Zarah Sultana

Zarah Sultana
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Coventry South
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byJim Cunningham
Majority10,201 (23.9%)
Chairperson of the Socialist Campaign Group
Assumed office
6 May 2020
Preceded byLloyd Russell-Moyle and Richard Burgon[1]
Personal details
Born (1993-10-31) 31 October 1993 (age 31)
Birmingham, England
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
Labour Party (2010–2024; suspended and whip withdrawn)
Socialist Campaign Group
Alma materUniversity of Birmingham
Signature
Websitezarahsultana.com

Zarah Sultana (born 31 October 1993)[2] is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Coventry South since the 2019 general election, representing the Labour Party until her suspension. Sultana received a six-month suspension in July 2024 as one of seven Labour MPs who voted to scrap the two-child benefit cap.[3] On the political left, she is a member of, and currently chairs, the Socialist Campaign Group.[4]

  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.
  3. ^ Elgot, Jessica (23 July 2024). "Labour suspends seven rebels who voted to scrap two-child benefit cap". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  4. ^ Rodgers, Sienna (1 November 2019). "Labour organiser Zarah Sultana picked to fight Coventry South". LabourList. Retrieved 19 December 2023.

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