Christopher James Bloore is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for

Redditch Redditch is a town and non-metropolitan district with borough status in Worcestershire, England. It is located south of Birmingham, east of Bromsgrove, north-west of Alcester and north-east of Worcester. In 2021, the town had a population of ...

since 4 July 2024.

Political career

Bloore was previously a member of

Worcestershire County Council Worcestershire County Council is the county council for the non-metropolitan county of Worcestershire in England. Its headquarters are at County Hall in Worcester, the county town. The council consists of 57 councillors and there is no over ...

, representing Bromsgrove South; he resigned midway through his term after his election in 2017 to work in

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, Canada; his resignation triggered a by-election which was won by the Conservative Party, with Labour finishing fourth. Bloore was selected as the parliamentary candidate for Redditch in February 2024. Bloore's local party website describes him as a "business leader". The Redditch Advertiser notes that he previously worked in Canada as the Chief Executive Officer of a provincial tourism trade association. In November 2024, Bloore voted in favour of the

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, which proposes to legalise

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Personal life

Bloore lives in

Bromsgrove Bromsgrove is a town in Worcestershire, England, about north-east of Worcester and south-west of Birmingham city centre. It had a population of 34,755 in at the 2021 census. It gives its name to the wider Bromsgrove District, of which it is ...

, Worcestershire.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bloore, Chris Living people Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 2024–present Members of Worcestershire County Council Year of birth missing (living people)