Robbie Moore (MP)

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Robbie Moore
MP
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Member of Parliament
for Keighley
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded by John Grogan
Majority 2,218 (4.2%)
Personal details
Born Robert Peter Moore
(1984-11-28) 28 November 1984 (age 39)
Market Rasen, Lincolnshire
Nationality British
Political party Conservative
Residence Ilkley, West Yorkshire, England[1]
Occupation Politician
Website www.robbiemoore.org.uk

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]

Early life

Moore grew up in a family of farmers in Lincolnshire.[citation needed] 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] At the 2019 general election, 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 Democrat Tom Franks 2,573 4.9 +2.5
style="background-color: Template:Brexit Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Brexit Party|Template:Brexit Party/meta/shortname]] Waqas Khan 850 1.6 N/A
style="background-color: Template:Yorkshire Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Yorkshire Party|Template:Yorkshire Party/meta/shortname]] Mark Barton 667 1.3 N/A
Social Democratic 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

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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat Swing

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External links

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Keighley
2019–present
Incumbent


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