Jo Cox

Politician

Birthday June 22, 1974

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Batley, England

DEATH DATE Jun 16, 2016 (41)

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About

Member of Parliament for Batley and Spen as part of the British Labour Party who only served the post for one year until her 2016 death. She was tragically murdered after being shot and stabbed.

Before Fame

She worked her way up to become the head of policy and advocacy at the humanitarian charity Oxfam GB. She was an alumnus of Pembroke College, Cambridge.

Trivia

She founded and chaired all-party parliamentary group Friends of Syria.

Family Life

She married and had two children with Brendan Cox. Her mother worked as a secretary and her father worked in factories.

Associated With

Her husband worked as an adviser to Gordon Brown.