Tracy Brabin (Corrie, Emmerdale) has been short-listed as a Labour contender to replace Jo Cox in Batley & Spen.

Tories, Lib-Dems and UKIP not standing so Labour almost certain to win.

Would she be the first soap actor to become an MP?

Probably, unless you extend it to MEPs and count Michael Cashman.

Unless Glenda Jackson ever turned up in anything?

Adam Rickett wanted to be a Conservative MP, but he never achieved it. He then went back to acting.