Jo Cox plaque to be unveiled in Commons

A MEMORIAL plaque for murdered MP Jo Cox will be unveiled in the House of Commons next month, bearing a coat of arms that her children helped design.

The coat of arms has the motto “More in Common”, inspired by Ms Cox’s maiden speech in the Commons in 2015.

The design, which will be unveiled on May 20, includes representations of her support for women in politics and the Cox family’s love of the water and mountains.

Mrs Cox’s children, Cuillin, six, and Lejla, four, contributed to the design process and will unveil the memorial at a “family day” in Parliament, when MPs and staff will be invited to bring their children into the Commons chamber. Commons Speaker John Bercow will answer questions from youngsters and then host a children’s party – the first of the Great Get Together events the Jo Cox Foundation is backing to mark the anniversary of her death.

Labour MP Mrs Cox was murdered by right-wing extremist Thomas Mair as she arrived to host a surgery in Birstall, in her Batley and Spen constituency, on the afternoon of June 16, 2016.

Her death came just over a year after her maiden speech in the Commons, in which she said “we are far more united and have far more in common than that which divides us”.

Mr Bercow said: “Jo – her life and legacy – will not be forgotten.”