Perran Moon
Perran Moon MP | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
Member of Parliament for Camborne and Redruth | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | George Eustice |
Majority | 7,806 (16.3%) |
Personal details | |
Political party | Labour |
Perran Henry Rupert Moon[1] is a British Labour Party politician who has served as MP for Camborne and Redruth since 2024.[2]
Early life
Moon’s family is Cornish and he was born in Redruth where his father, Charles, was a local GP. His mother was an NHS nurse at Treliske Hospital. Moon attended Trewirgie School.[3]
Career
Political
Moon was a Labour & Co-operative Party district councillor for Banbury Grimbsbury & Hightown in Cherwell district council from 2019 to May 2023. Moon stood in the Camborne and Redruth constituency in the 2024 general election following the retirement of George Eustice.[4] He polled first of seven on a swing of 17.7% and becoming the constituency's first ever Labour MP.[5] Moon said in a speech after the results were announced that the election had established a "new Cornish red wall" after Labour won four of the six seats in Cornwall.[5] He was one of six MPs who, in 2024, took their parliamentary affirmations in the Cornish language.
Electoral history
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Perran Moon | 19,360 | 40.5 | +6.3 | |
Conservative | Connor Donnithorne | 11,554 | 24.2 | −29.1 | |
Reform UK | Roger Tarrant | 8,952 | 18.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Thalia Marrington | 4,113 | 8.6 | +0.1 | |
Green | Catherine Hayes | 2,840 | 5.9 | +3.1 | |
Liberal | Paul Holmes | 624 | 1.3 | ±0.0 | |
Socialist Labour | Robert Hawkins | 342 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,806 | 16.3 | +2.3 | ||
Turnout | 47,785 | 64.2 | –5.9 | ||
Registered electors | 74,402 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 17.7 |
Personal life
Moon was born and raised in Cornwall and is one of seven children. He lived in Oxfordshire from where his ex wife came and where he raised his 3 children, before returning to Cornwall in 2022. Before entering Parliament, Moon worked in the automotive sector for 25 years as a marketing & communications director and was latterly the director of an electric vehicle charging business that uses only sustainable energy.[3] [3]
See also
References
- ^ "Members Sworn". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 752. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 10 July 2024.
- ^ "UK general election results live: Labour set for landslide as results come in across country". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
- ^ a b c "My Story". Perran Moon. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ Kathy Wardle (25 June 2024). "General Election 2024: The Cornish constituency where a new MP is guaranteed". ITV News. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Labour's Perran Moon is Hayle's new MP". St Ives Times & Echo. No. 5837. 12 July 2024. p. 4.
- ^ Kate Kennally (7 June 2024). "Statement of Persons Nominated, Notice of Poll and Situation of Polling Stations – Camborne and Redruth" (PDF). Cornwall Council. Retrieved 8 June 2024.