Tracy Brabin is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who was elected as the first Mayor of West Yorkshire, and the first ever woman Metro Mayor in England, in May 2021. During her campaign, Tracy pledged to create 1,000 skilled jobs for young people, lead a ‘Creative New Deal’ for the region, bring buses back under public control, tackle the climate emergency and build 5,000 affordable and sustainable homes. As Mayor, Tracy also inherits the roles and responsibilities of the former Police and Crime Commissioner. Prior to her election as Mayor, Tracy was the Member of Parliament for Batley and Spen from 2016 until 2021. As MP, she held appointments as Shadow Early Years Minister, Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and Shadow Minister for Cultural Industries. Born in Batley, Tracy was an actor and screenwriter prior to entering politics, appearing in several British soap operas and writing for several television series.

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Madeleine Bunting is the author of five works of non-fiction and two novels. Her study of the rise and fall of England’s seaside resorts will be published in May 2023; Seaside, England’s Love Affair, exposes a pattern of stark inequality in some of the nation’s most iconic places. In 2020 she published Labours of Love, The Crisis of Care which was shortlisted for the Orwell and Baillie Gifford Prizes; during her research she travelled the country for over 5 years, speaking to charity workers, doctors, social workers, in-home carers, nurses and other caregivers to explore the value and humanity of care. She finds remarkable stories that conjure a different way of imagining our society and the connections between us. For twenty-five years, Madeleine was a journalist and Associate Editor on the Guardian and held a number of positions including columnist 1999-2012. She wrote on a wide range of subjects including politics, social affairs, faith and global development. She was made a Visiting Professor at the LSE's International Inequalities Institute in 2021. www.madeleinebunting.com

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Tracey Crouch CBE MP was elected to represent the constituency of Chatham & Aylesford in 2010 with a majority of 6,069 and in doing so became the first Conservative MP for the seat. During the 2010-2015 Parliament, Tracey championed issues ranging from better dementia care, improving alcohol misuse treatment, addressing the problem of high cost credit, better rail services and upgrading our local infrastructure. Tracey was a member of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee from 2012 to 2015 and a member of the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, and of the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee from 2013 to 2015. She was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism and Heritage in 2015. She was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport and Civil Society from June 2017 to November 2018. Tracey is a keen sports enthusiast and an FA-qualified football coach.