Mary Elaine Sykes (24 August 1896 – 25 February 1981) was a British solicitor, politician and magistrate. She was one of the first women solicitors in England and Wales. She read English at Royal Holloway College (1914–1917) and law at the University of Leeds (1918–1919). She obtained a BA and LL.B both from the University of London. She was a founder member of the Huddersfield branch of the British Federation of Women Graduates, and a member of the , the , and the Huddersfield Soroptimist Club. She was friends with the renowned naturalist . She married Richard Harry Browne in 1953.