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Conservatives hold seat in Ilkley and Keighley

Friday, 5 July 2024 07:31

Robbie Moore has maintained his seat as MP for Ilkley and Keighley.

Conservative MP Robbie Moore has held his seat in Ilkley and Keighley.

Mr Moore received 18,589 votes, beating Labour's John Grogan who received 16,964.

The result leaves Robbie as the only Conservative MP in the Bradford district.

Robbie said:

"Absolutely unbelievable - completely defying the odds. Thank you so, so much for putting your faith in me again to represent you as your Member of Parliament again.

"As you know - your priorities matter to me. My commitment to you is to work tirelessly with continued energy and enthusiasm over the years ahead."

The votes in full were:

Election Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Outcome
Robbie Moore	Conservative	18589	40%	Elected
John Timothy Grogan	Labour	16964	37%	Not elected
Andrew Mark Judson	Reform UK	4782	10%	Not elected
John Wood	Green Party	2447	5%	Not elected
Vaz Shabir	Independent	2036	4%	Not elected
Chris Adams	Liberal Democrat	970	2%	Not elected
Dominic James Atlas	Yorkshire Party	398	1%	Not elected

The turnout was 62% from 74,367 registered voters.

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