Robbie Moore (MP)

Robert Peter Moore (born 28 November 1984)[2] is a British Conservative Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Keighley in West Yorkshire since the 2019 general election.[3]

Robbie Moore
Member of Parliament
for Keighley
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byJohn Grogan
Majority2,218 (4.2%)
Personal details
Born
Robert Peter Moore

(1984-11-28) 28 November 1984
Market Rasen, Lincolnshire
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Residence(s)Ilkley, West Yorkshire, England[1]
OccupationPolitician
Websitewww.robbiemoore.org.uk

Early life

Moore grew up in a family of farmers in Lincolnshire. In 2007, the family set up a plastics-recycling business.[4]

He studied architecture at Newcastle University and rural surveying at the University College of Estate Management. A qualified rural chartered surveyor, he set up his own consultancy practice, Brockthorpe Consultancy.[5]

Political career

Before being elected as MP for Keighley in 2019, Moore was a councillor on Alnwick Town Council and represented Alnwick on Northumberland County Council.[5] He unsuccessfully contested the July 2019 by-election for Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, but at the general election in December, he gained the marginal seat of Keighley from the Labour incumbent, John Grogan.

Electoral history

2019 UK general election

General election 2019: Keighley[6][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robbie Moore 25,298 48.1 +2.0
Labour John Grogan 23,080 43.9 -2.6
Liberal Democrats Tom Franks 2,573 4.9 +2.5
Brexit Party Waqas Khan 850 1.6 N/A
Yorkshire Mark Barton 667 1.3 N/A
SDP Matthew Rose 132 0.3 N/A
Majority 2,218 4.2 N/A
Turnout 52,600 72.3 -0.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +2.3

2019 Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner by-election

2019 Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner election [9][10][11]
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round
 First round votes  Transfer votes 
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Labour Kim McGuinness 58,355 37.9% 8,977 67,332 52.2%
Independent Georgina Hill 33,704 21.9% 27,929 61,633 47.8%
Conservative Robbie Moore 33,267 21.6%
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Wallace 28,623 18.6%
Turnout 155,990 15.0%
Rejected ballots 2,041 1.3%
Total votes 153,949
Registered electors 1,041,562
Labour hold

2017 Northumberland County Council election

2017 Northumberland County Council election: Alnwick (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gordon Castle* 1,929 30.38 +10.35
Conservative Robbie Moore 1,295 20.39 +6.77
Liberal Democrats Lydia Heather Cairns* 959 15.10 -2.80
Labour James Matthewson 688 10.83 +6.18
Labour Bill Grisdale 594 9.35 +1.16
Liberal Democrats Andrew Eoin Duff 457 7.20 -9.30
UKIP Michael John Weatheritt 241 3.80 -6.75
UKIP Margaret Weatheritt 187 2.95 -5.61
Majority 336 5.29 +3.89
Turnout 6,350
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

References

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