Sarah Coombes
Sarah Coombes | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for West Bromwich | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024[1] | |
| Preceded by | Constituency Established |
| Majority | 9,554 (26.1%) |
| Assistant Government Whip | |
| Assumed office July 2026 | |
| Prime Minister | Andy Burnham |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to Home Secretary | |
| In office September 2025 – July 2026 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to Leader of the House of Commons | |
| In office July 2024 – September 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 1991 (age 34) London |
| Party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Jesus College, Oxford |
| Website | Official website |
Sarah Tattum Coombes[2] (born November 1991) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for West Bromwich since 2024.[3]
Education
[edit]Coombes was educated at Queens Park Community School in London and read history and politics at Jesus College, Oxford from 2010 to 2013.[4]
Political career
[edit]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.[5]
Coombes was elected as Member of Parliament for West Bromwich in the 2024 United Kingdom general election,[3] 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.[6]
In February 2025, Coombes started a campaign to crack down on the use of illegal "ghost" number plates which cannot be recognised by automatic number-plate recognition cameras.[7]
From September 2025 Coombes was parliamentary private secretary to the Home Secretary.[8] Since July 2026, Coombes has held the position of Assistant Whip.[9]
References
[edit]- ↑ UK House of Commons
- ↑ "Members Sworn". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 752. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 10 July 2024.
- 1 2 "West Bromwich | General Election 2024". Sky News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ↑ Jesus College Record 2011
- ↑ "Sarah Coombes selected as Labour candidate in key West Bromwich seat". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ↑ "PolicyMogul - Champions of public affairs". policymogul.com. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- ↑ "West Bromwich MP calls for review into 'ghost' car number plates". BBC News. 26 February 2025. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- ↑ Young, Max (11 September 2025). "Labour Appoints New PPSs to Manage Commons Agenda". Guido Fawkes. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
- ↑ "Ministerial Appointments: July 2026". GOV.UK. 22 July 2026. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
External links
[edit]
- Official website
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
- Profile on OpenSanctions, an open database of sanctions and persons of interest
