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'''Helen Joanne''' "'''Jo'''" '''Cox'''<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=61230 |date=18 May 2015 |startpage=9119}}</ref> (22 June 1974 – 16 June 2016) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Batley and Spen having retained the seat for Labour in the 2015 General Election.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000548 | title=Batley & Spen Parliamentary constituency | publisher=BBC News| accessdate=7 May 2015}}</ref>
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'''Helen Joanne''' "'''Jo'''" '''Cox'''<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=61230 |date=18 May 2015 |startpage=9119}}</ref> (22 June 1974 – 16 June 2016) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Batley and Spen having retained the seat for [[Labour]] in the 2015 General Election.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000548 | title=Batley & Spen Parliamentary constituency | publisher=BBC News| accessdate=7 May 2015}}</ref>
  
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==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>{{cite web|title=Jo Cox MP dead after shooting attack|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36550304|website=BBC News|accessdate=16 June 2016|date=16 June 2016}}</ref> A "52-year-old man", identified by ''The Daily Telegraph'' and ''The Independent'' as [[Thomas "Tommy" Mair]], was arrested.<ref>{{cite news|first=Adam |last=Withnall|title=Jo Cox shot: Man arrested after Labour MP shot and stabbed in Birstall, West Yorkshire - latest updates|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/jo-cox-shot-live-latest-news-updates-birstall-shooting-stabbing-labour-mp-west-yorkshire-a7085561.html|work=Independent|accessdate=16 June 2016|date=16 June 2016}}</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>{{cite web|title=Jo Cox MP dead after shooting attack|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36550304|website=BBC News|accessdate=16 June 2016|date=16 June 2016}}</ref> A "52-year-old man", identified by ''The Daily Telegraph'' and ''The Independent'' as [[Thomas "Tommy" Mair]], was arrested.<ref>{{cite news|first=Adam |last=Withnall|title=Jo Cox shot: Man arrested after Labour MP shot and stabbed in Birstall, West Yorkshire - latest updates|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/jo-cox-shot-live-latest-news-updates-birstall-shooting-stabbing-labour-mp-west-yorkshire-a7085561.html|work=Independent|accessdate=16 June 2016|date=16 June 2016}}</ref>
 
 
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Revision as of 20:36, 16 June 2016

Person.png Jo Cox MP   WebsiteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician)
Jo Cox.jpg
BornHelen Joanne Leadbeater
22 June 1974
Batley, West Yorkshire, England
Died2016-06-16 (Age 41)
Birstall, West Yorkshire, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materPembroke College, Cambridge
Children2
SpouseBrendan Cox
Member ofWEF/Young Global Leaders/2009
Victim ofMurder
PartyLabour
SubpageJo Cox/Murder
An MP murdered without obvious motive in June 2016.

Helen Joanne "Jo" Cox[1] (22 June 1974 – 16 June 2016) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Batley and Spen having retained the seat for Labour in the 2015 General Election.[2]

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.[3] A "52-year-old man", identified by The Daily Telegraph and The Independent as Thomas "Tommy" Mair, was arrested.[4]

References

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  2. "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").
  3. "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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