# Perran Moon

Perran Henry Rupert Moon is a British Labour Party politician who has served as MP for Camborne and Redruth since July 2024.

## Early life

Moon was born in Redruth, his father, Charles, was a GP and long-time club doctor at Redruth Rugby Football Club. His mother was a nurse at Treliske Hospital. One of seven children, Moon attended Trewirgie School and then St Erbyn's school in Penzance.

## Career

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. Until 2024, was the chief marketing officer and interim CEO of Believ, an electric vehicle charging business.
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.

### Political career

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.
In the 2024 general election, Moon stood in the Camborne and Redruth constituency in Cornwall. 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. 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."
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. He was one of six Cornish MPs who, in 2024, took their parliamentary affirmations in the Cornish language.
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.
Moon has advocated for renewables and the mining of tin and of lithium for batteries in his constituency. In December 2024, Moon attended the Resourcing Tomorrow mining conference in London and visited the Cornwall Pavilion to promote Cornish mining.
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.
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.

## Electoral history

General election 2024: Camborne and Redruth :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 7,806 | 16.3 | +2.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,785 | 64.2 | –5.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 74,402 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 17.7 | |

## Personal life

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. 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. He is known to be a keen sea swimmer and supporter of Redruth rugby club. Moon's brother, Dickon Moon, is notably the longest-serving director of rugby in the Rugby Football Union, working for London Cornish RFC.