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
Political
Moon was a Labour & Co-operative Party district councillor for Banbury Grimbsbury & Hightown in Cherwell district council from 2019 to May 2023. Moon stood in the Camborne and Redruth constituency in the 2024 general election following the retirement of George Eustice.[4] He polled first of seven on a swing of 17.7% and becoming the constituency's first ever Labour MP.[5] 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.[5] He was one of six MPs who, in 2024, took their parliamentary affirmations in the Cornish language.
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][3]
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