The leading candidate to be Keighley and Ilkley's next MP has launched his general election campaign with six weeks to go until the general election on Thursday 4th July.
The Conservatives' Robbie Moore released his pitch to voters on social media following the announcement of the date of the election by Rishi Sunak on Wednesday.
Voters across the area will go to the polls on 4th July to elect a new MP for Keighley and Ilkley.
In Keighley and Ilkley, Mr Moore was elected in 2019 with a majority of 2,218 after polling 25,298 votes compared with Labour's tally of 23,080.
Confirming that he would again by the Conservative candidate for the area in this year's election, Robbie Moore said:
“Over the past five years I’ve met thousands of local people, held hundreds of advice surgeries and helped resolve over 36,000 local issues. I’ve made it my mission to be our most active MP in a generation. I've learnt that real change within our community starts not from the top down but from the ground up - with local people first.
“This election is about whether in the years ahead we have more local power - or less. Whether we take back our independence from Bradford Council - or keep our community under their control. Finish the rebuild (of Airedale Hospital) - or go back to delay. Stand up for our green spaces - or let them tear them down. Have our grooming gangs inquiry - or not.
“Every voice, every street, every community - if re-elected as your local member of Parliament, your community champion, I will never stop fighting for you.
“Nobody ever said that this was going to be easy but if there’s one thing that I have learnt in the job so far it’s that you never ever underestimate the voices of local people.”
