Career
The seat was number 107 on the Conservative target list. Shelbrooke was re-elected with an increased majority of 8,490 votes at the 2015 general election, in the process winning more votes than any other Conservative candidate in West or South Yorkshire. After leaving university, Shelbrooke worked as a kitchen and bathroom fitter, and later as a project administrator at the University of Leeds.
He has lived in the constituency since 1999.
He was a campaign manager during the 2001 General Election, has fought four local elections (being elected to Leeds City Council in 2004 and re-elected in 2006) and unsuccessfully stood in Wakefield at the 2005 General Election. He was Deputy Chairman of Elmet Conservative Association from 2001 to 2004.
On Thursday 11 November 2010, Shelbrooke was confirmed as Parliamentary Private Secretary (Parliamentary Private Secretary) to Minister of State for Transport Theresa Villiers. On 10 September 2012, Shelbrooke was made Parliamentary Private Secretary to Minister of State for Northern Ireland, Mike Penning.
He announced his delight at taking over the responsibility for "Northern Island" on Twitter and later blamed the spelling mistake on autocorrect
The card would only permit claimants to make purchases such as food, clothing, energy, travel and housing, and prevent them purchasing items considered non-essential, such as cigarettes, alcohol, satellite television, and gambling.
On 15 May 2013, Shelbrooke was one of the "rebel" Tory MPs who voted to "express regret" at the lack of a referendum bill in the Queen"s speech. He subsequently voted in favour of a 2017 referendum on continued European Union membership and opposed a rebel motion calling for it to be held in 2014. Shelbrooke was re-elected to the House of Commons on 7 May 2015 with 27,978 votes in Elmet and Rothwell.
He gained 4,201 more votes than he had gained at the 2010 election, and his majority over the next candidate in second place increased by 4,969.
The allegation was tweeted but later retracted when it was explained Shelbrooke, who is partially deaf, was listening to the debate via speaker device beside his seat. British Broadcasting Corporation Newsbeat tweeted their retraction: Very heartfelt apologies to alecshelbrooke Member of Parliament. He is partially deaf and was listening on a speaker.