Sir Alec Edward Shelbrooke KBE (born 10 January 1976) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament for Wetherby and Easingwold since 2024 and for Elmet and Rothwell between 2010 and 2024.

[5] After entering Parliament, in November 2010 Shelbrooke was appointed the parliamentary private secretary (PPS) to Theresa Villiers, Minister of State for Transport.

[7] He announced his delight at taking over the responsibility for "Northern Island" [sic] on Twitter and later blamed the spelling mistake on autocorrect.

Shelbrooke was an Executive Member of the 1922 Committee during a period of turbulence within the Conservative Party leading to the resignation of Prime Minister Theresa May in 2019.

Shelbrooke was then immediately sacked on 26 October 2022 by the new prime minister, Rishi Sunak and returned to the back benches.

[20] He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) on 29 December 2023 in Truss's resignation honours list, for public and political service as Minister of State for Defence Procurement and as MP for Elmet and Rothwell.