Tracy Brabin
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Tracy Brabin MP |
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Member of Parliament for Batley and Spen |
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Assumed office 20 October 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Jo Cox |
| Majority | 16,537 (81%) |
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9 May 1961 Batley, England |
| Political party | Labour Co-operative |
| Alma mater |
Loughborough University University of the Arts London |
Tracy Lynn Brabin (born 9 May 1961) is a British politician, actress, and television writer. She was elected as the Labour Co-operative MP for Batley and Spen at a by-election in October 2016 following the murder of Jo Cox.
Brabin was born in Batley in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and educated at Heckmondwike Grammar School. She studied drama at Loughborough University and gained a Master of Arts degree in screenwriting from the London College of Communication of the University of the Arts London in 2001.
Brabin is known for her roles as clumsy waitress Sandra playing opposite David Jason in A Bit of a Do, Tricia Armstrong in Coronation Street from 1994 to 1997, and as Ginny in three series of Richard Harris's Outside Edge. She appeared in EastEnders as Roxy Drake, The Ghost Hunter as Mrs Oliver, Love + Hate as Gaynor, and in an episode of Midsomer Murders ("Dead Letters", 2006). In 2008, she appeared in a series of commercials for supermarket chain Sainsbury's playing "Sarah", a mother-of-two and Sainsbury's employee who does her weekly shopping at the store. In 2014, she appeared as Lyndsey Bernstein in Law and Order UK, Pam in Undeniable, and as Carole in Emmerdale.
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