Labour Party MP Jo Cox was shot dead near Parliament Square in London in June 2016.
Cox was shot and stabbed multiple times on her way to meet constituents in the town of Birstall by a far-right gunman during the febrile campaign ahead of Britain’s referendum on leaving the European Union. The by-election in the northern seat was triggered by the departure of the incumbent Labour MP Tracy Brabin after she was elected the first mayor of West Yorkshire during local elections earlier this month.
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