Perran Moon | |
|---|---|
 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 | |
| Born | Perran Henry Rupert Moon 2 April 1970 |
| Political party | Labour |
Perran Henry Rupert Moon [1] (born 2 April 1970 [2] ) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the MP for Camborne and Redruth since July 2024. [3]
Moon was born in Redruth; [4] his father,Charles,was a GP and long-time club doctor at Redruth Rugby Football Club. [5] His mother was a nurse at Treliske Hospital. One of seven children,Moon attended Trewirgie School [6] and then St Erbyn's school in Penzance. [7]
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. [8] Until 2024,he was the chief marketing officer and interim CEO of Believ, [9] an electric vehicle charging business. [10]
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". [11]
From 2019 to May 2023,Moon was a Labour &Co-operative Party district councillor for Banbury Grimsbury &Hightown ward at Cherwell District Council in Oxfordshire. [12]
In the 2024 general election,Moon stood in the Camborne and Redruth constituency in Cornwall. [13] Moon won the seat,and became the constituency's first ever Labour MP. He 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 was tasked with bringing the new legislation before parliament. [16] Moon is currently an officer for five All Party Parliamentary Groups and chair of the Electric Vehicle APPG. [17]
An advocate for renewables and the mining of tin and of lithium for batteries in his constituency, [18] in December 2024,Moon attended the Resourcing Tomorrow mining conference in London and visited the Cornwall Pavilion to promote Cornish mining. [19] Shortly afterwards,the government announced £25 million of investment in Cornish Metals Inc. to reopen a tin mine which was closed in 1998. Moon said:"Because South Crofty now has the backing of the National Wealth Fund,which is owned by the Treasury,it acts like a stamp of approval from Government and has signalled to private investors that the project is of nationally significant importance to the UK economy". [20]
Moon appealed for community banking hubs in his constituency,specifically in Redruth and Hayle,due to the withdrawing of numerous banks from the region and a lack of access to cash and basic banking facilities. [21] Moon has also campaigned against pollution,especially discharges into rivers and the sea,and has described it as a Conservative party scandal that has damaged the economy. [22]
On hunting,Moon has said:"hunting wild animals with dogs is a cruel and barbaric activity that has no place in 21st century Britain". He used a newspaper column to express no issues with drag hunting,but to highlight that with trail hunting:"there is now clear evidence that trail hunting is being used as a smokescreen for the illegal hunting of wild animals,including foxes". In a parliamentary debate,he welcomed the government's forthcoming package of animal welfare reforms. [23]
In March 2025,Moon hosted a Westminster Hall debate on English Rugby Union Governance. Subjects covered included the perilous state of many clubs' finances and the impact of outstanding Covid loans on clubs,including Cornish Pirates. The number of concussions suffered by players in the amateur game,following recent tackle height changes,was also explored. [24]
Moon is active in the debate around Cornish devolution and combined mayoral authorities;in a recent Commons debate he "went as far as to declare himself Cornish,and not English". [25] He went on to explain that “we are not separatists,we want to play our part economically and culturally within the UK and we just don’t feel that voice is being heard" adding that there is a "feeling of being ignored within key decision-making departments in government.” [26]
| 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, home of his former wife, and where he raised his three children. He returned to live in Cornwall in 2022. [6] His father, Charles Moon, lives in Porthtowan and his mother lives in Nancledra. Dickon Moon, Moon's brother, is notably the longest-serving director of rugby in the Rugby Football Union, working for London Cornish RFC. [5]
In March 2025, Moon spoke movingly in a Westminster Hall debate about his family's experience of eating disorders. On behalf of those "going through that hellish tornado of pain" he urged the government to prioritise a "rapid overhaul" of the support system. [28]
Moon coached and refereed rugby union and was a former cricket player for Penzance. [29] He is known to be a keen sea swimmer and supporter of Redruth Rugby Football Club. [30]
