Constituency view

Coventry South

West Midlands, England

Lab hold

Current MP

Current representation

Zarah Sultana

Your Party

Female

Majority10,201

Turnout56.1%

Electorate76,232

Valid votes42,731

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Labour20,361 - 47.6%

Conservative10,160 - 23.8%

Reform5,711 - 13.4%

Lib Dem2,531 - 5.9%

Green2,363 - 5.5%

Other1,605 - 3.8%

Benefits bill · 2025/26

£276,796,520

Estimated yearly spend on the six main working-age and disability benefits paid to residents of this constituency.

£2,097 total benefits bill per resident · 7% below average

Coventry South: £2,097
England and Wales average: £2,259

Ranked 296 of 575 constituencies (1 = highest)

Total benefits bill	£276,796,520	183/575
Change over 2 years	+25.5%
Median local wage (2025)	£44,748	+9.6%

Universal Credit£157,158,984
£1,191 per resident · 13,905 households claiming
Assessed LCWRA: 4,349 · 1 in 21 working-age adults
Personal Independence Payment£54,620,594
£414 per resident · 7,119 claimants (+19.7% since Jul 2024)
Psychiatric conditions: 2,983 · 42% of claimants
Enhanced mobility (Motability-eligible): 3,968
Housing Benefit£35,363,418
£268 per resident · 3,054 claimants
Disability Living Allowance£14,053,729
£106 per resident · 2,368 claimants
Carer's Allowance£8,010,951
£61 per resident · 1,848 claimants
Employment Support Allowance£7,588,843
£57 per resident · 1,206 claimants

Ranks are out of England and Wales constituencies, highest first. Source: TaxPayers' Alliance, benefitsdata.uk (estimated from DWP Stat-Xplore claimant counts). England and Wales only. See this seat on benefitsdata.uk ↗

Demographics

Source: ONS Census 2021 (England, Wales, NI) and Scotland's Census 2022, aggregated to 2024 constituency boundaries by the House of Commons Library.

Ethnic composition

2021

White 61.4%White British 51.0%Asian 21.3%Black, African or Caribbean 9.9%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 3.5%Other 4.0%

England & Wales (2021)

White 83.0%White British 74.4%Asian 8.6%Black, African or Caribbean 3.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.7%Other 2.0%

2011

White 72.0%White British 64.4%Asian 17.5%Black, African or Caribbean 6.0%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.5%Other 2.0%

England & Wales (2011)

White 86.0%White British 80.5%Asian 7.5%Black, African or Caribbean 3.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.2%Other 1.0%

2001

White 84.2%White British 78.0%Asian 11.7%Black, African or Caribbean 1.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.7%Other 0.7%

England & Wales (2001)

White 91.3%White British 87.5%Asian 4.8%Black, African or Caribbean 2.2%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.3%Other 0.4%

1991

White 90.6%White British N/AAsian 7.3%Black, African or Caribbean 1.4%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.6%

England & Wales (1991)

White 94.1%White British N/AAsian 3.6%Black, African or Caribbean 1.8%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.6%

Year-over-year comparison uses broad ethnic groups.

2011 values are reaggregated from 2011 Output Areas onto 2024 boundaries.

2001 values are reaggregated from 2001 LSOAs onto 2024 boundaries.

1991 values are reaggregated from 1997 parliamentary constituencies onto 2024 boundaries.

Country of birth

Coventry South (2021)

UK 69.0%Other EU 10.0%Other countries 21.0%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

Coventry South (2011)

UK 76.2%Other EU 5.3%Other countries 18.6%

England & Wales (2011)

UK 86.6%Other EU 3.6%Other countries 9.8%

Coventry South (2001)

UK 85.8%Other EU 1.8%Other countries 12.4%

England & Wales (2001)

UK 91.1%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 7.5%

Coventry South (1991)

UK 89.5%Other EU 4.5%Other countries 6.0%

England & Wales (1991)

UK 92.7%Other EU 2.5%Other countries 4.8%

1991 country of birth data uses the 1991 census's Commonwealth-based classification. Ireland and EU countries are not separately broken out. Regional figures are approximations.

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Coventry South

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Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Coventry South	National	Difference	Rank
% White	61.4%	83.0%	-21.7pp	579/650
% White British	51.0%	74.4%	-23.5pp	547/632
% Asian	21.3%	8.6%	+12.7pp	55/650
% Black, African or Caribbean	9.9%	3.7%	+6.2pp	63/650
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	3.5%	2.7%	+0.8pp	162/650
% Other ethnic group	4.0%	2.0%	+2.0pp	83/650
% UK-born	69.0%	84.0%	-14.9pp	572/650
% Non-UK-born	31.0%	16.0%	+14.9pp	79/650
% Other EU-born	10.0%	6.0%	+4.1pp	87/650
% Other countries-born	21.0%	10.1%	+10.9pp	83/650
% Christian	41.3%	46.7%	-5.4pp	473/575
% Muslim	9.6%	6.3%	+3.3pp	118/575
% Hindu	5.0%	1.6%	+3.4pp	34/575
% Sikh	5.6%	0.9%	+4.7pp	17/575
% Jewish	0.1%	0.5%	-0.4pp	280/575
% Buddhist	0.5%	0.4%	+0.1pp	125/575
% Other religion	0.6%	0.6%	+0.1pp	129/575
% No religion	30.3%	37.0%	-6.7pp	480/575
% Religion not stated	7.0%	6.0%	+1.1pp	49/575
% Has any religion	62.7%	57.0%	+5.7pp	114/575

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Coventry South

Neighbouring constituencies on 2024 boundaries, ordered by the length of the shared border.

Source: ONS Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies (July 2024) Boundaries UK BSC. Seats with a short coastline or none, such as islands, are completed with the closest constituencies by distance.