Sarah Coombes

Sarah Coombes
MP
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for West Bromwich
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byConstituency Established
Majority9,554 (26.1%)
Assistant Government Whip
Incumbent
Assumed office
July 2026
Prime MinisterAndy Burnham
Parliamentary Private Secretary
to Home Secretary
In office
September 2025 – July 2026
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Parliamentary Private Secretary
to Leader of the House of Commons
In office
July 2024 – September 2025
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Personal details
BornNovember 1991 (1991-11) (age 34)
London
PartyLabour
EducationJesus College, Oxford
WebsiteOfficial website

Sarah Tattum Coombes (born November 1991) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for West Bromwich since 2024.

Education

Coombes was educated at Queens Park Community School in London and read history and politics at Jesus College, Oxford from 2010 to 2013.

Political career

Coombes previously worked for Tom Watson as his head of policy and communications for three years when he was Labour deputy leader and subsequently as an advisor for the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.

Coombes was elected as Member of Parliament for West Bromwich in the 2024 United Kingdom general election, which includes West Bromwich, Oldbury, Great Barr, Yew Tree, Tividale and Rowley.

In July 2024, Coombes was appointed parliamentary private secretary to the Leader of the House of Commons.

In February 2025, Coombes started a campaign to crack down on the use of illegal vehicle "ghost" number plates which cannot be recognised by automatic number-plate recognition cameras.

From September 2025 Coombes was parliamentary private secretary to the Home Secretary. Since July 2026, Coombes has held the position of Assistant Whip.

References

  1. ↑ UK House of Commons
  2. ↑ "Members Sworn". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 752. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 10 July 2024.
  3. 1 2 "West Bromwich | General Election 2024". Sky News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  4. ↑ Jesus College Record 2011
  5. ↑ "Sarah Coombes selected as Labour candidate in key West Bromwich seat". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "PolicyMogul - Champions of public affairs". policymogul.com. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "West Bromwich MP calls for review into 'ghost' car number plates". BBC News. 26 February 2025. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  8. ↑ Young, Max (11 September 2025). "Labour Appoints New PPSs to Manage Commons Agenda". Guido Fawkes. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  9. ↑ "Ministerial Appointments: July 2026". GOV.UK. 22 July 2026. Retrieved 23 July 2026.