Sarah Coombes MP: votes, interests and costs
Sarah Coombes (Labour) is the MP for West Bromwich, elected on 4 July 2024. The Members API lists the post of Assistant Whip from 22 July 2026.
Offices and committees
Sarah Coombes holds this post, according to the Parliament Members API.
Ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Whip | Whips Office (Commons) | 22 July 2026 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Modernisation Committee | 9 September 2024 | 8 December 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 5925afb50df8.
Register of interests
Sarah Coombes has 3 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 1 August 2024 and the latest on 10 September 2026. By category: Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1), Visits outside the UK (1), Land and property (within or outside the UK) (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Google UK Ltd - £584.07
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Travel, overnight stay and hospitality at Ditchley Park as part of the AI Parliamentary Scheme by Social Market Foundation, in partnership with Google
- Value of the benefit: £584.07
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-09-02
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-09-02
- Name of the donor: Google UK Ltd
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Google UK Ltd
International visit to Brazil between 09 November 2025 and 17 November 2025
- Purpose of the visit: Attendance of COP30 to meet legislators and experts and to build knowledge of the international climate process.
- Date Member left the UK: 2025-11-09
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2025-11-17
Property in London
- Location of the land or property: London
- A description of the property: Flat
- Date the rental income ended: 2025-09-15
- The number of properties this interest relates to: 1
- Country in which the land or property is located: United Kingdom
- The type of property: Residential
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Sarah Coombes's 2024-25 staffing spend as £124,435 (budget £185,538). Office costs came to £22,763 of a £30,426 budget. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £124,435.12 |
| Office costs: spent | £22,762.98 |
| Accommodation: spent | £11,591.86 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £5,359.18 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £14,750 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property outside the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: West Bromwich BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Caseworker ×2 (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent part time), Constituency Communications Manager (permanent part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Sarah Coombes is recorded voting in 502 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 50 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. The most recent, on 21 October 2026, was a No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 27 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Sarah Coombes has tabled 134 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. Departments in the latest 10: Department for Transport; Department for Business and Trade.
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of levels of signage for EV chargepoints on A-roads and the strategic road network on consumer demand for electric vehicles.
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress she has made on rolling out signage on A-roads and the Strategic Road Network for EV charge points.
Motor Vehicles: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she makes of the number of V5C logbooks that were obtained fraudulently every year for the last five years.
Motor Vehicles: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many replacement V5C log books have been issued every year for the past five years.
Vehicle Number Plates
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the most recent estimate is of the number of registered number plate suppliers with the DVLA.
Motor Vehicles: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the robustness of DVLA systems to prevent vehicle fraud.
Motor Vehicles: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to prevent DVLA employees from fraudulently creating new V5C logbooks.
Motor Vehicles: Theft
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the DVLA's processes to prevent stolen vehicles from being disguised or cloned by criminals.
Iron and Steel: Import Duties
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with businesses in the downstream metals sector about the upcoming changes to the steel safeguard regime.
Iron and Steel: Import Duties
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that businesses in the downstream metals sector are supported during proposed changes to the steel safeguard regime.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 cf4af4c0af62. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Sarah Coombes.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 9,554 for Sarah Coombes in West Bromwich in July 2024, from 16,872 votes on a turnout of 49.3%. Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · West Bromwich figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.