List of British MPs killed in office
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This is a list of sitting members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom (MPs) who died by assassination or other culpable homicide.
Spencer Perceval is the only British prime minister to have been assassinated, having been shot on 11 May 1812 by John Bellingham, a merchant who blamed the government for his debt. From 1882 to 1990, six MPs were assassinated by Irish nationalists. The murder of Jo Cox on 16 June 2016 was committed by a white supremacist; Cox was both the first female and the first Labour MP to be assassinated. The latest incident, the murder of Sir David Amess on 15 October 2021, was committed by an Islamic terrorist.
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[edit]- ^ Dunton, Mark (11 May 2012). "The assassination of Spencer Perceval". The National Archives blog. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
- ^ "The Invincibles and the Phoenix Park Killings". Irish History Online. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
- ^ Jeffery, Keith (24 January 2008). "14: Death and reputation". Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson: A Political Soldier. pp. 281–298. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199239672.003.0014. ISBN 978-0-19-923967-2.
- ^ Hoggart, Simon (31 March 2014). "From the archive, 31 March 1979: Car bomb kills MP Airey Neave". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
- ^ Borders, William (15 November 1981). "I.R.A. GUNMEN SLAY A PROTESTANT M.P." The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
- ^ "Brighton bombing: 25th anniversary of Sir Anthony Berry's death remembered". Enfield Independent. 12 October 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
- ^ "Eastbourne MP murdered 25 years ago this week". Eastbourne Herald. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
- ^ "Labour MP Jo Cox dies after being shot and stabbed in her constituency near Leeds". Daily Telegraph. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
- ^ J. Wilkie (23 November 2016). "Sentencing remarks of Mr Justice Wilkie: R -v- Mair (Jo Cox murder)" (PDF). Judiciary. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
There is no doubt that this murder was done for the purpose of advancing a political, racial and ideological cause namely that of violent white supremacism and exclusive nationalism most associated with Nazism and its modern forms.
- ^ Dominic Casciani (11 April 2022). "Sir David Amess: How MP's killer was a textbook radicalisation". BBC News.
- ^ Vikram Dodd (22 April 2022). "'I've killed him': David Amess murder was last act of two-year plot". The Guardian.