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Wetherby and Easingwold

Current MP, latest election result, geographic context and official constituency information.

At a glance

Current MP
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Party
Conservative
Latest election
4 July 2024
Electorate
74,314
Turnout
70.3%
Majority
4,846

Where is Wetherby and Easingwold?

The map shows this constituency alongside neighbouring parliamentary constituencies for geographic context.

Wetherby and Easingwold Harrogate and Knaresborough York Central Leeds East York Outer Leeds North East Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley Selby Leeds South Leeds Central and Headingley Wakefield and Rothwell Normanton and Hemsworth Thirsk and Malton Leeds West and Pudsey Leeds South West and Morley Leeds North West Doncaster North Barnsley North Ossett and Denby Dale Dewsbury and Batley Barnsley South Goole and Pocklington Bradford East Spen Valley Bradford South Rawmarsh and Conisbrough Doncaster Central Shipley Bradford West Rotherham Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme Stockton West Middlesbrough and Thornaby East Huddersfield Penistone and Stocksbridge Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough Sheffield South East Rother Valley Stockton North Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Halifax Keighley and Ilkley Richmond and Northallerton Redcar Sheffield Hallam Darlington Bassetlaw Colne Valley Skipton and Ripon Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor Bridlington and The Wolds Scarborough and Whitby Calder Valley High Peak Oldham East and Saddleworth Scunthorpe Rochdale Stalybridge and Hyde Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice Brigg and Immingham Bishop Auckland Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton Ashton-under-Lyne Burnley Pendle and Clitheroe Gainsborough Hazel Grove Gorton and Denton Heywood and Middleton North Manchester Central Kingston upon Hull East Blackley and Middleton South Stockport Manchester Rusholme Bury North Bury South Manchester Withington Hyndburn Salford Wythenshawe and Sale East Rossendale and Darwen Beverley and Holderness Bolton South and Walkden Stretford and Urmston Bolton North East Ribble Valley Blackburn Altrincham and Sale West Worsley and Eccles Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes Bolton West Leigh and Atherton Morecambe and Lunesdale Chorley Warrington North Wigan Makerfield Preston Louth and Horncastle Lancaster and Wyre South Ribble Westmorland and Lonsdale St Helens North Penrith and Solway St Helens South and Whiston Fylde West Lancashire Southport Knowsley Liverpool West Derby Liverpool Walton Blackpool North and Fleetwood Liverpool Wavertree Blackpool South Liverpool Riverside Bootle Sefton Central England
Wetherby and Easingwold

Boundary data: ONS Open Geography Portal.

Local context

About this constituency

Wetherby and Easingwold is a constituency in the Yorkshire and The Humber region of England. The seat has been held by Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Conservative) since July 2024.

Current MP

Sir Alec Shelbrooke MP

Conservative

Represents Wetherby and Easingwold in the House of Commons.

Latest election

2024 General Election

Held on 4 July 2024

Winning party
Conservative
Majority
4,846
Turnout
70.3%
Full candidate result (6 candidates)
CandidatePartyVotesShareChange
Alec ShelbrookeElectedConservative20,59739.4%-28.8%
Ben PicklesLabour15,75130.1%11.9%
Mike JordanReform UK7,28813.9%
Arnold WarnekenGreen Party4,5298.7%4.7%
James MonaghanLiberal Democrat3,3516.4%-1.5%
John HallThe Yorkshire Party7431.4%

Election data comes from UK Parliament. Turnout percentage is calculated by Project Open Gov from Parliament's turnout and electorate figures.

People and place

A population and household snapshot for Wetherby and Easingwold, using validated House of Commons Library constituency datasets.

Estimated population94,326
EstimateMid-2024 estimate
Region / nationYorkshire and The Humber

Age profile

0 to 1719.2% · 18,077 people
18 to 245.4% · 5,113 people
25 to 348.9% · 8,364 people
35 to 4917.3% · 16,301 people
50 to 6422.5% · 21,226 people
65 and over26.8% · 25,245 people

Population figures are mid-2024 estimates from the House of Commons Library. Project Open Gov calculates the estimated population shown above by summing the six published age-band counts. View population source ↗

Home ownership and renting

Housing tenure shows how households in this constituency described their home at the most recent census.

39,000 householdsCensus 2021
Home owners75.8% · 29,547 households
Private renters13.3% · 5,174 households
Social renters10.0% · 3,901 households
Other tenure1.0% · 378 households

“Other tenure” combines shared ownership and households recorded as living rent free.

Housing-tenure figures come from the most recent census: 2021 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 2022 in Scotland. View housing-tenure source ↗

Household composition

A broad view of household types in this constituency. Project Open Gov uses the four broad groups supplied by the Commons Library so the presentation remains consistent across the UK.

38,998 householdsCensus 2021
One-person households26.8% · 10,445 households
Families with dependent children25.8% · 10,055 households
Other single-family households45.2% · 17,628 households
Other household types2.2% · 870 households

Household-composition figures come from the Commons Library constituency dataset. The source uses census data and Project Open Gov displays its broad household groups rather than attempting to harmonise the detailed categories itself. View household-composition source ↗

Disability and day-to-day activities

The source records whether day-to-day activities are limited and uses separate person-level tables for England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

91,528 people in the source baseCensus 2021Source comparison: England & Wales
Day-to-day activities limited a lot5.8% · 5,306 people
Day-to-day activities limited a little9.7% · 8,886 people
Not disabled under the Equality Act84.5% · 77,336 people

Comparison note: the workbook uses different source terminology across the UK: England & Wales uses “Disabled under the Equality Act”, while Scotland and Northern Ireland use “Disabled” / “Non-disabled”. Project Open Gov therefore preserves the source categories and does not present them as one single like-for-like UK legal definition.

Disability figures come from the Commons Library constituency workbook. This profile uses the person-level tables only; the workbook also contains separate household-level disability tables which are not used here. View disability source ↗

Petitions

Open UK Government and Parliament petitions that have reached at least 10,000 signatures nationally, ranked here by the number of signatures recorded in this constituency.

Petition signatures are not a poll and do not show what the constituency as a whole thinks. A person can also sign more than one petition.

Open petitionCloses 1 October 2026

Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership

Signatures in this constituency398
Signatures nationally196,369

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 14 September 2026

Open petitionCloses 6 September 2026

Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office

Signatures in this constituency331
Signatures nationally206,593

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 6 July 2026

Open petitionCloses 12 September 2026

Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership

Signatures in this constituency271
Signatures nationally244,689

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 29 June 2026

Open petitionCloses 17 October 2026

Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills

Signatures in this constituency218
Signatures nationally110,856

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 6 July 2026

View 74 more petitions
Open petitionCloses 20 November 2026

Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks

Signatures in this constituency196
Signatures nationally118,715

Government response published · 100,000-signature debate threshold reached

Open petitionCloses 10 October 2026

Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth

Signatures in this constituency140
Signatures nationally112,993

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 7 September 2026

Open petitionCloses 24 September 2026

Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance

Signatures in this constituency104
Signatures nationally129,565

Government response published · 100,000-signature debate threshold reached

Open petitionCloses 21 October 2026

Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases

Signatures in this constituency99
Signatures nationally105,312

Government response published · Debate scheduled for 19 October 2026

Signature counts come from the official UK Government and Parliament petitions data and may change while a petition remains open. Browse official petitions ↗

Funding and local projects

National Lottery grants awarded to organisations recorded in this parliamentary constituency since 4 July 2024.

The constituency is based on the recipient organisation recorded in the source data. The funded activity may sometimes take place across a wider area.

Grants recorded57
Total awarded£2,462,191

Most recent awards

National Lottery grantAwarded 18 June 2026

Reimagining Harewood

Harewood House Trust Limited

£494,237

The National Lottery Heritage Fund · Heritage

About this award

Reimagining Harewood will encourage a more diverse range of people to experience and engage with our heritage, improve understanding of Harewood’s history, enhance and heal our historic landscape, and support Harewood’s long term financial and environmental sustainability. We aim to achieve this through capital works, new interpretation and displays and engagement activities that will remove barriers to access and participation. A new visitor centre in the existing Grade II Bakehouse will offer accessible and welcoming facilities and inclusive interpretation co-designed with descendant and local communities as part of an engagement programme. This historic Bakehouse will be conserved and brought into public use. Harewood's landscape will be healed with improved biodiversity; and historic sightlines between the House, Bakehouse and Courtyard restored. By improving arrival, interpretation and facilities, Reimagining Harewood will strengthen organisational sustainability, diversify income, and secure Harewood’s long-term future as a welcoming, relevant and resilient place of heritage and learning.

National Lottery grantAwarded 18 June 2026

CF - New Equipment Appeal

Bolton Percy Cricket Club

£5,250

Sport England · Sport

About this award

This project will upgrade the clubs facilities to improve training for juniors and their women's and girls' cricket teams. Funding will be used to support equipment, net repairs, changing room upgrades, improving disability access and improving their spectator area.

National Lottery grantAwarded 6 May 2026

Floodlight Replacement

Thorner Victory Hall Tennis Club

£8,272

Sport England · Sport

About this award

This project will replace existing floodlights with new LED floodlights.

National Lottery grantAwarded 23 April 2026

The Bramham Community Hub

Bramham Village Hall

£11,000

The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment

About this award

Bramham Village Hall - Community - National Lottery Awards for All England

National Lottery grantAwarded 17 April 2026

Solar Panels

Barwick Mineworkers' Institute

£9,290

The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment

About this award

Barwick Mineworkers' Institute - Environment - National Lottery Awards for All England

52 more awards are available.

Source: DCMS National Lottery Grants Database. The figures shown cover awards from 4 July 2024 to 1 July 2026. View official grants data ↗

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