Robert Peter Moore (born 28 November 1984) is a

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politician, who has been the

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(MP) for

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since the 2019 general election.

Early life

Moore grew up in a family of farmers in

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. In 2007, the family set up a plastics-recycling business. He studied architecture at

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and rural surveying at the

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. A qualified rural chartered surveyor, he set up his own consultancy practice, Brockthorpe Consultancy.

Political career

Before being elected as MP for Keighley in 2019, Moore was a councillor on Alnwick Town Council and represented Alnwick on

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. He unsuccessfully contested the July 2019 by-election for

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, but at the general election in December, he gained the

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of Keighley from the

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incumbent,

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Electoral history

2019 UK general election

2019 Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner by-election

2017 Northumberland County Council election

References

External links

Robbie Moore
Official website * 1984 births Living people Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 2019–present People from Market Rasen People from Alnwick People from Keighley People from Ilkley {{Conservative-UK-MP-1980s-stub