Perran Moon
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 | |
| Political party | Labour |
Peregrine '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
[edit]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
[edit]Political
[edit]Moon was a Labour & Co-operative Party district councillor for Banbury Grimbsbury & Hightown in Cherwell district council in Oxfordshire from 2019 to May 2023. During the 2024 election campaign he was criticised by opponents for allegedly referring to himself as a 'local councillor', when his seat was not in Cornwall.[4] Moon was also accused of 'political Cornishness shenanigans' by a local resident, because he chose to go by the nickname 'Perran' (similar to the name of Cornwall's patron saint St Piran) rather than his real name. [5]
Moon stood in the Camborne and Redruth constituency in the 2024 general election following the retirement of George Eustice.[6] He polled first of seven on a swing of 17.7% and becoming the constituency's first ever Labour MP.[7] 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.[7] He was one of six MPs who, in 2024, took their parliamentary affirmations in the Cornish language.
Electoral history
[edit]| 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
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Personal life
[edit]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]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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 "My Story". Perran Moon. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "Labour candidate defends his Cornish roots as he denies local councillor claims". Falmouth Packet. 2024-01-10. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
- ^ Vergnault, Olivier (2023-02-10). "Parliamentary candidate accused of faking his Cornishness". Cornwall Live. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
- ^ 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.
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