Labour also faces a threat from the left. The Green Party already has two councillors on the city council. And there are “new kids on the block” in the form of Your Party, co-founded by Coventry South MP Zarah Sultana.
The potential impact of this can be seen in the fact one councillor, elected as a Labour candidate, now sits in the chamber as an independent, in an alliance with the Greens, having left to back Your Party.
Whether Your Party decides to field or back other candidates in Coventry will be watched closely by Labour leaders in the city.
Those of a disruptive persuasion will be salivating at the prospect of all-out elections in Coventry in 2026. For Labour, the hope will be that Coventry doesn’t provide one of the biggest local political stories of 2026.