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Zarah Sultana

Zarah Sultana (born 31 October 1993) is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Coventry South since 2019. She was a Labour Party MP until July 2024 when she had the whip suspended for voting against the government to scrap the two-child benefit cap. She was a member of the Socialist Campaign Group and its chairperson from 2020 to 2025. She resigned her Labour Party membership on 3 July 2025 and co-founded Your Party with the former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Between July and September 2025 she was a member of the Independent Alliance group of MPs. On 18 November 2025, she became Your Party's first MP in the House of Commons.

Infobox

Preceded by
Lloyd Russell-Moyle and Richard Burgon
Majority
10,201 (23.9%)
Born
(1993-10-31) 31 October 1993 (age 32)Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Political party
Your Party
Other politicalaffiliations
Labour (2010–2025)Socialist Campaign GroupIndependent Alliance (July-September 2025)
Spouse
mw- Craig Lloyd (m. 2024)
Education
King Edward VI Handsworth School
Website
zarahsultana.com
Alma mater
University of Birmingham (BA)
Party
Your Party

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Preceded byJim Cunningham
Preceded byJim Cunningham
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded byJim Cunningham
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Member of Parliament for Coventry South 2019–present
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Incumbent
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded byJim Cunningham
Member of Parliament for Coventry South 2019–present
Incumbent

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  12. New Left Review
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  17. Palestine Solidarity Campaign
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  18. HuffPost
    https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/zarah-sultana/isis_b_6281960.html
  19. New Statesman
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  20. HuffPost
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  21. More Than Words: Approaching a Definition of Islamophobia
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  22. YouTube
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95EIcyZyxVM
  23. X (formerly Twitter)
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  24. YouTube
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95EIcyZyxVM
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    https://coventryobserver.co.uk/news/coventry-labour-candidate-zarah-sultana-apologises-for-celebrate-death-of-tony-blair-tweet/
  29. BBC News
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48081683
  30. BBC News
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  31. "Mr Jim Cunningham"
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    https://coventryobserver.co.uk/news/breaking-zarah-sultana-selected-for-labour-in-coventry-south/
  33. "Purge of the Corbynites: Four Labour MPs may face reselection battles"
    https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/purge-of-the-corbynites-four-labour-mps-may-face-reselection-battles/
  34. HuffPost UK
    https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/zara-sultana-blair-death-tweet-deselection-coventry-south-anti-semitism_uk_5dc3f4bde4b0055138833e43
  35. BBC News
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000651
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    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-50292235
  38. "Class of 2019: Meet the new MPs"
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    https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-labour-candidate-faces-re-17217042
  40. The Jewish Chronicle
    https://web.archive.org/web/20231113131002/https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/labour-mp-zarah-sultana-told-jewish-student-privilege-allowed-them-to-argue-peaceful-solution-to-i-1.495607
  41. The Times
    https://archive.today/20250704095827/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/who-is-zarah-sultana-new-party-5jxxc3snc
  42. Politics.co.uk
    https://www.politics.co.uk/news-in-brief/zarah-sultana-could-face-reselection-as-a-labour-candidate/
  43. "Proud to be in the Socialist Campaign Group meeting today for its official endorsement of @RLong_Bailey for Leader and @RichardBurgon for Deputy Leader. Now let's get these socialists elected! pic.twitter.com/2wndXTOOyU"
    https://x.com/zarahsultana/status/1220108818484539392
  44. "Rolling list: MP/MEP nominations for Labour leadership candidates"
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  46. "I'm excited to join the Shadow International Development team, as @DanCardenMP's Parliamentary Private Secretary! The struggle to build a sustainable world for all – not just the super-rich – is close to my heart. That's the role Britain should be playing on the global stage"
    https://x.com/zarahsultana/status/1222165789165273091
  47. "Shadow ministers appointed as Starmer completes frontbench"
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  51. UK Parliament
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  54. Ars Notoria Magazine
    https://arsnotoria.com/2021/01/25/jeremy-corbyn-is-dead-long-live-jeremy-corbyn/
  55. The Guardian
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  56. Morning Star
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    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-58515751
  58. Progressive International
    https://progressive.international/wire/2021-05-20-the-progressive-international-announces-new-council-and-organisational-members/en
  59. Stylist
    https://www.stylist.co.uk/health/women/open-letter-priti-patel-violence-women-girls/520846
  60. "Industrial issues the focus for FBU at Labour conference"
    https://www.fbu.org.uk/news/2021/09/23/industrial-issues-focus-fbu-labour-conference
  61. "The Green New Deal bill has launched!"
    https://www.gndrising.org/updates/the-green-new-deal-bill-has-launched/
  62. "'Labour must go bold on the climate with the Green New Deal"
    https://labourlist.org/2021/10/labour-must-go-bold-on-the-climate-with-the-green-new-deal/
  63. Prometheus Journal
    https://prometheusjournal.org/2025/09/09/whose-party-is-it-anyway/
  64. Companies House
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  65. Mirror
    https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/11-labour-mps-face-suspension-26323193
  66. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/feb/26/labour-mp-zarah-sultana-blames-media-after-death-threat-over-ukraine-statement
  67. Sky News
    https://news.sky.com/story/labour-mp-zarah-sultana-receives-death-threat-describing-her-as-putins-w-e-12551753
  68. BBC News
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  69. Coventry Observer
    https://www.coventryobserver.co.uk/news/coventry-south-mp-donates-10000-to-citys-foodbank-which-is-seeing-more-first-timers-than-ever-before/
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  71. "Zarah Sultana – 2022 Speech on the Cost of Living Crisis – UKPOL.CO.UK"
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  72. The Boar
    https://theboar.org/2022/10/zarah-sultana-reselected-as-the-coventry-south-mp/
  73. CoventryLive
    https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/zarah-sultana-thrilled-reselection-coventry-25244858
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    https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmregmem/230320/sultana_zarah.htm
  75. The Boar
    https://theboar.org/2023/04/zarah-sultana/
  76. "Over two thousand firefighters and control staff rally in Westminster"
    https://www.fbu.org.uk/news/2022/12/07/over-two-thousand-firefighters-and-control-staff-rally-westminster
  77. Firefighter Magazine
    https://www.fbu.org.uk/magazine/february-march-2023/strikes-minimum-service-levels-bill
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    https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/women-labour-mps-vogue-interview
  80. Sky News
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  81. BBC News
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c978m6z3egno
  82. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/23/labour-mps-vote-to-scrap-two-child-benefit-cap-in-first-rebellion-for-starmer
  83. "I have been informed by the Chief Whip & the Labour Party leadership that the whip has been withdrawn from me"
    https://x.com/zarahsultana/status/1815827290561077381
  84. BBC News
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y51zzpd6po
  85. X (formerly Twitter)
    https://x.com/zarahsultana/status/1869016915727073324
  86. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-interactive/2025/jun/20/how-did-your-mp-vote-on-the-assisted-dying-bill?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
  87. The National (Scotland)
    https://www.thenational.scot/news/25298395.mps-we-palestine-action-comment-edited-hansard/
  88. The Times
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  89. Socialist Party
    https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/143075/24-09-2025/editorial-the-case-for-a-workers-led-new-party-gets-even-stronger/
  90. "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"
    https://x.com/zarahsultana/status/1940850950681554996
  91. BBC News
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyel9kgdvdo
  92. New Statesman
    https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2025/07/zarah-sultanas-big-messy-surprise-for-jeremy-corbyn
  93. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/04/jeremy-corbyn-confirms-talks-about-forming-new-party-with-zarah-sultana
  94. BBC News
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdeze706jw8o
  95. "Proud to join the Independent Alliance, now a bigger group in Parliament than Reform"
    https://x.com/zarahsultana/status/1948474899128824122
  96. www.thetimes.com
    https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/new-jeremy-corbyn-your-party-q58nq9tfd
  97. Islam Channel
    https://islamchannel.tv/zara-sultana-declares-herself-a-loud-and-proud-anti-zionist/
  98. Politics Home
    https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/your-party-chaos-sultana-accused-unilaterally-launching
  99. Sky News
    https://news.sky.com/story/zarah-sultana-takes-over-company-holding-800-000-in-your-party-donations-after-major-row-13460569
  100. Middle East Eye
    https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iqbal-mohamed-becomes-second-mp-leave-your-party
  101. "Iqbal Mohamed quits Your Party"
    https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/11/iqbal-mohamed-quits-your-party
  102. Politico
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  103. UK Parliament
    https://members.parliament.uk/member/4786/career
  104. CoventryLive
    https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/zarah-sultana-wins-mp-year-23438052
  105. PinkNews
    https://www.thepinknews.com/2022/10/20/zarah-sultana-good-riddance-suella-braverman-support-trans-people/
  106. "Creative Connections Coventry"
    https://culturespacecoventry.com/creative-connections-coventry
  107. "Pagefield Parliamentarian Awards"
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    https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-mp-zarah-sultana-up-26347686
  109. CoventryLive
    https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/zarah-sultana-mp-given-coventry-26569409
  110. The New Statesman
    https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2023/05/the-new-statesmans-left-power-list
  111. BBC News
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-65002407
  112. "I love trade unions so much, I married someone working for one"
    https://x.com/zarahsultana/status/1931317274578706913
  113. "For the record"
    https://x.com/zarahsultana/status/1931048147016704463
  114. The Standard
    https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/zarah-sultana-labour-mp-coventry-south-tiktok-b1159562.html
  115. The Indian Express
    https://indianexpress.com/article/who-is/who-is-zarah-sultana-a-first-time-uk-mp-with-a-kashmiri-connection/
  116. Weekly Worker
    https://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1564/socialism-or-barbarism/
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