UK Parliament · member 5088
Sarah Coombes MP
- Party
- Labour — Labour Party
- Constituency
- West Bromwich
- Member for this seat since
- 4 July 2024
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Sarah Coombes, and how each was tied to them
Declared interests
MPs must register financial interests within 28 days. This is the register’s own text, republished verbatim from the official Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Registering an interest is a requirement met, not a finding against anyone.
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP
- Daniel Luhde-Thompson - £10,000.00 (registered 28 August 2025)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
- Lawn Tennis Association - £460.00 (registered 5 August 2025)
Visits outside the UK
- International visit to Brazil between 09 November 2025 and 17 November 2025 (registered 8 December 2025)
- International visit to Jordan between 20 July 2025 and 25 July 2025 (registered 15 August 2025)
Land and property (within or outside the UK)
- Property in London (registered 1 August 2024)
Source: UK Parliament Register of Members’ Financial Interests API (Open Parliament Licence). Amounts are shown only where the register itself records one as a figure; nothing is parsed out of the free text.
Voting record
In the 467 recorded divisions where Sarah Coombes and at least one other Labour member were recorded voting, Sarah Coombes voted the same way as most voting Labour members 467 times (100.0%).
This compares Sarah Coombes with other members of their own party who were recorded voting in the same division. It is not a measure of loyalty to a whip: Civometry holds no whipping records, so it cannot say which votes were whipped, and voting differently from party colleagues is not described here as a rebellion. Members not recorded in a division are excluded from the comparison rather than counted, because an absence from a division list is not a vote and does not mean the member was absent from the House.
Donations reported to the Electoral Commission
The register holds no donations reported against this name. Donations are matched on the regulated entity name exactly as the Electoral Commission publishes it; a member who reports under a different form of their name will not match here, and no similar name is substituted.
Source: Electoral Commission register of donations. Reporting thresholds apply, so this is not every sum given. A donation is a lawful, reported transaction; its presence here says nothing about why it was made and nothing about anything that followed it.
Staffing and business costs paid by IPSA
2025-26: £15,113 across 74 claim lines; 2024-25: £164,149 across 97 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 49 | £11,663 |
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 22 | £2,450 |
| 2025-26 | Staffing | 3 | £1,000 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 2 | £124,435 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 66 | £22,763 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 20 | £11,592 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 4 | £2,874 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 3 | £2,113 |
| 2024-25 | Dependant Travel | 2 | £372 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2024 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment — B & Q KID254 | £97 | Paid |
| 3 October 2025 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — BT BUSINESS BILL | £97 | Paid |
| 21 January 2026 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — BT BUSINESS BILL | £96 | Paid |
| 16 December 2025 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — BT BUSINESS BILL | £96 | Paid |
| 1 July 2025 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — BT BUSINESS BILL | £96 | Paid |
| 20 May 2025 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — BT BUSINESS BILL | £96 | Paid |
| 28 February 2025 | Accommodation · Utilities | Dual Fuel — Gas & electric Feb 25 | £95 | Paid |
| 22 April 2025 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — BT BUSINESS BILL | £91 | Paid |
| 13 March 2025 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — BT BUSINESS BILL [200011725-6569] | £91 | Paid |
| 27 February 2025 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Sundries — SAINSBURYS S/MKTS | £9 | Paid |
| 12 December 2024 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | IAN SMITH GROUP LTD | £87 | Paid |
| 28 January 2026 | Accommodation · Utilities | Dual Fuel — Energy bill | £86 | Paid |
| 28 January 2025 | Accommodation · Utilities | Dual Fuel — Gas & Electricity 12/12/24 - 11/1/25 | £81 | Paid |
| 28 January 2025 | Accommodation · Utilities | Dual Fuel — Gas & electric Jan 25 | £81 | Paid |
| 24 November 2025 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment — AMAZON [***] | £80 | Paid |
Source: IPSA, MP staffing and business costs (Open Government Licence v3), joined on IPSA’s Parliamentary ID, which is Parliament’s member id. These are the running costs of an MP’s office and staff, claimed within IPSA’s rules and paid by IPSA; they are not the member’s salary and not personal income. A claim is a claim, not a finding. Staffing costs are published by IPSA in aggregate categories, not per employee.
Government posts, as Parliament records them
1 government post since 2010 in Parliament’s record for this member, with the dates and the department it gives. A post is an appointment; nothing here says how it was discharged.
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Whip | Whips Office (Commons) | 22 July 2026 | still held |
Source: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence), the member’s own biography record. Posts before May 2010 are not loaded.
Sources on this page: UK Parliament Members API, Register of Members’ Financial Interests API and Commons Votes API (Open Parliament Licence); Electoral Commission register of donations; IPSA business costs. Each section links its own official record. This page assembles public registers and draws no conclusion from their appearing together.