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| Jo CoxMP | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Batley and Spen | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 8 May 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Mike Wood |
| Majority | 6,057 (12.00%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1974-06-22) 22 June 1974 (age 50) Batley, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Website | jocox |
Helen Joanne Cox is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. She is the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Batley and Spen after winning the seat in the 2015 general election.
Cox was educated at Heckmondwike Grammar School and then Cambridge University, graduating in 1995.
She is a former head of policy for Oxfam and a former advisor to Sarah Brown and Baroness Kinnock. She is national chair of Labour Women's Network and a senior advisor to the Freedom Fund, an anti-slavery charity.
Cox was one of 36 Labour MPs to nominate Jeremy Corbyn as a candidate in the Labour leadership election of 2015.
In October 2015 she co-authored, with Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell, an article in The Observer arguing that British forces could help achieve an ethical solution to the conflict in Syria.
References
- "No. 61230". The London Gazette. 18 May 2015.
- "Batley & Spen Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ^ "Jo Cox". The Labour Party. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- Hope, Christopher (10 June 2014). "Oxfam: MPs shocked by 'disgraceful' political campaigning". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- "Who nominated who for the 2015 Labour leadership election?". New Statesman. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- Mitchell, Andrew and Cox, Jo (11 October 2015). "British forces could help achieve an ethical solution in Syria". The Observer. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
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