Following Coe's retirement from athletics, he was a member of parliament for the Conservative Party from 1992 to 1997 for Falmouth in Cornwall, and became a Life Peer on 16 May 2000.
Nakon što se Kou penzionisao iz atletike, on je bio član parlamenta za Konzervativnu partiju od 1992 do 1997 za Falmut u Kornvolu, i postao je doživotni per 16. maja 2000.