Zarah Sultana

Zarah Sultana

MP
Zarah Sultana; MP
	Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament ; for Coventry South
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 12 December 2019
Preceded by	Jim Cunningham
Majority	10,201 (23.9%)
Chairperson of the Socialist Campaign Group
	In office; 6 May 2020 – 28 February 2025
Preceded by	Lloyd Russell-Moyle and Richard Burgon
Personal details
Born	31 October 1993; Lozells, Birmingham, England
Political party	Independent
Other political; affiliations	Labour (2010–2025); Socialist Campaign Group
Alma mater	University of Birmingham (BA)
Website	zarahsultana.com

Zarah Sultana (born 31 October 1993)^[2] is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Coventry South since 2019. She was a Labour Party MP until the whip was suspended in July 2024.^[3]

She resigned her Labour Party membership on 3 July 2025 and later said she planned on creating a new left-wing political party with the former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.^[4] The party has been temporarily defined as the Your Party (UK).

References

↑ Russell-Moyle, Lloyd (4 May 2020). "Where the Socialist Campaign Group should go next for a unified left". LabourList.
↑ Brunskill, Ian (19 March 2020). The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : The definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. HarperCollins Publishers Limited. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574.
↑ Elgot, Jessica (23 July 2024). "Labour suspends seven rebels who voted to scrap two-child benefit cap". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
↑ @zarahsultana (3 July 2025). "Today, after 14 years, I'm resigning from the Labour Party. Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country. Join us. The time is now" (Tweet). Retrieved 3 July 2025 – via Twitter.

Other websites

Media related to Zarah Sultana at Wikimedia Commons

Official website
Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
Voting record at Public Whip
Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou

[1] Russell-Moyle, Lloyd (4 May 2020). "Where the Socialist Campaign Group should go next for a unified left". LabourList.

[2] Brunskill, Ian (19 March 2020). The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : The definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. HarperCollins Publishers Limited. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574.

[:1-3] Elgot, Jessica (23 July 2024). "Labour suspends seven rebels who voted to scrap two-child benefit cap". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 September 2024.

[ResignLabourParty-4] @zarahsultana (3 July 2025). "Today, after 14 years, I'm resigning from the Labour Party. Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country. Join us. The time is now" (Tweet). Retrieved 3 July 2025 – via Twitter.

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