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Cox retained this Labour safe seat with a majority of 6,057 in the 2015 general election. <ref name= "About"/> | Cox retained this Labour safe seat with a majority of 6,057 in the 2015 general election. <ref name= "About"/> | ||
| − | Cox passed away on 16 June 2016 after being shot and stabbed following a constituency surgery in West Yorkshire. <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36550304 'Jo Cox MP dead after shooting attack', | + | Cox passed away on 16 June 2016 after being shot and stabbed following a constituency surgery in West Yorkshire. <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36550304 'Jo Cox MP dead after shooting attack', 16 June 2016], ''BBC News'', accessed 16 June 2016</ref> |
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Revision as of 16:44, 16 June 2016
Jo Cox has been the Labour Party MP for Batley and Spen since May 2015. [1] She replaced Mike Wood the previous Labour MP who served this constituency from 1997 until he retired in 2015. [2]
Cox retained this Labour safe seat with a majority of 6,057 in the 2015 general election. [1]
Cox passed away on 16 June 2016 after being shot and stabbed following a constituency surgery in West Yorkshire. [3]
Background
Cox started her career as a political adviser to Joan Walley MP and then Glenys Kinnock MEP, before pursuing a career in the charitable sector working for Oxfam, Save the Children and the NSPCC. [4]
