Perran Moon

{{Infobox officeholder

| office = Member of Parliament
for Camborne and Redruth

| honorific_suffix = MP

| term_start = 4 July 2024

| predecessor = George Eustice

| party = Labour Party

| majority = 7,806 (16.3%)

| image = Official portrait of Perran Moon MP crop 2.jpg

| caption = Official portrait, 2024

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1970|04|02}}

}}

Perran Henry Rupert Moon{{Cite Hansard |title=Members Sworn |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |house=House of Commons |date=10 July 2024 |volume=752 |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2024-07-10/debates/3D219687-E412-4D22-890A-AA2887A23F99/MembersSworn}} (born 2 April 1970{{cite web|url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-299999?rskey=3sez1k&result=1|title=Moon, Perran Henry Rupert|work=Who's Who|date=1 December 2024|access-date=10 May 2025}} {{subscription}}) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the MP for Camborne and Redruth since July 2024.{{Cite web |title=UK general election results live: Labour set for landslide as results come in across country |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn09xn9je7lt |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}

Early life

Moon was born in Redruth;{{Cite news |last=Trewhela |first=Lee |date=5 July 2024 |title=Historic result as Labour gains four seats in General Election in Cornwall |url=https://www.cornish-times.co.uk/news/historic-result-as-labour-gains-four-seats-in-general-election-in-cornwall-702362 |access-date=22 November 2024 |work=The Cornish Times}} his father, Charles, was a GP and long-time club doctor at Redruth Rugby Football Club.{{Cite news |last=Moon |first=Perran |date=9 January 2025 |title=Cornwall's Voice |url=https://www.voicenewspapers.co.uk/opinion/cornwalls-voice-perran-moon-labour-mp-for-camborne-and-redruth-753177 |access-date=14 January 2025 |work=Voice}} His mother was a nurse at Treliske Hospital. One of seven children, Moon attended Trewirgie School and then St Erbyn's school in Penzance.{{cite web |last=Vergnault |first=Oliver |date=10 February 2023 |title=Redruth future parliamentary candidate accused of trying to be more Cornish than he is |url=https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/redruth-parliamentary-candidate-accused-trying-8134293 |access-date=28 August 2024 |work=Cornwall Live}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.am-online.com/news/motor-retail-veteran-begins-new-career-as-member-of-parliament|title=Motor retail veteran begins new career as Member of Parliament|work=AM Online|first=Tim|last=Rose|date=10 July 2024|access-date=28 August 2024}} Until 2024, he was the chief marketing officer and interim CEO of Believ,{{Cite web |title=EV charge point operator Believ announces senior management changes - Believ |url=https://www.believ.com/press-releases/ev-charge-point-operator-believ-announces-senior-management-changes/ |access-date=2024-11-16 |language=en-US}} an electric vehicle charging business.{{cite web|url=https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/24039484.labour-candidate-perran-moon-cornwall-local-row/|work=The Packet|title=Is Labour candidate Perran Moon from Cornwall? 'Local' row|date=10 January 2024|access-date=28 August 2024}}

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".{{Cite web |title=World EV Day with Perran Moon - Believ |url=https://www.believ.com/press-releases/world-ev-day-with-perran-moon/ |access-date=2024-11-16 |language=en-US}}

= Political career =

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.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-10 |title=Labour candidate defends his Cornish roots as he denies local councillor claims |url=https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/24039484.labour-candidate-perran-moon-cornwall-local-row/ |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=Falmouth Packet |language=en}}

In the 2024 general election, Moon stood in the Camborne and Redruth constituency in Cornwall.{{cite web |author1=Kathy Wardle |date=25 June 2024 |title=General Election 2024: The Cornish constituency where a new MP is guaranteed |url=https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2024-06-25/general-election-2024-the-constituency-where-a-new-mp-is-guaranteed |access-date=7 July 2024 |website=ITV News}} 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.{{cite news |date=12 July 2024 |title=Labour's Perran Moon is Hayle's new MP |work=St Ives Times & Echo |page=4 |issue=5837}} He was one of six Cornish MPs who, in 2024, took their parliamentary affirmations in the Cornish language.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-10 |title=All six of Cornwall's new MPs swear oaths in Cornish |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx823elq81lo |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}

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.{{Cite web |title=Perran Moon MP, Camborne and Redruth |url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/26482/perran_moon/camborne_and_redruth |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=TheyWorkForYou |language=en}}

= Political views =

An advocate for renewables and the mining of tin and of lithium for batteries in his constituency,{{Cite web |last=Moon |first=Perran |date=22 October 2024 |title=Hansard: Renewal Energy - Cornwall |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2024-10-22/debates/8B8506D6-E3E6-4F96-AB2F-45F3A45261B2/RenewableEnergyCornwall?highlight=%22perran%20moon%22#contribution-2DA144D3-52A9-4212-B6A5-F2729BBB9F2D |access-date=16 November 2024 |website=Hansard}} in December 2024, Moon attended the Resourcing Tomorrow mining conference in London and visited the Cornwall Pavilion to promote Cornish mining.{{Cite news |date=12 December 2024 |title=Cornwall's Voice: Perran Moon, Labour MP for Camborne and Redruth |url=https://www.voicenewspapers.co.uk/opinion/cornwalls-voice-perran-moon-labour-mp-for-camborne-and-redruth-746630 |access-date=13 December 2024 |work=Voice}} 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".{{Cite news |last=Angelov |first=Bobby |date=28 January 2025 |title="Cornish tin mine South Crofty bid for £56 million boost" |url=https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/24891735.cornish-tin-mine-south-crofty-bid-56-million-boost/ |url-status=live |access-date=15 May 2025}}

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.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-11 |title=Hayle and Redruth latest towns in Cornwall to receive banking hubs |url=https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/24787009.hayle-redruth-latest-towns-get-new-banking-hubs/ |access-date=2024-12-13 |website=Falmouth Packet |language=en}}

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.{{Cite web |title=Independent Water Commission |url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2024-10-23c.279.0&s=speaker:26482#g291.4 |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=TheyWorkForYou |language=en}}

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.{{Cite news |last=Moon |first=Perran |date=10 April 2025 |title="Cornwall's Voice: MP Perran Moon leads debate and highlights difference between trail and drag hunting" |url=https://www.voicenewspapers.co.uk/opinion/cornwalls-voice-mp-perran-moon-leads-debate-and-highlights-difference-between-trail-and-drag-hunting-781039 |url-status=live |access-date=14 May 2025 |work=Voice}}

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.{{Cite news |last=Taylor |first=Harry |date=11 March 2025 |title="Amateur rugby clubs experiencing more concussions since tackle law change – MP" |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/rugby-football-union-stephanie-peacock-conservative-redruth-government-b2713170.html |url-status=live |access-date=14 May 2025}}

Electoral history

{{transcluded section|source=Camborne and Redruth (UK Parliament constituency)}}

{{trim|{{#section:Camborne and Redruth (UK Parliament constituency)|2024 election}}}}

Personal life

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.{{Cite web|url=https://perranmoon.co.uk/my-story/|title=My Story|website=Perran Moon|accessdate=6 July 2024}} 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.{{Cite news |last=Moon |first=Perran |date=9 January 2025 |title=Cornwall's Voice |url=https://www.voicenewspapers.co.uk/opinion/cornwalls-voice-perran-moon-labour-mp-for-camborne-and-redruth-753177 |access-date=14 January 2025 |work=Voice}}

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.{{Cite web |date=2025-04-01 |title=MP shares experience of daughter’s eating disorder amid appeal for support |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/labour-government-mps-westminster-hall-stephen-kinnock-b2725637.html |access-date=2025-05-14 |website=The Independent |language=en}}

Moon coached and refereed rugby union and was a former cricket player for Penzance.{{Cite web |last=Trewhela |first=Lee |date=2024-01-09 |title=Cornwall Labour MP candidate denies 'dishonest' claims |url=https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/cornwall-labour-mp-candidate-denies-9021432 |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=Cornwall Live |language=en}} He is known to be a keen sea swimmer and supporter of Redruth Rugby Football Club.{{Cite web |date=2022-11-19 |title=Perran Moon : Camborne, Redruth & Hayle Labour |url=https://www.crhlabour.org.uk/perran-moon/ |access-date=2024-11-16 |website=Camborne, Redruth & Hayle Labour |language=en-GB}}