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Zarah Sultana | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Coventry South | |
| 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[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 October 1993 Birmingham, England |
| Political party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | Labour Party (2010–2024; suspended and whip withdrawn) Socialist Campaign Group |
| Alma mater | University of Birmingham |
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| Website | zarahsultana |
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. She was a Labour Party MP until her 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 the Socialist Campaign Group,[4] and was chair of the group from 2020 until her resignation in February 2025.[5]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Rodgers, Sienna (1 November 2019). "Labour organiser Zarah Sultana picked to fight Coventry South". LabourList. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ "Sultana steps down as chair of Socialist Campaign Group of MPs". Morning Star. 27 February 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2025.