The killing of the MP Jo Cox in the lead-up to the Brexit vote sent shock waves around the world. Today some of her friends and constituents have taken to the roads to raise money in her memory – cycling from her constituency in West Yorkshire all the way to Westminster.
In This Story: Jo Cox
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. Born in Batley, West Yorkshire, Cox studied Social and Political Sciences at Pembroke College, Cambridge.