UK general elections › 2019 › Coventry South
Coventry South — 2019
Zarah Sultana (Labour Party) was elected with 19,544 votes— 43.4% of 45,044 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 43.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −6.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,044
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zarah Sultana | Labour Party | 19,544 | 43.4% | −6.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Mattie Heaven | Conservative Party | 19,143 | 42.5% | — | |
| 3 | Stephen Richmond | Liberal Democrats | 3,398 | 7.5% | — | |
| 4 | James Crocker | The Brexit Party | 1,432 | 3.2% | — | |
| 5 | Becky Finlayson | Green Party | 1,092 | 2.4% | — | |
| 6 | Ed Manning | Independent | 435 | 1.0% | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2019, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.