees, limiting his formal scrutiny role. Local news coverage across the past 90 days is high volume -- 66 articles -- but sentiment is broadly neutral, dominated by crime and community stories rather than direct MP coverage. His dementia advocacy and constituency funding wins remain the most substantive items in his public record.