Perran Moon | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Camborne and Redruth | |
| 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 July 2024. [2]
Moon was born in Redruth, [3] his father,Charles,was a GP and long-time club doctor at Redruth Rugby Football Club. [4] His mother was a nurse at Treliske Hospital. One of seven children,Moon attended Trewirgie School [5] and then St Erbyn's school in Penzance. [6]
Prior to parliament,Moon worked in communications for Nissan and Renault. From 2004,he was marketing director at Manheim UK and then at Auto Trader. [7] Until 2024,was the chief marketing officer and interim CEO of Believ, [8] an electric vehicle charging business. [9]
An advocate of the switch from petrol and diesel vehicles to electric,on World EV Day 2024 he said:"World EV day is a crucial date in our calendar,as it spotlights perhaps the single largest solution to cleaner air and reduced carbon emissions –electric vehicles. [10]
From 2019 to May 2023,Moon was a Labour &Co-operative Party district councillor for Banbury Grimsbury &Hightown ward in Cherwell district council in Oxfordshire. [11]
In the 2024 general election,Moon stood in the Camborne and Redruth constituency in Cornwall. [12] the 2024 election campaign he was criticised by an opponent for allegedly referring to himself as a 'local councillor',when his seat was not in Cornwall. [11] Moon said at the time that the allegations were not correct:"The comments were made following a story published earlier this week about [his] political rival Connor Donnithorne failing to state he is a Conservative on a recent election leaflet that was delivered to homes in Camborne,Redruth and Hayle." [13]
Moon won the seat,and became constituency's first ever Labour MP,and 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. [14] He was one of six Cornish MPs who,in 2024,took their parliamentary affirmations in the Cornish language. [15]
In September 2024,Moon was named as a member of the Great British Energy Bill Committee,which is tasked with bringing the new legislation before Parliament. [16]
Moon has advocated for renewables and the mining of tin and of lithium for batteries in his constituency. [17] In December 2024,Moon attended the Resourcing Tomorrow mining conference in London and visited the Cornwall Pavilion to promote Cornish mining. [18]
Moon appeal for community banking hubs in his constituency,specifically in Redruth and Hayle,due the withdrawing of numerous banks from the region and a lack of access to cash and basic banking facilities. [19]
Moon has campaigned against pollution,especially discharges into rivers and the sea,and has described it as a Conservative party scandal that has damaging the economy. [20]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
Moon grew up in Redruth and Penzance, and has lived in Oxfordshire from where his ex-wife originated, and where he raised his three children. He returned to live in Cornwall in 2022. [5] His father, Charles Moon, lives in Porthtowan and his mother lives in Nancledra. He coached and refereed rugby union and was a former cricket player for Penzance. [22] He is known to be a keen sea swimmer and supporter of Redruth rugby club. [23] Moon's brother, Dickon Moon, is notably the longest-serving director of rugby in the Rugby Football Union, working for London Cornish RFC. [24]
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