On 16 June 2016, Jo Cox, a British Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for Batley and Spen, died after being shot and stabbed multiple times in Birstall, West Yorkshire. In November 2016, 53-year-old Thomas Alexander Mair was found guilty of her murder and other offences connected to the killing in an act of terrorism. The judge concluded that Mair wanted to advance white supremacy and exclusive nationalism most associated with Nazism and its modern forms. He was sentenced to life imprisonment with a whole life order.
Cox was killed outside Birstall library
Memorial to Jo Cox in the days after her death, Parliament Square, London
Cox's memorial at Parliament Square in London on 17 June 2016
A vigil held in remembrance outside Bath Abbey, one of the many that were held around Britain
Helen Joanne Cox 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.
Cox, c. 2015
Brendan Cox at the Trafalgar Square tribute to his wife, on 22 June 2016
The library in Birstall where Cox had been due to hold a constituency surgery at the time of the attack
A vigil for Cox held in remembrance outside Bath Abbey, one of the many held around Britain, 18 June 2016
