UK Explained

Keighley and Ilkley

Represented in Parliament by Robbie Moore (Conservative). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Robbie Moore, Conservative. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Keighley and Ilkley compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 416 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £721£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 463 areas and lower than 185.

UK 3.9%This area 4.2%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Keighley and Ilkley£7214.2%
Southampton Itchen£7214.1%
Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney£7134.1%
Worsley and Eccles£7314.2%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Keighley and Ilkley

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people99,37659,597,740 in total
Aged under 1620%18%1 points higher
Aged 65 and over21%19%2 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher32%34%2 points lower
Households that own their home70%62%8 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association10%17%7 points lower
Households renting privately20%20%about the same

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Robbie Moore

Conservative

MAJORITY
1,625

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
62%

of people who could vote did

Robbie Moore won with 40% of the votes, and John Grogan (Labour) came second with 37%.

Votes for each party

Conservative40% · 18,589
Labour37% · 16,964
Reform UK10% · 4,782
Green Party5% · 2,447
Independent4% · 2,036
Liberal Democrat2% · 970
Everyone else1% · 398
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Robbie MooreConservative18,58940.2%
John GroganLabour16,96436.7%
Andrew JudsonReform UK4,78210.4%
John WoodGreen Party2,4475.3%
Vaz ShabirIndependent2,0364.4%
Chris AdamsLiberal Democrat9702.1%
Dominic AtlasThe Yorkshire Party3980.9%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£721 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
4.2%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026