Remembering Jo

A powerful new documentary tells the tragic story of the murder of mP Jo Cox

- Sean Marland

On the afternoon of 16 June 2016, Jo Cox was heading to a meeting with her constituents in Birstall, West Yorkshire, when she was brutally murdered.

Jo’s death at 41 came as Britain was preparing to vote in the EU referendum. This week, a new BBC2 documentary, Jo Cox: Death of an MP, tells the heartbreaking story of how the tragedy united her grief-stricken community.

‘Jo had so much energy and was so determined to help people,’ says Sandra Major, who began working as Jo’s assistant when she became the Labour MP for Batley and Spen in 2015.

‘Jo was so proud to be representing the community where she’d grown up. Keeping up with her was hard work, but she was also down to earth and had this ability to bring people on a journey with her. She really connected with people.’