Noah Law was elected Labour MP for St Austell and Newquay on 4 July 2024 with a majority of 2,470 (5.2 percent). In 2010, Labour polled 7.2 percent in this constituency. Going from 7.2 percent to winning the seat in fourteen years is one of the most dramatic Labour advances anywhere in England. 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 an exceptional triple of 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. He has voted in 424 divisions with zero rebellions. His APPGs cover Critical Minerals (chair), Aviation, Nordic Countries, Private Capital, Sustainable Finance, Beer, Energy Studies, Manufacturing and Fair Elections.

Reform UK took more than 9,000 votes. The 2,470 majority on 34.1 percent 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.

Law's strengths include triple university education (Exeter, Cambridge, Oxford), genuine Cornish roots and residence, the Critical Minerals APPG chair directly relevant to Cornwall's economy, specific delivery within ten months (Imerys investment, SPF funding, health centre), economic development professional background matching a constituency that needs economic transformation, and one of the youngest and most energetic profiles in the 2024 intake. His weaknesses include a 2,470 majority that is among the most fragile in England, a 34.1 percent vote share that means two thirds of the electorate voted for someone else, no ministerial office, and the structural difficulty of holding a Cornish seat for Labour when the national political weather changes. At 31, he has time to build a personal following. The question is whether ten months of delivery is enough to survive the next election in a seat Labour has never held before him.