I never really grew up being political or Labour. It kind of came at Cambridge where it was just a realisation that where you were born mattered. Tha… - Jo Cox

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I never really grew up being political or Labour. It kind of came at Cambridge where it was just a realisation that where you were born mattered. That how you spoke mattered... who you knew mattered. I didn’t really speak right or knew the right people. I spent the summers packing toothpaste at a factory working where my dad worked and everyone else had gone on a gap year! To be honest my experience at Cambridge really knocked me for about five years.

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About Jo Cox

Helen Joanne "Jo" Cox (22 June 1974 – 16 June 2016) was a British Labour Party politician. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Batley and Spen constituency from her election in the May 2015 general election until her murder in June 2016.

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Birth Name: Helen Joanne Leadbeater
Native Name: Helen Joanne Cox
Also Known As: Jo
Alternative Names: Helen Joanne "Jo" Cox
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I have fought a really local and positive campaign full of energy and enthusiasm and I think that came across. I’m not nervous, I’m honour and humbled to be elected, I appreciate the big challenge ahead, I have two children aged two and four so I am used to the challenge.

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