Alec Shelbrooke

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The Right Honourable
Alec Shelbrooke
MP
Official portrait, 2020
Minister of State for Defence Procurement
In office
7 September 2022 – 26 October 2022
Prime MinisterLiz Truss
Preceded byJeremy Quin
Succeeded byAlex Chalk
Member of Parliament
for Elmet and Rothwell
Assumed office
6 May 2010
Preceded byConstituency created
Majority17,353 (29.8%)
Leeds City Councillor
for Harewood Ward
In office
2004–2010
Preceded byWard created
Succeeded byMatthew Robinson
Personal details
Born (1976-01-10) 10 January 1976 (age 48)[1]
Bromley, London, England
Political partyConservative
SpouseSusan Shelbrooke
Alma materBrunel University
Websitewww.alecshelbrooke.co.uk

Alec Edward Shelbrooke MP (born 10 January 1976) is a British Conservative politician who has been Member of Parliament for Elmet and Rothwell since 2010.[2] He served as Minister of State for Defence Procurement in the Ministry of Defence from September 2022 to October 2022.[3]

Early life

Born in 1976 in Bromley, South London,[citation needed] Shelbrooke was educated at Saint George's Church of England Comprehensive School, Gravesend[citation needed], and graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Brunel University in 1998.[4] After leaving university, Shelbrooke worked as a kitchen and bathroom fitter, and later as a project administrator at the University of Leeds.[4]

Political career

The constituency offices of Shelbrooke in Wetherby, West Yorkshire.

He has fought four local government elections (being elected to Leeds City Council in 2004 and re-elected in 2006 as Councillor for Harewood Ward) and unsuccessfully stood in Wakefield at the 2005 General Election. He was Deputy Chairman of Elmet Conservative Association from 2001 to 2004.[5]

After entering parliament, in November 2010 Shelbrooke was confirmed as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Minister of State for Transport Theresa Villiers.[6]

In September 2012, Shelbrooke was made PPS to Minister of State for Northern Ireland, Mike Penning.[7] He announced his delight at taking over the responsibility for "Northern Island" [sic] on Twitter and later blamed the spelling mistake on autocorrect.[8]

In December 2012, Shelbrooke introduced a Ten Minute Rule bill under which UK welfare claimants would be issued with a cash card instead of receiving their benefits in cash. 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.[9]

He became PPS to the Foreign Office in 2014. Shelbrooke was opposed to the UK leaving the European Union prior to the 2016 referendum.[10]

In 2016, Shelbrooke commissioned a report written by Mark McBride-Wright quantifying the impact of homophobia within the engineering industry.[11]

In 2017, he became Vice Chairman (International) of the Conservative Party,[12] a soft-power role designed to promote the UK's interests overseas as well as supporting centre-right political parties in the developing world through the Westminster Foundation for Democracy.[13] Shelbrooke remains an officer of the International Democrat Union.

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.[14] He was appointed to the Privy Council in Theresa May's retirement honours list. Shelbrooke backed Jeremy Hunt in the 2019 Conservative Party leadership election that followed.[citation needed]

In 2020, Shelbrooke was appointed Leader of the UK Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.[15]

In July 2022, Shelbrooke rebelled from the government for the first time in his parliamentary career by voting against the approval of the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022.[16]

On 7 September 2022, he was appointed Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence as part of the Truss administration because of his overt support for Liz Truss in her leadership campaign. Shelbrooke was then immediately sacked on 26 October 2022 by the new Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak and returned to the back benches.[17][3]

References

  1. ^ "Alec Shelbrooke MP". BBC Democracy Live. BBC. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  2. ^ Shelbrooke, Rt Hon. Alec (Edward), (born 10 Jan. 1976), PC 2019; MP (C) Elmet and Rothwell, since 2010. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U251667. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 8 October 2020. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  3. ^ a b "Ministerial Appointments: September 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  4. ^ a b "About Alec". page from official website. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Profile". telegraph.co.uk. London. Retrieved 7 May 2010.[dead link]
  6. ^ Isaby, Jonathan (11 November 2010). "Twelve more of the 2010 intake appointed as PPSs". Tory Diary. Conservative Party. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  7. ^ "NIO roles for Damian Collins and Alec Shelbrooke". BBC News. 12 September 2012.
  8. ^ "Alec Shelbrooke: Tory MP red faced after 'Northern Island' Twitter gaffe". The Daily Telegraph. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  9. ^ "MP: Ban benefit claimants from buying alcohol". Democracy Live. BBC Online. 18 December 2012.
  10. ^ Goodenough, Tom (16 February 2016). "Which Tory MPs back Brexit, who doesn't and who is still on the fence?". The Spectator. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  11. ^ "How homophobic bullying costs engineering industry £11bn". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Alec Shelbrooke MP - Working Hard for Elmet & Rothwell - Alec appointed Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party". Alec Shelbrooke. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  13. ^ https://euronews.al/en/daily-news/2020/06/26/british-conservative-mp-alec-shelbrooke-praises-dp-model-for-the-selection-of-members-of-parliament or http://www.alecshelbrooke.co.uk/alec-appointed-vice-chairman-conservative-party/
  14. ^ "What is the 1922 Committee and could its members oust Theresa May?". inews.co.uk. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  15. ^ "Membership". parliament.uk. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  16. ^ Nick Duffy (11 July 2022). "MPs push through legal change to let agency staff cover for striking workers amid 'summer of discontent'". i News. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  17. ^ "Membership". yorkshirepost.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2022.

External links

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