But what do we know about Labour's Tracy Brabin?
Background:
Ms Brabin was born in Batley, the town she would go onto represent as an MP, in 1961 and educated at Heckmondwike Grammar School.
Tracy Brabin pictured in Ilkley. Pic by Getty Images
Before entering politics she was an actress and television writer, appearing in several British soap operas including Coronation Street, EastEnders, Casualty and Emmerdale.
Among the other eye-catching roles viewers might remember are a role in the film Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After (1992), in which she played Sarah, Duchess of York, and clumsy waitress Sandra playing opposite David Jason in A Bit of a Do.