Noah Law

Noah Law was elected Labour MP for St Austell and Newquay on 4 July 2024 with a majority of 2,470 (5.2 per cent). In 2010, Labour polled 7.2 per cent in this constituency. Going from 7.2 per cent to winning the seat in fourteen years was a large swing. He defeated Conservative Steve Double, who had held the seat since 2015. The seat was Liberal Democrat from 2010 to 2015 under Stephen Gilbert before Double took it.

Born in Cornwall in 1994 and one of the youngest MPs in the Commons, he holds degrees from Exeter, Cambridge and Oxford, lives in Lostwithiel within the constituency, and describes himself as an economic development professional. He was selected ahead of Angela Smith, the former Labour MP who had defected to Change UK and contested the 2019 election as a Liberal Democrat.

His three stated pledges on election were jobs and prosperity, tackling the housing crisis, and revitalising towns. Within ten months he could point to specific delivery against all three. He chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group for Critical Minerals, a platform directly relevant to Cornwall's lithium and china clay deposits. Under his chairmanship, Imerys invested £18 million in a new china clay plant in the constituency, the largest investment in the local industry for two decades. The four Cornish Labour MPs collectively secured £47 million in additional Shared Prosperity Funding that had been set to expire. He obtained funding for a refurbishment of Newquay Health Centre to address GP appointment capacity. He presented three options to Cornwall Council to resolve the General Wolfe pub in Newquay, a £1 million council purchase that had become derelict and an antisocial behaviour hotspot.

He has sat on the International Development Committee since October 2024 and has no recorded rebellions.

Reform UK took more than 9,000 votes. The 2,470 majority on 34.1 per cent of the vote means this seat could be lost to the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats or Reform UK at the next election depending on how the opposition vote consolidates.

His 2,470 majority on 34.1 per cent of the vote makes this one of the more marginal Labour seats, and one the party had never held before 2024. He holds no ministerial office.