Helen Joanne "Jo" Cox was a British Labor Party politician. On 16 June 2016, Jo died after being shot and stabbed multiple times in Birstall, West Yorkshire, England, shortly before she was due to hold a political meeting.
A 52-year-old local man, Thomas Mair, was arrested in connection with
Cox's death and subsequently charged with her murder and other offenses.
The incident was the first killing of a sitting British Member of Parliament since the death of Ian Gow in 1990, and the first in which the victim was a woman or a member of the Labor Party.
The husband of the late Jo Cox paid tribute to his wife who “lived and died for her
beliefs” in an emotional and inspiring speech to thousands of people
gathered in Trafalgar Square.
Gillian Anderson read Dorothy Oger's poem, I shall stand for love”.
