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- Birth nameHelen Joanne Leadbeater
- Jo Cox was born on June 22, 1974 in Batley, West Yorshire, England, UK. She was married to Brendan Cox. She died on June 16, 2016 in Birstall, West Yorkshire, England, UK.
- SpouseBrendan Cox(June 2009 - June 16, 2016) (her death, 2 children)
- Cox was married to Brendan Cox, who was an adviser on international development to Gordon Brown during the latter's premiership. They had two children, who were aged three and five when Cox died.
- Cox was shot and stabbed by a far-right extremist, Thomas Mair, 52, after she emerged from a library meeting with local constituents. "Britain first," Mair shouted before he attacked her.
- "Cox, a member of the Labor Party, believed Britain should remain in the EU and was a supporter of Syrian refugees," the New York Post reported.
- In 2021, her sister Kim Leadbeater ran in her former constituency.
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