Sir Alec Shelbrooke MP

@AlecShelbrooke

Conservative Member of Parliament for Wetherby & Easingwold. Vice President @NATOPApress. Promoted by Sir Alec Shelbrooke of PO Box 740, Wetherby LS22 6FG.

Yorkshire and The Humber

Joined April 2010

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Sir Alec Shelbrooke MP@AlecShelbrooke · Jul 5, 2024

Thank you to my fellow residents who voted to elect me as your local Member of Parliament. To those whose vote I didn’t secure this time, I will work hard for you wherever you live or for whomever you voted, delivering a positive plan for our market towns and rural villages.

AlecShelbrooke's tweet image. Thank you to my fellow residents who voted to elect me as your local Member of Parliament. To those whose vote I didn’t secure this time, I will work hard for you wherever you live or for whomever you voted, delivering a positive plan for our market towns and rural villages.

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Sir Alec Shelbrooke MP@AlecShelbrooke · Jul 22

Simply fantastic! Well done @Lionesses. It's coming home on Sunday. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #Lionesses #WEURO2025

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Sir Alec Shelbrooke MP@AlecShelbrooke · Jul 21

It would be wrong to scrap the pensions triple lock to cover the cost of spiralling welfare. Pensioners on fixed incomes shouldn’t pay the price for a broken system.

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Sir Alec Shelbrooke MP@AlecShelbrooke · Jul 18

This week’s unemployment figures show an economy in decline - 178,000 jobs gone in a year. In Wetherby & Easingwold, we’re seeing businesses fold and jobs vanish. The government urgently need a new economic plan.

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NATO PA / AP-OTAN@natopapress · Jul 18

🎉Today we celebrate 7️⃣0️⃣ years of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly – a legacy of advancing democratic dialogue, strengthening transatlantic solidarity, & carrying the voice of Allied parliaments. United for peace, security, & democracy since 1955.

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Sir Alec Shelbrooke MP@AlecShelbrooke · Jul 18

By putting VAT on school fees the government is hitting ordinary families, not just high earners. I've met parents driving 20-year-old cars and going without holidays all to give their children the best opportunity they can. We must back aspiration, not tax it.

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Sir Alec Shelbrooke MP@AlecShelbrooke · Jul 16

The farming tax is damaging rural economies like Wetherby and Easingwold - hitting farmers, local businesses, and the whole supply chain. Investment is stalling. Confidence is collapsing. We need action now.

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Sir Alec Shelbrooke MP@AlecShelbrooke · Jul 13

🛍 Thank you to @CR_UK #Wetherby for showing me the inner workings of their shop and introducing me to their incredible volunteers on Friday. Your donations and purchases contributed towards more than £28m in profit in 2023/24 for the charity to fund life-saving research.

AlecShelbrooke's tweet image. 🛍 Thank you to @CR_UK #Wetherby for showing me the inner workings of their shop and introducing me to their incredible volunteers on Friday.

Your donations and purchases contributed towards more than £28m in profit in 2023/24 for the charity to fund life-saving research.

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NATO PA / AP-OTAN@natopapress · Jul 11

In the High North, #NATOPA concluded its visit to 🇩🇰, 🇫🇴 & 🇮🇸, assessing #NATO’s strategic priorities amid rising Arctic competition & undersea threats. The delegation learnt about 🇩🇰’s increasing defence spending & support for Ukraine, 🇫🇴’ growing role in regional security, &…

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Conservatives@Conservatives · Jul 10

None of the other Party leaders have the guts to fix Britain’s broken welfare system. @KemiBadenoch does.

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Conservatives@Conservatives · Jul 10

Labour have lost control of the welfare budget. Reform would spend even more. Only @KemiBadenoch is telling the truth, and has the courage to fix it.

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Sir Alec Shelbrooke MP@AlecShelbrooke · Jul 8

Important update from Yorkshire Water. Due to one of the driest springs on record, temporary hosepipe restrictions will come into effect from 11 July. Please do your part to help protect our water supply and the environment this summer by using a watering can or bucket instead.

AlecShelbrooke's tweet image. Important update from Yorkshire Water.

Due to one of the driest springs on record, temporary hosepipe restrictions will come into effect from 11 July.

Please do your part to help protect our water supply and the environment this summer by using a watering can or bucket instead.

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Sir Alec Shelbrooke MP@AlecShelbrooke · Jul 7

Last week, @natopapress the Defence & Security committee met in 🇩🇰 Denmark and then in Iceland 🇮🇸 to discuss: 🌊 critical undersea infrastructure security 🇬🇱 controlling the Greenland-Iceland-UK (GIUK) gap ⚡️ new energy initiatives 🇨🇳 China’s interest in the Arctic

AlecShelbrooke's tweet image. Last week, @natopapress the Defence &amp; Security committee met in 🇩🇰 Denmark and then in Iceland 🇮🇸 to discuss:

🌊 critical undersea infrastructure security
🇬🇱 controlling the Greenland-Iceland-UK (GIUK) gap
⚡️ new energy initiatives
🇨🇳 China’s interest in the Arctic

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Sir Alec Shelbrooke MP@AlecShelbrooke · Jul 7

This week is Great Yorkshire Show week! Farming and food production is vital to Wetherby and Easingwold’s economy. I’m working closely with local farmers and the NFU to ensure government policy supports, not harms, our countryside.

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Sir Alec Shelbrooke MP@AlecShelbrooke · Jul 5

From rural surgeries to life-saving hospitals, our NHS is the backbone of our communities. Grateful for 77 years of service and for every NHS worker across Wetherby and Easingwold who makes that possible.

AlecShelbrooke's tweet image. From rural surgeries to life-saving hospitals, our NHS is the backbone of our communities.

Grateful for 77 years of service and for every NHS worker across Wetherby and Easingwold who makes that possible.

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NATO PA / AP-OTAN@natopapress · Jul 4

Final stop ➡️ Iceland 🇮🇸 #NATOPA Delegation wraps up its High North & GIUK Gap visit in Iceland – a vital anchor for #NATO deterrence & defence in the North Atlantic & Arctic. Highlights: 🔹Despite having no armed forces, Iceland supports NATO missions & deterrence in the region…

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Sir Alec Shelbrooke MP@AlecShelbrooke · Jul 4

ASB isn’t just a city issue, it affects rural communities too. In Wetherby and Easingwold, I’m pushing for the local resources and police visibility we need to tackle it head-on. #ASBAwarenessWeek

AlecShelbrooke's tweet image. ASB isn’t just a city issue, it affects rural communities too.

In Wetherby and Easingwold, I’m pushing for the local resources and police visibility we need to tackle it head-on.

#ASBAwarenessWeek

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Sir Alec Shelbrooke MP@AlecShelbrooke · Jul 4

Today marks 1 year since I was elected to represent Wetherby & Easingwold. A lot has happened - locally and nationally - but away from Westminster politics, I’m proud of the work going into making our area the UK’s first dementia-friendly constituency.

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Sir Alec Shelbrooke MP@AlecShelbrooke · Jun 30

Tadcaster Flood Alleviation Scheme is crucial to the town's regeneration. I'm putting pressure on agencies to get this over the line - officials must keep working to overcome obstacles. I'm going right to the top in Westminster to keep eyes focussed on the prize.

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