The placeConstituency · South West · Electorate 76,076 · 2023 boundaries

St Austell and Newquay.

Labour Party MP Noah Law holds the seat on 34.1% of the vote.

Member of ParliamentNoah Law · Labour Party
CouncilCornwall
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001508
Electorate · 2024
76.1k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
34.1%
Labour Party · +5.3pp over Con
Settlements
19
Largest: St Austell
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
19.2
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
1 Jun 2026

A first-term MP elected in July 2024, Noah Law has spent much of his early parliamentary time focused on local delivery rather than headline rebellion -- and the results have been covered prominently in the Cornish press. He has been credited with bringing A-levels back to St Austell College, securing SEND funding, and leading a parliamentary push for better food labelling and animal welfare scores to improve farm profitability, a campaign backed by industry groups. His constituency casework totalled 9,200 cases in his first full year, and local coverage of his performance -- across economy, transport, and local government -- has been broadly positive.

Law is a 100% party-line voter with no rebel votes, though his voting profile contains a few notable divergences. He scores 25 percentage points above his party average on parliamentary scrutiny votes, and 13 points below on climate action -- a meaningful gap for a constituency where the green economy is a live issue. His speeches cluster around economy and jobs (70 contributions), local government, cost of living, and energy, with Cornwall's mining sector and coastal communities appearing as recurring themes. At 77% voting participation he falls slightly below the Commons average.

His committee seat on International Development is at some remove from his domestic focus, though his work on mining investment -- including international representation of Cornish lithium interests -- may bridge the two. The stance data suggests a tension between his strong workers' rights and progressive taxation scores and a below-party-average rating on welfare expansion and climate action; whether those gaps deepen over time will be worth watching. No voting data is available yet for several newer policy areas.

34.1%
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
Fowey Tywardreath Par Ian Wilson635Cornwall LDMay 2025
Mevagissey St Austell Bay James Michael Mustoe1,025Cornwall LDMay 2025
Newquay Central Pentire Joanna Kenny515Cornwall LDMay 2025
Newquay Porth Tretherras Lyndon Spencer Harrison645Cornwall LDApr 2026
Newquay Trenance Drew Creek498Cornwall LDMay 2025
Penwithick Boscoppa Jamie Hanlon548Cornwall LDMay 2025
Roche Bugle Steve Trevelyan701Cornwall LDMay 2025
St Austell Bethel Holmbush Jordan Antony William Rowse839Cornwall LDMay 2025
St Austell Central Gover Jack Yelland597Cornwall LDMay 2025
St Austell Poltair Mount Charles Paul Ashton619Cornwall LDMay 2025
St Blazey Pauline Dawn Giles627Cornwall LDMay 2025
St Columb Minor Colan Heinz Wolfgang Glanville408Cornwall LDDec 2025
St Dennis St Enoder Dick Cole1,000Cornwall LDMay 2025
St Stephen In Brannel Elaine Kist643Cornwall LDMay 2025

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

§ 02Settlements.19 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in St Austell (24,101), with Newquay (23,879) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 99,649.

town 60,709village 38,940

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
St Austell24,101town
Newquay23,879town
St Blazey6,932town
Indian Queens, Fraddon and St Columb Road5,797town
Rural & dispersed4,334village
Roche4,265village
Showing 6 of 19·All 19 settlements
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate54.5%57.1%-5%
Owner-occupied67.3%63.1%+7%
Private rented21.4%20.0%+7%
Social rented11.2%16.8%-33%

Ethnicity.

White97.1%
Asian0.6%
Black0.1%
Mixed1.2%
Other0.9%

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
£29,800
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
3,690
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
39
30 primary · 6 secondary
GCSE pass
63.4%
Attainment 8: 45.3

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£179m
Taxpayers50,000
Median per taxpayer£2,080
Mean per taxpayer£3,580

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
19.2
-7% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
6.4
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
47% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences9.0
Anti-social behaviour2.1
Criminal damage & arson2.0
Other theft1.5
Public order1.3
Shoplifting1.0
Drugs0.5

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%
Noah LawWONLab15,95834.1
Steve DoubleCon13,48828.9
Stephen BealRef9,21219.7
Joanna KennyLD4,80510.3
Amanda PenningtonGrn2,3375.0
Jay LathamInd4901.1
Angie RaynerInd4420.9

Turnout 46,732

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2019Steve DoubleCon56.1
2017Steve DoubleCon49.5
2015Steve DoubleCon40.2
2010Gilbert, StephenLD42.7
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