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%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 1991 (age 34) London |
| Party | Labour |
| Jesus College, Oxford | |
| Website | Official website |
Sarah Rose 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]
In July 2024, Sarah Coombes was appointed parliamentary private secretary to the Leader of the House of Commons.[6] Since September 2025 she has been parliamentary private secretary to the Home Secretary.[7]
In February 2025, Sarah 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.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ UK House of Commons
- ^ "Members Sworn". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 752. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 10 July 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Young, Max (11 September 2025). "Labour Appoints New PPSs to Manage Commons Agenda". Guido Fawkes. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
- ^ "West Bromwich MP calls for review into 'ghost' car number plates". BBC News. 26 February 2025. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
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