Robbie Moore (MP)
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Robbie Moore | |
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| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Water and Rural Growth | |
| In office 14 November 2023 – 5 July 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
| Preceded by |
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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 28 November 1984 Market Rasen, Lincolnshire |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Residence(s) | Keighley, West Yorkshire, England[1] |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | www |
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
2019 UK general election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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[edit]
| 2019 Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner election [9][10][11] | ||||||||
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| 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% |
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| Independent | Georgina Hill | 33,704 | 21.9% | 27,929 | 61,633 | 47.8% |
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| Conservative | Robbie Moore | 33,267 | 21.6% |
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| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Wallace | 28,623 | 18.6% |
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| 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[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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[edit]
- ^ "Statement of persons nominated and Notice of Poll". City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Election results for Keighley". 12 December 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "About Robbie Moore". Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ a b "Class of 2019: Meet the new MPs". The House Magazine. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "Statement of persons nominated and notice of poll". City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ "Election Results for Keighley, 12 December 2019". City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Keighley 2019 General Election Results". Electoral Reform Society. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner election results RECAP". Evening Chronicle. 19 July 2019.
- ^ "Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner Election". Sunderland City Council. 19 July 2019.
- ^ "Declaration of Second Count" (PDF). Northumberland County Council. 19 July 2019.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Robbie Moore (politician).
- 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