Zarah Sultana MP: votes, interests and costs
Zarah Sultana represents Coventry South in the House of Commons for Your Party and has done since 12 December 2019.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no current government, opposition or committee post for Zarah Sultana; earlier posts are below.
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee | 21 September 2020 | 22 February 2021 |
| Science and Technology Committee (Commons) | 2 March 2020 | 29 November 2022 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 f82fa12f305f.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 14 entries for Zarah Sultana: Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (5), Visits outside the UK (4), Miscellaneous (3), Shareholdings (2). The most recent was registered on 26 October 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Zarah Sultana Campaigns Ltd - £3,565.80
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Legal fees amounting
- Value of the benefit: £3,565.80
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-10-21
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-10-21
- Name of the donor: Zarah Sultana Campaigns Ltd
- Status of the donor: Company
Zarah Sultana Campaigns Ltd - £8,400.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Local campaign polling data
- Value of the benefit: £8,400.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-10-02
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-10-02
- Name of the donor: Zarah Sultana Campaigns Ltd
- Status of the donor: Company
International visit to France between 21 August 2026 and 22 August 2026
- Purpose of the visit: La France Insoumise's annual AMFIS conference.
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-08-21
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-08-22
Zarah Sultana Campaigns Ltd - £3,780.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Legal fees amounting to £3,780
- Value of the benefit: £3,780.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-08-03
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-08-03
- Name of the donor: Zarah Sultana Campaigns Ltd
- Status of the donor: Company
Zarah Sultana Campaigns Ltd - £7,200.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Legal fees amounting to £7,200
- Value of the benefit: £7,200.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-07-28
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-07-28
- Name of the donor: Zarah Sultana Campaigns Ltd
- Status of the donor: Company
Zarah Sultana Campaigns Ltd - £1,440.00
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Legal fees amounting to £1,440
- Value of the benefit: £1,440.00
- Name of the donor: Zarah Sultana Campaigns Ltd
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Zarah Sultana Campaigns Ltd
- Company registration number: 13740182
International visit to Colombia between 22 January 2026 and 29 January 2026
- Purpose of the visit: International guest speaker at the 'Nuestra América' emergency conference organised by Progressive International in Bogotá.
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-01-22
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-01-29
International visit to South Africa between 10 December 2025 and 15 December 2025
- Purpose of the visit: Costs associated with being a guest speaker at the Think Socialism festival, in Johannesburg.
- Date Member left the UK: 2025-12-10
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2025-12-15
Director of MOU Operations Ltd, a private company limited by guarantee without share capital, which was established to receive and hold funds and data prior to the establishment of Your Party. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2025-10-28
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Shares in MOU Operations Ltd, a private company limited by guarantee without share capital, which was established to receive and hold funds and data prior to the establishment of Your Party.
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
- Date on which the holding was acquired, or achieved registrable value: 2025-10-30
- Name of the company or partnership: MOU Operations Ltd, a private company limited by guarantee without share capital, which was established to receive and hold funds and data prior to the establishment of Your Party.
International visit to France between 03 October 2025 and 06 October 2025
- Purpose of the visit: International anti-war conference
- Date Member left the UK: 2025-10-03
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2025-10-06
Director, Your Party UK Ltd. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2025-07-31
- Date on which the interest ended: 2026-01-16
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Shares in Zarah Sultana Campaigns Ltd
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
- Date on which the holding was acquired, or achieved registrable value: 2021-11-12
- Name of the company or partnership: Zarah Sultana Campaigns Ltd
Director of Zarah Sultana Campaigns Ltd, which helps my political campaigning activity and helps fund any legal fees I require. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2021-11-12
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £247,052 for Zarah Sultana in 2024-25 against a budget of £250,820. The figure for 2023-24 was £217,660. IPSA lists office spending of £18,773 in the same year. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £247,052.32 | £217,660.31 | £215,006.20 |
| Office costs: spent | £18,772.91 | £19,505.63 | £18,266.12 |
| Accommodation: spent | £25,203.40 | £22,714.96 | £18,158.71 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £2,703.60 | £2,351.56 | £1,981.33 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £29,290 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Coventry South BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Research Officer (permanent part time), Office Manager ×2 (permanent part time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Caseworker (fixed term full time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent part time), Caseworker (permanent part time), Caseworker (fixed term part time), Policy Assistant (permanent full time), Senior Communication Officer (permanent part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 428 votes by Zarah Sultana in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 38 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 14 July 2026 to 20 October 2026. On 20 October 2026 Zarah Sultana voted No on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 26 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
The Written Questions API lists 88 written questions from Zarah Sultana since 4 July 2024. The latest 10 were addressed to Department of Health and Social Care, Department for Education, Home Office.
Cataracts: Surgery
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure commercial eye care providers refer patients for NHS cataract surgery without delay.
Ophthalmic Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of General Optical Council guidance on ensuring high street opticians offer patients all clinically appropriate lens options, including short distance v …
PE and Sport Premium
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of whether the PE and School Sport Partnerships Network will provide equivalent school-based support to that previously funded through the Primary PE and Sport Premium, i …
PE and Sport Premium
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of ending the Primary PE and Sport Premium on the provision of PE, extra-curricular sport and physical activity in primary schools, including wher …
Physical Education: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of replacing school-based PE funding with partnership-based provision on children whose participation in organised sport is limited by financial b …
PE and Sport Premium
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to provide direct funding to primary schools to enable them to continue employing sports apprentices, coaches or other staff to support PE and extra-curricular sport following the e …
PE and Sport Premium
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has undertaken an equality impact assessment of the decision to end the Primary PE and Sport Premium.
ME/CFS: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in geographical variations in the availability of specialist Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome services; and whether his Department monitors d …
ME/CFS: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to provide specialist Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) services in Coventry and Warwickshire ICB in the 2026-2027 financial year.
Visas: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to review the policy of retaining the full application fee for refused long-term Standard Visitor visa applications, including the potential merits of introducing partial refunds for …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 50479c8a330c. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Zarah Sultana.
2024 general election
Zarah Sultana won Coventry South at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 20,361 votes (47.6%), a majority of 10,201 over Mattie Heaven (Conservative). Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Coventry South figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.