The placeConstituency · Yorkshire and The Humber · Electorate 74,367 · 2023 boundaries

Keighley and Ilkley.

Conservative and Unionist Party MP Robbie Moore holds the seat on 40.3% of the vote.

Member of ParliamentRobbie Moore · Conservative and Unionist Party
CouncilBradford
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001308
Electorate · 2024
74.4k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
40.3%
Conservative and Unionist Party · +3.5pp over Lab
Settlements
10
Largest: Keighley
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
22.5
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
1 Jun 2026

Robbie Moore made headlines in March 2026 by using Freedom of Information requests -- in his role on the Home Affairs Committee -- to expose a seven-month Home Office delay that may have led to the destruction of evidence related to grooming gang investigations in Bradford. The intervention drew national coverage and put direct pressure on ministers to account for the failure. Separately, he secured a banking hub for Ilkley after all high street branches closed, lobbying Treasury officials directly and calling for legislation to help Keighley achieve the same. His one rebel vote in the current Parliament came in March 2025, when he backed the Tobacco and Vapes Bill at Third Reading against his party's majority.

At 65% voting participation -- below the Commons average -- Moore is not among the most active voters, but his 99.7% party-line record makes him one of the more loyal Conservatives when he does turn up. His speeches cluster around economy and jobs, local government, environment, agriculture, and crime. On stances, he sits notably above his party average on opposing assisted dying and on climate action, and above average on civil liberties -- a modest but consistent divergence from the Conservative mainstream.

His Home Affairs Committee membership explains the grooming gangs scrutiny work directly; it is a pattern rather than a one-off. The Petitions Committee role adds a further constituency-facing dimension. Local news coverage is dominated by culture and sport stories (largely neutral in tone), with economy and jobs generating the most positive sentiment -- consistent with the banking hub campaign. Speech data and voting records are available; news sentiment covers the past 90 days only.

40.3%
Con vote · 2024 GE
1
Council overlapping the seat
6
Wards · 6 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.6 wards · 6 councillors

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Craven Neil Charles Whitaker2,455Bradford LabMay 2024
Ilkley Ros Brown2,414Bradford LabMay 2024
Keighley Central Mohsin Hussain2,902Bradford LabMay 2024
Keighley East Fulzar Ahmed1,561Bradford LabMay 2024
Keighley West Joe O'Keeffe1,238Bradford LabMay 2024
Worth Valley Russell Brown2,327Bradford LabMay 2024

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.10 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in Keighley (50,532), with Ilkley (15,035) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 99,381.

large-town 50,532town 28,952village 19,897

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Keighley50,532large town
Ilkley15,035town
Silsden8,708town
Steeton5,209town
Haworth4,983village
Oakworth4,770village
Showing 6 of 10·All 10 settlements
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate54.6%57.1%-4%
Owner-occupied70.0%63.1%+11%
Private rented19.9%20.0%-1%
Social rented10.0%16.8%-40%

Ethnicity.

White80.2%
Asian16.8%
Black0.5%
Mixed1.8%
Other0.8%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 48.7% Female 51.3% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£28,500
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£38,300
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
3,540
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
38
30 primary · 4 secondary
GCSE pass
55.1%
Attainment 8: 40.8

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£281m
Taxpayers46,000
Median per taxpayer£2,690
Mean per taxpayer£6,170

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

This constituency is served by Bradford. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.

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§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
22.5
+9% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
7.5
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
45% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences10.2
Anti-social behaviour2.1
Shoplifting1.7
Public order1.4
Criminal damage & arson1.4
Other theft1.2
Vehicle crime1.2

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.1 contest · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Robbie MooreWONCon18,58940.3
John GroganLab16,96436.7
Andrew JudsonRef4,78210.3
John WoodGrn2,4475.3
Vaz ShabirInd2,0364.4
Chris AdamsLD9702.1
Dominic AtlasInd3980.9

Turnout 46,186

Prior contests.

Created on the 2023 boundary review. 2024 General Election was the first contest on these boundaries.

Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission