St Austell and Newquay: MP, 2024 result and local figures
Noah Law (Labour) is the MP for St Austell and Newquay, elected at the general election of 4 July 2024. Noah Law took the seat for Labour in July 2024 with 15,958 votes (34.1%), ahead of Steve Double (Conservative) on 13,488. 46,732 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 76,076, 61.4% of those registered. The majority was 2,470.
Key figures
What the figures show
Survey estimates for April 2025 to March 2026 have 71.3% of working-age residents in employment, within a margin of 8.5 points. 22.9% were economically inactive.
Median annual pay for full-time work was £36,000 for jobs in St Austell and Newquay and £35,003 for its residents (April 2025, ASHE). In April 2024 the residents' figure was £33,201. The residents' figure ranks 149th lowest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
5,039 children in St Austell and Newquay were in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, the Department for Work and Pensions estimates: 29.6% of under-16s, where the UK share is 26.0%. On the before-housing-costs measure it rose from 17.8% in 2021/22 to 21.4% in 2024/25.
Census 2021: 43,478 households, 338.7 people per square kilometre, 22.0% of workers based at home, 26.9% of adults retired.
The ONS estimates 101,984 people lived in St Austell and Newquay in mid-2024, up 9.4% on 2014. 24,142 were aged 65 or over and 17,016 were under 16.
The median price paid for a home was £270,000 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry data). Ten years earlier, in the year to March 2016, it was £185,000. The highest March-year median in the series was £292,950, in the year to March 2023. It ranks 266th lowest of 575 constituencies. 1,413 sales were registered in the period, against 1,725 in the year to March 2025.
The claimant count for September 2026 was 1,910, or 3.1% of the working-age population. September 2025 had 1,825.
Workplaces in St Austell and Newquay accounted for 38,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 4,530 local units for March 2026.
MP
Noah Law, Labour
- MP for St Austell and Newquay since 4 July 2024
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Noah Law on this site
In Parliament
What Noah Law said most recently in Parliament, word for word from Hansard (from 20 October 2026 to 28 October 2026). Hansard search returns 226 spoken contributions by Noah Law since 4 July 2024.
Would the right hon. Member care to ask that business owner about the potential impact of the reduction in business rates for nearly 70,000 small businesses?
I welcome the Home Secretary’s progress in reducing those perilous and often exploitative small boat crossings, but aside from the misplaced idea that asylum seekers have significant recourse to public funds or mainstream benefits, we must still be honest that a lot of human …
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Within my constituency, the communications I recently held with residents on antisocial behaviour highlighted major concerns about e-bikes and other powered bikes being ridden not just around town, but in abandoned china clay pits, on footpaths and along other rights of way.
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Similarly to my hon. Friends who have just spoken, we have serious issues at Newquay airport about connectivity, so I welcome the suggestion on local transport connectivity that promoting alternative modalities will be part of the review, but to what extent will the Minister …
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Does the Minister find it as curious as I do that the Conservative party tabled amendment 5?
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Read from the Hansard API on 28 October 2026. Up to two items per debate; remarks under 40 characters are left out. All contributions in Hansard.
General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noah Law | Labour | 15,958 | 34.1% | +7.5 |
| Steve Double | Conservative | 13,488 | 28.9% | −26.7 |
| Stephen Beal | Reform UK | 9,212 | 19.7% | |
| Joanna Kenny | Liberal Democrat | 4,805 | 10.3% | −0.5 |
| Amanda Pennington | Green Party | 2,337 | 5.0% | +1.9 |
| Jay Latham | Liberal | 490 | 1.0% | −0.1 |
| Angie Rayner | Independent | 442 | 0.9% |
Result summary as published: Lab gain from Con. Change in share is in percentage points against the notional 2019 result on the new boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library, election results (data, read 14 October 2026).
Results on these boundaries
| Date | Election | First | Second | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2024 | General election | Labour 34.2% | Conservative 28.9% | 2,470 | 61.4% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Conservative 55.6% | Labour 26.6% | 15,942 | 73.9% |
Only results on the constituency boundaries first used at the 2024 general election are shown. The 2019 figures are the House of Commons Library's notional estimates of how votes cast in 2019 would have fallen on these boundaries, not a result that was declared. Source: House of Commons Library, constituency results.
Councils
St Austell and Newquay lies within Cornwall.
- Cornwall E06000052
Who has power over St Austell and Newquay
Every body that makes decisions for St Austell and Newquay, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- St Austell and Newquay this page: Noah Law (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
| Figure | Period | Publisher | Read | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | mid-2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimants as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimant count | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Employment rate, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of residents | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of people working here | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median house price | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Homes sold | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, after housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, before housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Business sites (local units) | March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| People employed by businesses here | 2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Economically inactive, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Households | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents per square kilometre | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Workers mainly working from home | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents aged 16+ who are retired | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
"Data" is the file or query each figure was read from (its SHA-256 is in the link title); "area" shows the same table for this constituency alone.
Common questions
Who is the MP for St Austell and Newquay?
Noah Law (Labour), elected on 4 July 2024, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in St Austell and Newquay?
The House of Commons Library records 15,958 votes for Noah Law of Labour and a majority of 2,470; 61.4% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in St Austell and Newquay?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 1,910, 3.1% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average house price in St Austell and Newquay?
£270,000: the middle price of homes sold in the year to March 2026, published by the ONS from Land Registry records.
What is the average salary in St Austell and Newquay?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £35,003 (April 2025).
How many children in St Austell and Newquay live in low income families?
5,039 children under 16, 29.6%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
What is the population of St Austell and Newquay?
101,984 in mid-2024, the latest ONS estimate.
Built 14 October 2026 from official records; how these pages are compiled. This page lists what the record shows and gives no verdict on the MP or the area. Link moved or figure wrong? Tell us.