UK Explained

Coventry South

Represented in Parliament by Zarah Sultana (Your Party). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

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Your MP at a glance

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How Coventry South compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 305 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £759£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 538 areas and lower than 110.

UK 3.9%This area 5.1%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Coventry South£7595.1%
Brent West£7725.3%
Coventry North West£7665.4%
Glasgow North£7815.4%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Coventry South

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people119,75259,597,740 in total
Aged under 1617%18%1 points lower
Aged 65 and over14%19%5 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher36%34%2 points higher
Households that own their home57%62%6 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association16%17%1 points lower
Households renting privately27%20%7 points higher

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Zarah Sultana

Labour

MAJORITY
10,201

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
56%

of people who could vote did

Zarah Sultana won with 48% of the votes, and Mattie Heaven (Conservative) came second with 24%.

Votes for each party

Labour48% · 20,361
Conservative24% · 10,160
Reform UK13% · 5,711
Liberal Democrat6% · 2,531
Green Party6% · 2,363
Workers Party of Britain2% · 777
Everyone else2% · 828
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Zarah SultanaLabour20,36147.6%
Mattie HeavenConservative10,16023.8%
Chris BaddonReform UK5,71113.4%
Stephen RichmondLiberal Democrat2,5315.9%
Anne PattersonGreen Party2,3635.5%
Mohammed SyedWorkers Party of Britain7771.8%
Alastair MellonSocial Democratic Party3340.8%
Niko OmilanaIndependent2630.6%
Joshua MorlandIndependent2310.5%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£759 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
5.1%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026