Election campaign stops to remember murdered MPpublished at 09:25 British Summer Time 22 May 2017
The leaders of the main parties stopped campaigning for an hour yesterday to remember the late Labour MP for Batley and Spen, Jo Cox.
The 41-year-old was shot and stabbed multiple times by right-wing extremist Thomas Mair in her constituency.
Her widower Brendan Cox said it would "send a powerful message" ahead of the first anniversary of her death.
Mr Cox said the co-ordinated suspension of campaigning would send a message that "whatever our political disagreements, we really do hold more in common and show a united front against hatred and extremism in all its forms".
To mark the anniversary of her death, Mr Cox has organised the Great Get -Together, external from 16 to 18 June, where thousands of community gatherings such as street parties, picnics and coffee mornings will be held across the country.