Jo Cox
 Jo Cox MP     (politician) | ||||||||||||
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| Born | Helen Joanne Leadbeater 22 June 1974 Batley, West Yorkshire, England | |||||||||||
| Died | 2016-06-16 (Age 41) Birstall, West Yorkshire, England | |||||||||||
| Nationality | British | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | Pembroke College, Cambridge | |||||||||||
| Children | 2 | |||||||||||
| Spouse | Brendan Cox | |||||||||||
| Member of | WEF/Young Global Leaders/2009 | |||||||||||
| Victim of | assassination | |||||||||||
| Party | Labour | |||||||||||
| Subpage | •Jo Cox/Murder | |||||||||||
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Helen Joanne "Jo" Cox[1] (22 June 1974 – 16 June 2016) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.[2] 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.[3]
On 17 June 2016, David Cameron paid tribute to MP Jo Cox, calling her "one of our most compassionate campaigners".[4]
Speaking alongside the prime minister in Mrs Cox's West Yorkshire constituency, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said Parliament would be recalled on Monday 20 June 2016, and labelled her death "an attack on democracy".[5]
The number of signatories on a petition to cancel the EU Referendum vote on 23 June 2016 has increased dramatically since the murder of Jo Cox.[6]
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]
Family
Jo Cox MP was married to Brendan Cox, who served as 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.[10]
The Cox family divided their time between a constituency home and a houseboat on the River Thames, moored near Tower Bridge, London.[11][12]
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Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| 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. |
References
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- ↑ "Batley & Spen Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2015.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ "MP Jo Cox dies after gun and knife attack"
- ↑ "MP Jo Cox Killed In 'Appalling' Street Attack"
- ↑ "Jo Cox MP death: David Cameron and Jeremy Corbyn unite in tributes"
- ↑ "Petition to cancel EU referendum surges in wake of Jo Cox killing"
- ↑ "Jo Cox MP dead after shooting attack". BBC News. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
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