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Today in History: British MP Jo Cox murdered in constituency

6/16/2026

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On 16 June 2016, Labour MP Jo Cox was shot and stabbed to death in Birstall, West Yorkshire, while serving Batley and Spen. Police arrested 53-year-old Thomas Mair, who a November trial found guilty of terrorism-motivated murder, aiming to promote white-supremacist nationalism. He received a whole-life prison term.

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On 16 June 2016, Labour MP Jo Cox was shot and stabbed to death in Birstall, West Yorkshire, while serving Batley and Spen. Police arrested 53-year-old Thomas Mair, who a November trial found guilty of terrorism-motivated murder, aiming to promote white-supremacist nationalism. He received a whole-life prison term.