Robbie Moore (politician)

Robert Peter Moore (born 28 November 1984)^[2] is a British Conservative Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Keighley and Ilkley, formerly Keighley, in West Yorkshire since the 2019 general election.^[3] He has been Shadow Minister for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs since July 2024.^[4]

Robbie Moore MP
Shadow Minister for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 July 2024
Leader	Rishi Sunak
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Water and Rural Growth
In office 14 November 2023 – 5 July 2024
Prime Minister	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	The Lord Benyon (Rural Affairs)[lower-alpha 1] Rebecca Pow (Water)[lower-alpha 2]
Succeeded by	Emma Hardy
Member of Parliament for Keighley and Ilkley Keighley (2019-2024)
Incumbent
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, England
Political party	Conservative
Residence(s)	Keighley, West Yorkshire, England[1]
Occupation	Politician
Website	www.robbiemoore.org.uk

Early life

In 2007, the family set up a plastics-recycling business.^[5]

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.^[6]

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.^[6] 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. In the 2024 United Kingdom general election, he defeated Grogan again and was re-elected against the national swing.^[7]

Electoral history

2019 UK general election

General election 2019: Keighley^[8][9][10]

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 [11][12][13]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			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

1. As Minister of State for Biosecurity, Marine and Rural Affairs
2. As Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environmental Quality and Resilience

1. "Statement of persons nominated and Notice of Poll". City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
2. Brunskill, Ian (19 March 2020). The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. HarperCollins Publishers Limited. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574.
3. "Election results for Keighley". 12 December 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
4. "Conservative Party announces interim Opposition Front Bench". policymogul.com. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
5. "About Robbie Moore". Retrieved 18 December 2019.
6. "Class of 2019: Meet the new MPs". The House Magazine. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
7. "Keighley and Ilkley - General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
8. "Statement of persons nominated and notice of poll". City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
9. "Election Results for Keighley, 12 December 2019". City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
10. "Keighley 2019 General Election Results". Electoral Reform Society. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
11. "Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner election results RECAP". Evening Chronicle. 19 July 2019.
12. "Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner Election". Sunderland City Council. 19 July 2019.
13. "Declaration of Second Count" (PDF). Northumberland County Council. 19 July 2019.

External links

• Robbie Moore Official website
• Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
• Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
• Voting record at Public Whip
• Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou

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