Sarah Coombes


Sarah Rose Tattum Coombes is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for West Bromwich (UK [Parliament constituency)|West Bromwich] since 2024.
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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.
In July 2024, Sarah Coombes was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the House of Commons. Since September 2025 she has been Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Home Secretary.
In November 2024, Coombes voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which proposes to legalise assisted suicide.
In February 2025, Sarah Coombes started a campaign to crackdown on the use of illegal "ghost" number plates which cannot be recognised by automatic number-plate recognition cameras.