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'''Jo Cox''' has been the [[Labour Party]] MP for Batley and Spen since May 2015. <ref name= "About"> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/jo-cox/4375 Jo Cox MP] ''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 26 May 2015 </ref> She replaced [[Mike Wood]] the previous Labour MP who served this constituency 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>  
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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.
  
Cox retained this Labour safe seat with a majority of 6,057 in the 2015 general election. <ref name= "About"/>
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==Ex-charity worker becomes an MP in 2015 general election==
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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 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', 18 June 2016], ''BBC News'', accessed 18 June 2016</ref>
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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>  
 
 
==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]]. <ref> [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jo-cox/17/949/30b Jo Cox] ''LinkedIn'', accessed 26 May 2015 </ref>  
 
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

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]

Notes

  1. 'Jo Cox MP dead after shooting attack', 16 June 2016, BBC News, accessed 16 June 2016
  2. 2.0 2.1 Jo Cox MP www.parliament.uk, accessed 26 May 2015
  3. Jo Cox www.parliament.uk, accessed 26 May 2015
  4. Jo Cox LinkedIn, accessed 26 May 2015