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|description=Jo Cox was a UK [[politician]] murdered in the run up to the [[2016 EU Referendum]]. Echoing the assassination of [[Sweden]]'s [[Anna Lindh]], the event appears not to have greatly influenced the outcome, and was officially carried out by a "[[lone nut]]". | |description=Jo Cox was a UK [[politician]] murdered in the run up to the [[2016 EU Referendum]]. Echoing the assassination of [[Sweden]]'s [[Anna Lindh]], the event appears not to have greatly influenced the outcome, and was officially carried out by a "[[lone nut]]". | ||
|alma_mater=Pembroke College (Cambridge), London School of Economics | |alma_mater=Pembroke College (Cambridge), London School of Economics | ||
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|title=Member of Parliament for Batley and Spen | |title=Member of Parliament for Batley and Spen | ||
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| − | + | '''Helen Joanne''' "'''Jo'''" '''Cox''' was a [[UK Labour Party]] [[politician]].<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000548 </ref> Jo Cox was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Batley and Spen from the May 2015 General Election until she was brutally murdered on 16 June 2016.<ref>''[http://www.channel4.com/news/mp-jo-cox-shot-and-stabbed-in-birstall "MP Jo Cox dies after gun and knife attack"]''</ref> | |
| − | '''Helen Joanne''' "'''Jo'''" '''Cox''' | ||
On 17 June 2016, [[David Cameron]] paid tribute to MP Jo Cox, calling her "one of our most compassionate campaigners".<ref>''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36560895 "Jo Cox MP death: David Cameron and Jeremy Corbyn unite in tributes"]''</ref> Speaking alongside the prime minister in Mrs Cox's West Yorkshire constituency, Labour leader [[Jeremy Corbyn]] labelled her death "an attack on democracy" and announced that Parliament would be recalled on Monday 20 June 2016.<ref>''[http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2016/june/recall-of-the-house-of-commons-/ "MPs pay tribute to Jo Cox MP"]''</ref><ref>''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36572968 "Jo Cox death: MPs return to Parliament to pay tribute"]''</ref> | On 17 June 2016, [[David Cameron]] paid tribute to MP Jo Cox, calling her "one of our most compassionate campaigners".<ref>''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36560895 "Jo Cox MP death: David Cameron and Jeremy Corbyn unite in tributes"]''</ref> Speaking alongside the prime minister in Mrs Cox's West Yorkshire constituency, Labour leader [[Jeremy Corbyn]] labelled her death "an attack on democracy" and announced that Parliament would be recalled on Monday 20 June 2016.<ref>''[http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2016/june/recall-of-the-house-of-commons-/ "MPs pay tribute to Jo Cox MP"]''</ref><ref>''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36572968 "Jo Cox death: MPs return to Parliament to pay tribute"]''</ref> | ||
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==Murder== | ==Murder== | ||
{{FA|Jo Cox/Murder}} | {{FA|Jo Cox/Murder}} | ||
| − | On 16 June 2016, Jo Cox MP was shot and stabbed multiple times outside the public library in Birstall, West Yorkshire, where she was due to hold a surgery with her constituents. She was left in a critical condition and died from her injuries approximately an hour later.<ref> | + | On 16 June 2016, Jo Cox MP was shot and stabbed multiple times outside the public library in Birstall, West Yorkshire, where she was due to hold a surgery with her constituents. She was left in a critical condition and died from her injuries approximately an hour later.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36550304</ref> A 52-year-old man, identified by the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'' and ''[[The Independent]]'' as [[Thomas Mair|Thomas "Tommy" Mair]], was arrested and charged with her murder,<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/jo-cox-shot-live-latest-news-updates-birstall-shooting-stabbing-labour-mp-west-yorkshire-a7085561.html</ref> reportedly giving his name as "Death to traitors, freedom for Britain" when he appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 18 June 2016.<ref>''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36567005 "Jo Cox MP death: Thomas Mair in court on murder charge"]''</ref> |
==Israel critic== | ==Israel critic== | ||
[[Free Speech on Israel]] (Jews & friends who say anti-[[zionism]] is NOT [[antisemitism]]) wrote this tribute: | [[Free Speech on Israel]] (Jews & friends who say anti-[[zionism]] is NOT [[antisemitism]]) wrote this tribute: | ||
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The following week, it was announced that the by-election would take place on 20 October 2016 and that former soap-actress [[Tracy Brabin]] had been selected as Labour's prospective parliamentary candidate.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-37451237 "Soap star Tracy Brabin to stand in Jo Cox by-election"]</ref> | The following week, it was announced that the by-election would take place on 20 October 2016 and that former soap-actress [[Tracy Brabin]] had been selected as Labour's prospective parliamentary candidate.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-37451237 "Soap star Tracy Brabin to stand in Jo Cox by-election"]</ref> | ||
| − | The [[Conservative Party]], followed by the Liberal Democrats, [[UK Independence Party]] and the Green Party, stated that as a mark of respect they would not contest the by-election.<ref> | + | The [[Conservative Party]], followed by the Liberal Democrats, [[UK Independence Party]] and the Green Party, stated that as a mark of respect they would not contest the by-election.<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jo-cox-death-conservatives-will-not-contest-murdered-labour-mp-seat-batley-spen-thomas-mair-a7087246.html</ref><ref>http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/major-parties-will-not-contest-jo-cox-s-seat-1-7969733</ref> |
Tracy Brabin held the seat for Labour with 17,506 votes (85.8%). However, turnout for the by-election was only 20,567 (25.8%) - one of the lowest by-election turnouts since the [[Second World War]]. All other candidates polled less than 5% of the vote and lost their deposits.<ref>''[http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/batley-spen-election-labours-tracy-12057279 "Batley and Spen by-election: Labour's Tracy Brabin elected as new MP"]''</ref> Brabin was heckled by some of the other candidates as she delivered her speech at the declaration of the result.<ref>''[https://twitter.com/Channel4News/status/789776547997560832 "Tracy Brabin is heckled while paying tribute to her late predecessor Jo Cox"]''</ref> | Tracy Brabin held the seat for Labour with 17,506 votes (85.8%). However, turnout for the by-election was only 20,567 (25.8%) - one of the lowest by-election turnouts since the [[Second World War]]. All other candidates polled less than 5% of the vote and lost their deposits.<ref>''[http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/batley-spen-election-labours-tracy-12057279 "Batley and Spen by-election: Labour's Tracy Brabin elected as new MP"]''</ref> Brabin was heckled by some of the other candidates as she delivered her speech at the declaration of the result.<ref>''[https://twitter.com/Channel4News/status/789776547997560832 "Tracy Brabin is heckled while paying tribute to her late predecessor Jo Cox"]''</ref> | ||
==Family== | ==Family== | ||
| − | Jo Cox MP was married to [[Brendan Cox]], who | + | Jo Cox MP was married to [[Brendan Cox]], who was an adviser on international development to [[Gordon Brown]] during the latter's premiership. Jo Cox, a former aide to Brown’s wife [[Sarah Brown|Sarah]], headed the Labour Women’s Network where she was ‘equalities and discrimination’ adviser.<ref>''[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3298572/New-charity-scandal-Save-Children-executive-quits-women-s-complaints-inappropriate-behaviour.html "New charity scandal as ''Save The Children'' executive quits after women's complaints of 'inappropriate behaviour'"]''</ref> |
| − | The Cox family divided their time between a constituency home and a houseboat on the River Thames, moored near Tower Bridge, London.<ref>{ | + | The Cox family divided their time between a constituency home and a houseboat on the River Thames, moored near Tower Bridge, London.<ref>{http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/jo-cox-dead-mp-s-husband-brendan-cox-says-she-was-killed-by-hate-a7086191.html </ref><ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/16/labour-mp-jo-cox-shot-in-leeds-witnesses-report/#update-20160616-1557</ref> |
The [[London School of Economics]] posted this tribute on their ''Facebook'' page: | The [[London School of Economics]] posted this tribute on their ''Facebook'' page: | ||
:"LSE is greatly saddened to learn of the death of Jo Cox MP who studied at our LSE European Institute in the late 1990s. Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with her husband Brendan, who is an alumnus of the LSE Department of Government, their children, wider family and friends."<ref>''[https://www.facebook.com/lseps/photos/a.431119798346.208389.6127898346/10153891622163347/?type=1&theater "LSE tribute on Facebook"]''</ref> | :"LSE is greatly saddened to learn of the death of Jo Cox MP who studied at our LSE European Institute in the late 1990s. Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with her husband Brendan, who is an alumnus of the LSE Department of Government, their children, wider family and friends."<ref>''[https://www.facebook.com/lseps/photos/a.431119798346.208389.6127898346/10153891622163347/?type=1&theater "LSE tribute on Facebook"]''</ref> | ||
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| + | Her sister [[Kim Leadbeater]] won the [[2021 Batley and Spen by-election]]. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Latest revision as of 09:57, 4 March 2023
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| Born | Helen Joanne Leadbeater 22 June 1974 Batley, West Yorkshire, England | |||||||||||
| Died | 16 June 2016 (Age 41) Birstall, West Yorkshire, England | |||||||||||
| Nationality | British | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | Pembroke College (Cambridge), London School of Economics | |||||||||||
| Children | 2 | |||||||||||
| Spouse | Brendan Cox | |||||||||||
| Member of | WEF/Young Global Leaders/2009 | |||||||||||
| Victim of | murder | |||||||||||
| Party | Labour | |||||||||||
| Subpage | •Jo Cox/Murder | |||||||||||
Jo Cox was a UK politician murdered in the run up to the 2016 EU Referendum. Echoing the assassination of Sweden's Anna Lindh, the event appears not to have greatly influenced the outcome, and was officially carried out by a "lone nut".
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Helen Joanne "Jo" Cox was a UK Labour Party politician.[1] Jo Cox was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Batley and Spen from the May 2015 General Election until she was brutally murdered on 16 June 2016.[2]
On 17 June 2016, David Cameron paid tribute to MP Jo Cox, calling her "one of our most compassionate campaigners".[3] Speaking alongside the prime minister in Mrs Cox's West Yorkshire constituency, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn labelled her death "an attack on democracy" and announced that Parliament would be recalled on Monday 20 June 2016.[4][5]
In his first interview (with the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg) following the MP's murder, Brendan Cox said she was killed because of her "very strong political views."[6]
Contents
Murder
- Full article: Jo Cox/Murder
- Full article: Jo Cox/Murder
On 16 June 2016, Jo Cox MP was shot and stabbed multiple times outside the public library in Birstall, West Yorkshire, where she was due to hold a surgery with her constituents. She was left in a critical condition and died from her injuries approximately an hour later.[7] A 52-year-old man, identified by the Daily Telegraph and The Independent as Thomas "Tommy" Mair, was arrested and charged with her murder,[8] reportedly giving his name as "Death to traitors, freedom for Britain" when he appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 18 June 2016.[9]
Israel critic
Free Speech on Israel (Jews & friends who say anti-zionism is NOT antisemitism) wrote this tribute:
We share the widespread sadness and anger at what appears to be the assassination of Jo Cox MP by a right wing terrorist, and want to express our condolences to her husband Brendan, her children Lejla and Cuillin and her many friends.
The Electronic Intifada,[10] the Council for Arab-British Understanding (CAABU),[11] the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign (PSC),[12] and Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)[13] have all published tributes to Cox who was an outspoken advocate for Syrian and Palestinian human rights.
Last year she put down an EDM on Gaza to mark the first anniversary of the 2014 bombing,[14] and she called the Conservative government’s legal threats to curtail the boycott of Israel "a gross attack on democratic freedoms. It is our right to boycott unethical companies.”[15]
By-election
On 12 September 2016, the Labour Party emailed a timetable for the selection of a candidate to replace Jo Cox:
- "Following the very sad and untimely passing of Jo Cox MP, the Labour Party has now agreed a timetable to select a candidate for the by-election which will be held in due course.
- "All members of the Labour Party who have been a member for at least 12 months prior to 16 June 2016, the date of Jo's death, may submit an application.
- "You can download an application form here (you will need to log in to membersnet). Completed applications should be sent to batley@labour.org.uk by 12 noon on Friday 16 September. This deadline will be strictly adhered to.
- "Candidates selected for interview will have to attend that interview in London on Monday 19 September. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to a hustings meeting on the evening of Friday 23 September in the constituency, where local members will select their candidate."
On 16 September 2016, Helle Thorning-Schmidt (aka Mrs Stephen Kinnock) was reported to have applied to Batley and Spen CLP to be selected as candidate to succeed the murdered MP in the forthcoming by-election.[16]
The following week, it was announced that the by-election would take place on 20 October 2016 and that former soap-actress Tracy Brabin had been selected as Labour's prospective parliamentary candidate.[17]
The Conservative Party, followed by the Liberal Democrats, UK Independence Party and the Green Party, stated that as a mark of respect they would not contest the by-election.[18][19]
Tracy Brabin held the seat for Labour with 17,506 votes (85.8%). However, turnout for the by-election was only 20,567 (25.8%) - one of the lowest by-election turnouts since the Second World War. All other candidates polled less than 5% of the vote and lost their deposits.[20] Brabin was heckled by some of the other candidates as she delivered her speech at the declaration of the result.[21]
Family
Jo Cox MP was married to Brendan Cox, who was an adviser on international development to Gordon Brown during the latter's premiership. Jo Cox, a former aide to Brown’s wife Sarah, headed the Labour Women’s Network where she was ‘equalities and discrimination’ adviser.[22]
The Cox family divided their time between a constituency home and a houseboat on the River Thames, moored near Tower Bridge, London.[23][24]
The London School of Economics posted this tribute on their Facebook page:
- "LSE is greatly saddened to learn of the death of Jo Cox MP who studied at our LSE European Institute in the late 1990s. Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with her husband Brendan, who is an alumnus of the LSE Department of Government, their children, wider family and friends."[25]
Her sister Kim Leadbeater won the 2021 Batley and Spen by-election.
External links
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:Peak Kinnock | Article | 19 September 2016 | Craig Murray | "11,000 people saving £2 a month might not save a dying little baby, but would exactly pay the £264,000 per year salary of Neil Kinnock’s daughter-in-law Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Chief Executive of Save the Children and wife of MP Stephen Kinnock. Misery for some is a goldmine for others." |
| Document:Someone said they wanted to see me trapped in a burning car and watch flames melt my flesh | Article | 22 October 2021 | Nadine Dorries | After the murder of MP David Amess, a crackdown on "internet trolls" is being demanded by most politicians. The UK's new Culture Minister Nadine Dorries is pursuing new overreaching legislation regulating Big Tech. The "Online Safety Bill" will abolish online anonymity and empower internet censorship. There are fears that it will be the end for freedom of expression in the UK. |
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References
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000548
- ↑ "MP Jo Cox dies after gun and knife attack"
- ↑ "Jo Cox MP death: David Cameron and Jeremy Corbyn unite in tributes"
- ↑ "MPs pay tribute to Jo Cox MP"
- ↑ "Jo Cox death: MPs return to Parliament to pay tribute"
- ↑ "Jo Cox ‘died for her political views’, says husband Brendan Cox in first interview"
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36550304
- ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/jo-cox-shot-live-latest-news-updates-birstall-shooting-stabbing-labour-mp-west-yorkshire-a7085561.html
- ↑ "Jo Cox MP death: Thomas Mair in court on murder charge"
- ↑ "Labour Friend of Palestine Jo Cox slain"
- ↑ "Caabu mourns the loss of Jo Cox, a dedicated campaigner for Syrian and Palestinian rights"
- ↑ "Statement on Jo Cox from Hugh Lanning, PSC Chair"
- ↑ "Remembering Jo Cox MP" Medical Aid for Palestinians
- ↑ "Early Day Motion on Israeli bombardment of Gaza" 15 June 2015
- ↑ "We mourn and will miss Jo Cox" Free Speech on Israel, 17 June 2016
- ↑ "Former PM to succeed murdered MP?"
- ↑ "Soap star Tracy Brabin to stand in Jo Cox by-election"
- ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jo-cox-death-conservatives-will-not-contest-murdered-labour-mp-seat-batley-spen-thomas-mair-a7087246.html
- ↑ http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/major-parties-will-not-contest-jo-cox-s-seat-1-7969733
- ↑ "Batley and Spen by-election: Labour's Tracy Brabin elected as new MP"
- ↑ "Tracy Brabin is heckled while paying tribute to her late predecessor Jo Cox"
- ↑ "New charity scandal as Save The Children executive quits after women's complaints of 'inappropriate behaviour'"
- ↑ {http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/jo-cox-dead-mp-s-husband-brendan-cox-says-she-was-killed-by-hate-a7086191.html
- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/16/labour-mp-jo-cox-shot-in-leeds-witnesses-report/#update-20160616-1557
- ↑ "LSE tribute on Facebook"
