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In a book published last year, Sir David described how he and other MPs altered the way they interacted with the public – particularly in constituency surgeries – after the murder of their colleague Jo Cox in 2016. Below is an extract from the book Ayes and Ears: A Survivor’s Guide to Westminster.
The murder of Cox was still totally unexpected. She had been an MP for a very short time, having been elected in May 2015.
She was approaching the library where her constituency surgery was to be held, when she was attacked and killed in the most barbaric fashion imaginable.
This event took place during the 2016 EU Referendum Campaign and had a galvanising effect on the campaign, the general public and Members themselves.
Tory MP Sir David Amess at his constituency surgery in Southend, Essex
My colleague Mark Francois alerted me to the attack, at which time he was unaware that Jo had actually died.
