Tracy Brabin, Batley & Spen

Tracy Brabin is now the Mayor of West Yorkshire. Under electoral commission rules that make the police and crime responsibilities in her new role incompatible with being an MP she has to immediately cease being an MP.

The Batley & Spen by-election is likely to be on 22nd July.

Batley & Spen result in the General Election of 12th December 2019
Labour: Tracy Brabin - 22,594

Conservative: Mark Brooks - 19,069

Heavy Woollen District Independents: Paul Halloran - 6,432

Liberal Democrat: John Lawson - 2,462

The Brexit Party: Clive Minihan - 1678

Green: Ty Akram - 692

Labour Majority 3,525

It looks as though the Heavy Woollen District Independents voters hold the key to this by-election,

Tracy Brabin was first elected MP for the seat after the murder of the sitting MP, Jo Cox, by a far-right terrorist on 16 June 2016. The Conservatives did not contest the resulting by-election.