Editing Keighley (section)

=== Constituency ===
Keighley is represented in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] by [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) [[Robbie Moore (MP)|Robbie Moore]], who won the seat by defeating his predecessor [[John Grogan (politician)|John Grogan]] at the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]]. Grogan had a majority of just 249 over the previous incumbent, Conservative [[Kris Hopkins]].<ref>{{cite news |date=9 June 2017 |title=Election results 2017: Labour increase hold on West Yorkshire |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40214961 |access-date=14 June 2017}}</ref>

In 2015, Hopkins won the seat at the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]] – securing a second term. Hopkins increased the Conservatives vote share in the area from 41.9%<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC Election Results |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/c39.stm |access-date=20 June 2015 |publisher=BBC}}</ref> in 2010 to 44.3%<ref>{{cite news |title=BBC Election Results |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000766 |publisher=BBC}}</ref> in 2015. The Conservatives won the seat in 2010, taking over from [[Ann Cryer]], who had been in office since 1997.

Keighley was contested by the [[British National Party]] (BNP) in the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|May 2005 general election]], when the party's leader [[Nick Griffin]] stood for Parliament. He was defeated by Ann Cryer, one of a small number of [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] MPs with an increased majority. In March 2006, the town's mayoress, Rose Thompson, announced she had joined the BNP and was immediately dismissed by the mayor Tony Wright.<ref>{{cite news |date=13 March 2006 |title=BNP Mayoress stripped of position |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bradford/4800678.stm |access-date=24 January 2009}}</ref>