Surgery (politics)
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A political surgery, constituency surgery, constituency clinic, mobile office or sometimes advice surgery, in British and Irish politics, is a series of one-to-one meetings that a Member of Parliament
MP David Mundell holding a drop-in surgery at the Peebles Agricultural Show
Jo Cox
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Helen Joanne Cox was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament for Batley and Spen from May 2015 until her murder in June 2016. She was a member of the Labour Party.
Surgery (politics)
…directly with politicians, surgeries have been noted as a significant security risk. Three MPs have been murdered at surgeries – Robert Bradford in 1981, Jo Cox in 2016, and David Amess in 2021 – while Stephen Timms (2010) and Nigel Jones (2000) survived attacks, though Jones's assistant, Andrew Pennington…
Cox in 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