The placeConstituency · South West · Electorate 74,342 · 2023 boundaries

Camborne and Redruth.

Labour Party MP Perran Moon holds the seat on 40.5% of the vote.

Member of ParliamentPerran Moon · Labour Party
CouncilCornwall
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001148
Electorate · 2024
74.3k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
40.5%
Labour Party · +16.3pp over Con
Settlements
23
Largest: Camborne
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
18.4
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
3 Jun 2026

A steady party-line voter, Moon has nonetheless been active on local issues -- raising Royal Mail delays in Parliament, backing the National Trust's takeover of a Cornish mining attraction, and organising a Westminster event to showcase Cornish industries and heritage. His most recent votes back steel nationalisation and the government's King's Speech programme, both entirely in step with Labour. He has never voted against his party.

At 86% voting participation -- slightly above the Commons average -- Moon is engaged but not prominent nationally. His 330 contributions across 206 debates skew heavily toward economy and jobs (122 speeches), local government (65), environment (52), and energy (50), a pattern that reflects Cornwall's distinctive mix of post-industrial communities and coastal landscape. He votes at 97% alignment on progressive taxation and 93% on housing development, but scores low on pro-business votes (12%) and parliamentary scrutiny (9%), the latter suggesting he tends to back government positions over procedural challenges. He supported tighter asylum support rules in April 2026, in line with Labour but a signal of where he sits on the party's more contested terrain.

Two deviations from Labour peers stand out. He sits 28 percentage points below the party average on pro-local-democracy votes -- worth watching for a Cornwall MP given the county's long-running devolution debates. He is also slightly more resistant to assisted dying than the party average. Moon sits on no select committees. Local news coverage across 83 articles is broadly neutral, with education and SEND provision emerging as a recurring constituency concern alongside economic messaging. Rebel vote data is not yet available for his full term.

40.5%
Lab vote · 2024 GE
1
Council overlapping the seat
14
Wards · 14 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.14 wards · 14 councillors

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Camborne Roskear Tuckingmill James Michael Alexander Ball477Cornwall LDMay 2025
Camborne Trelowarren Paul White806Cornwall LDMay 2025
Camborne West Treswithian Karen Knight685Cornwall LDMay 2025
Constantine Mabe Mawnan Anna Thomason-Kenyon422Cornwall LDMay 2025
Four Lanes Beacon Troon Bruce Antony Craze662Cornwall LDMay 2025
Gwinear Gwithian Hayle East Rob Heslington691Cornwall LDMay 2025
Hayle West Peter Channon645Cornwall LDMay 2025
Illogan Portreath Cliff Crawford660Cornwall LDMay 2025
Lanner Stithians Gwennap John Thomas610Cornwall LDMay 2025
Pool Tehidy Susanne Desmonde745Cornwall LDMay 2025
Redruth Central Carharrack St Day Connor David Donnithorne842Cornwall LDMay 2025
Redruth North Roger Tarrant659Cornwall LDMay 2025
Redruth South Sally Harrison584Cornwall LDMay 2025
St Agnes Pete Mitchell1,146Cornwall LDMay 2025

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.23 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in Camborne (21,682), with Redruth (11,815) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 99,448.

town 61,520village 37,928

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Camborne21,682town
Redruth11,815town
Pool and Illogan9,644town
Rural & dispersed9,615town
Hayle8,764town
St Agnes4,372village
Showing 6 of 23·All 23 settlements
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate55.2%57.1%-3%
Owner-occupied66.3%63.1%+5%
Private rented19.4%20.0%-3%
Social rented14.2%16.8%-15%

Ethnicity.

White97.0%
Asian0.6%
Black0.2%
Mixed1.1%
Other1.1%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 48.8% Female 51.2% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£24,300
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£30,400
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
3,660
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
43
34 primary · 4 secondary
GCSE pass
62.1%
Attainment 8: 44.4

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£191m
Taxpayers51,000
Median per taxpayer£2,100
Mean per taxpayer£3,750

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

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§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
18.4
-11% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
6.1
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
52% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences9.6
Anti-social behaviour1.8
Criminal damage & arson1.6
Other theft1.5
Public order1.1
Shoplifting0.9
Burglary0.5

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.5 contests · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Perran MoonWONLab19,36040.5
Connor DonnithorneCon11,55424.2
Roger TarrantRef8,95218.7
Thalia MarringtonLD4,1138.6
Catherine HayesGrn2,8405.9
Paul HolmesInd6241.3
Robert HawkinsInd3420.7

Turnout 47,785

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2019George EusticeCon53.1
2017George EusticeCon47.5
2015George EusticeCon40.2
2010Eustice, GeorgeCon37.6
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission