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 Kemi Badenoch
Preceded by	Daniel Zeichner
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)[a] Rebecca Pow (Water)[b]
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	1,625 (3.6%)
Personal details
Born	Robert Peter Moore (1984-11-28) 28 November 1984 (age 40) 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] Moore has served as a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee and Petitions Committee since October 2024.^[8]

Electoral history

2024 UK general election

General election 2024: Keighley and Ilkley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robbie Moore	18,589	40.3	−7.9
	Labour	John Grogan	16,964	36.7	−7.2
	Reform UK	Andrew Mark Judson	4,782	10.4	+8.8
	Green	John Wood	2,447	5.3	N/A
	Independent	Vaz Shabir	2,036	4.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Adams	970	2.1	−2.8
	Yorkshire	Dominic James Atlas	389	0.8	−0.4
Majority			1,625	3.6	−0.6
Turnout			46,177	62.1	−10.0
Registered electors			74,367
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.3

2019 UK general election

General election 2019: Keighley^[9][10][11]

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[12][13][14]
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