Richard has been a borough councillor for Burstead since 2004 and also a county councillor for the Billericay & Burstead Division since 2017. 

At Basildon, he is currently Shadow Cabinet Member for Planning & Infrastructure. He also sits on the Policy Scrutiny Committee and the Billericay Area Committee.

At County Hall, he sits on the Health Overview Policy and Scrutiny Committee and as a substitute member of the Place Services and Economic Growth Policy and Scrutiny Committee. He is also a trustee of the Great Burstead Exhibition Foundation (Billericay Educational Trust), chairs the Essex Local Highways Panel for Basildon and sits on the Youth Strategy Group for Basildon.

Richard lives in Billericay with his wife, Moira, who is a Billericay town councillor. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, the National Trust and the Royal Horticulture Society and is retired. He is also currently Chairman of the Basildon & Billericay Conservative Association. 

If you are a resident of Burstead or the Billericay & Burstead Division and would like to contact Richard, please email richard.moore@members.basildon.gov.uk on borough matters or cllr.richard.moore@essex.gov.uk for county matters.

Burstead councillors hold a street surgery on the last Saturday of the month, from 10am until 12 noon. Locations vary.

His ward colleagues are Cllrs Andrew Baggott and Kevin Blake and his county division colleague is Cllr Anthony Hedley.