UK Explained

St Austell and Newquay

Represented in Parliament by Noah Law (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Noah Law, Labour. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How St Austell and Newquay compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 546 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £676£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 307 areas and lower than 341.

UK 3.9%This area 3.1%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
St Austell and Newquay£6763.1%
Bangor Aberconwy£6803.1%
North Cornwall£6713.1%
South Holland and The Deepings£6863.0%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in St Austell and Newquay

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people99,76459,597,740 in total
Aged under 1617%18%1 points lower
Aged 65 and over23%19%4 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher26%34%7 points lower
Households that own their home67%62%5 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association11%17%6 points lower
Households renting privately22%20%1 points higher

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Noah Law

Labour

MAJORITY
2,470

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
61%

of people who could vote did

Noah Law won with 34% of the votes, and Steve Double (Conservative) came second with 29%.

Votes for each party

Labour34% · 15,958
Conservative29% · 13,488
Reform UK20% · 9,212
Liberal Democrat10% · 4,805
Green Party5% · 2,337
Liberal1% · 490
Everyone else1% · 442
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Noah LawLabour15,95834.1%
Steve DoubleConservative13,48828.9%
Stephen BealReform UK9,21219.7%
Joanna KennyLiberal Democrat4,80510.3%
Amanda PenningtonGreen Party2,3375.0%
Jay LathamLiberal4901.0%
Angie RaynerIndependent4420.9%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£676 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
3.1%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026