UK Explained

Wetherby and Easingwold

Represented in Parliament by Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Conservative). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Alec Shelbrooke, Conservative. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Wetherby and Easingwold compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 223 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £785£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 3 areas and lower than 645.

UK 3.9%This area 1.5%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Wetherby and Easingwold£7851.5%
Mid Derbyshire£7841.9%
Na h-Eileanan an Iar£7801.9%
Goole and Pocklington£7761.9%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

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Who lives in Wetherby and Easingwold

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people91,52359,597,740 in total
Aged under 1617%18%1 points lower
Aged 65 and over26%19%7 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher41%34%7 points higher
Households that own their home77%62%14 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association10%17%7 points lower
Households renting privately13%20%7 points lower

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Alec Shelbrooke

Conservative

MAJORITY
4,846

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
70%

of people who could vote did

Alec Shelbrooke won with 39% of the votes, and Ben Pickles (Labour) came second with 30%.

Votes for each party

Conservative39% · 20,597
Labour30% · 15,751
Reform UK14% · 7,288
Green Party9% · 4,529
Liberal Democrat6% · 3,351
The Yorkshire Party1% · 743
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Alec ShelbrookeConservative20,59739.4%
Ben PicklesLabour15,75130.1%
Mike JordanReform UK7,28813.9%
Arnold WarnekenGreen Party4,5298.7%
James MonaghanLiberal Democrat3,3516.4%
John HallThe Yorkshire Party7431.4%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£785 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
1.5%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026