Jo Cox

Helen Joanne "Jo" Cox (née Leadbeater; 22 June 1974 – 16 June 2016) was a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Batley and Spen constituency from her election in May 2015 until her murder in June 2016.

Biography
She was born Helen Joanne Leadbeater on 22nd June 1974 in Batley, West Yorkshire. Her parents are Jean (née Smith), a school secretary, and Gordon Leadbeater, a toothpaste and hairspray factory worker. Her younger sister is Kim Leadbeater (b. 1976). In 2009, she married Brendan Cox, and they had two children.

Murder
On 16th June 2016, Cox was murdered in Birstall, where she had been due to hold a constituency surgery, by neo-nazi attacker, Thomas Mair, who fatally shot and stabbed her.

On 23rd November 2016, Mair was found guilty of all charges – the murder of Cox, stabbing Bernard Kenny (a charge of grievous bodily harm with intent), possession of a firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence and possession of an offensive weapon, namely the dagger. The trial judge said that the crime was so severe that 53-year-old Mair should be given a whole-life tariff—never be released from prison, except at the discretion of the Secretary of State.

Gallery

 * Jo Cox/Gallery