Difference between revisions of "Jo Cox"
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'''Jo Cox''' was the [[Labour Party]] MP for Batley and Spen from May 2015 until 16 June 2016 when she died as the result of a brutal shooting attack in her West Yorkshire constituency. <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> <ref name= "About"> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/jo-cox/4375 Jo Cox MP] ''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 26 May 2015 </ref> Far right extremist [[Thomas Mair]] was found guilty of her murder in November 2016. | '''Jo Cox''' was the [[Labour Party]] MP for Batley and Spen from May 2015 until 16 June 2016 when she died as the result of a brutal shooting attack in her West Yorkshire constituency. <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> <ref name= "About"> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/jo-cox/4375 Jo Cox MP] ''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 26 May 2015 </ref> Far right extremist [[Thomas Mair]] was found guilty of her murder in November 2016. | ||
| − | ==Ex-charity | + | ==Ex-charity worker becomes an MP in 2015 general election== |
| − | Cox replaced [[Mike Wood]] the previous Labour MP | + | Cox replaced [[Mike Wood]] the previous Labour MP from 1997 until he retired in 2015. <ref> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mike-wood/401 Jo Cox] ''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 26 May 2015 </ref> Cox retained this Labour safe seat with a majority of 6,057 in the 2015 general election. <ref name= "About"/> |
| − | Cox started her career as a political adviser to Labour MP [[Joan Walley]] and then [[Glenys Kinnock]] Labour MEP, before pursuing a career in the charitable sector working for [[Oxfam]], [[Save the Children]] and the [[NSPCC]]. <ref> [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jo-cox/17/949/30b Jo Cox] ''LinkedIn'', accessed 26 May 2015 </ref> | + | Cox had started her career as a political adviser to Labour MP [[Joan Walley]] and then [[Glenys Kinnock]] Labour MEP, before pursuing a career in the charitable sector working for [[Oxfam]], [[Save the Children]] and the [[NSPCC]]. <ref> [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jo-cox/17/949/30b Jo Cox] ''LinkedIn'', accessed 26 May 2015 </ref> |
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Latest revision as of 04:15, 1 February 2018
Jo Cox was the Labour Party MP for Batley and Spen from May 2015 until 16 June 2016 when she died as the result of a brutal shooting attack in her West Yorkshire constituency. [1] [2] Far right extremist Thomas Mair was found guilty of her murder in November 2016.
Ex-charity worker becomes an MP in 2015 general election
Cox replaced Mike Wood the previous Labour MP from 1997 until he retired in 2015. [3] Cox retained this Labour safe seat with a majority of 6,057 in the 2015 general election. [2]
Cox had started her career as a political adviser to Labour MP Joan Walley and then Glenys Kinnock Labour MEP, before pursuing a career in the charitable sector working for Oxfam, Save the Children and the NSPCC. [4]
