Jo Cox
Sign in to saveAlso known as Helen Joanne Cox, Helen Joanne "Jo" Cox, Helen Joanne Leadbeater
British politician (1974–2016)
Key facts
- Leader
- Ed Miliband
- Preceded by
- Mike Wood
- Succeeded by
- Tracy Brabin
- Born
- Helen Joanne Leadbeater , ( 1974-06-22 ) 22 June 1974, Dewsbury , West Yorkshire, England
- Died
- 16 June 2016 (2016-06-16) (aged 41), Leeds , West Yorkshire, England
- Cause of death
- Murder (gunshot wounds, stab wounds )
- Party
- Labour
- Spouse
- Brendan Cox ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2009 )
- Relatives
- Kim Leadbeater (sister)
- Alma mater
- Pembroke College, Cambridge London School of Economics
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joanne
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Batley
- Sibling
- Kim Leadbeater
- Occupation
- politician
- Political party
- Labour Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- politics
- Official website
- www.jocox.org.uk
- Number of children
- 2
- Work location
- London
- Significant event
- murder of Jo Cox
Show 14 more facts
- date of birth
- 1974-06-22
- name in native language
- Helen Joanne Cox
- birth name
- Helen Joanne Leadbeater
- date of death
- 2016-06-16
- manner of death
- homicide
- nickname
- Jo
- short name
- Jo Cox
- web feed URL
- www.jocox.org.uk/feed
- Commons category
- Jo Cox
- cause of death
- stab wound
- ethnic group
- English people
- candidacy in election
- 2015 United Kingdom general election
- social media followers
- 18727
- P10632
- Jo Cox
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Encyclopedic overview
Helen Joanne Cox (née Leadbeater; 22 June 1974 – 16 June 2016) was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Batley and Spen from May 2015 until her murder in June 2016. She was a member of the Labour Party.
Born in Batley, West Yorkshire, Cox studied Social and Political Sciences at Pembroke College, Cambridge. Working first as a political assistant, she joined the international humanitarian charity Oxfam in 2001, where she became head of policy and advocacy at Oxfam GB in 2005. She was selected to contest the Batley and Spen parliamentary seat after the incumbent, Mike Wood, decided not to stand in 2015. She held the seat for Labour with an increased majority. Cox became a campaigner on issues relating to the Syrian civil war, and founded and chaired the all-party parliamentary group Friends of Syria.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jo Cox” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.