Widowed husband of Jo Cox expecting a baby with new wife and blessing of murdered MP’s two children – eight years after she was stabbed to death by right wing extremist
The widower of murdered MP Jo Cox is to become a father again eight years after her death.
Brendan Cox and his new wife Anna Ryder are expecting their first child together around Christmas.
The couple married last June at Lambeth Palace, with the blessing of Jo and Brendan’s children Cuillin, 13, and Lejla, 11.
The ‘whole family is reportedly delighted’ with the news that Brendan and Anna are expecting a baby.
Ms Ryder, 38, is a campaigner against violence against women and girls.
Brendan Cox and his new wife Anna Ryder (pictured) are expecting their first child together around Christmas
The 41-year-old Labour MP was shot and stabbed in her constituency on June 16, 2016
Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, who performed the marriage, said Mr Cox’s union had brought him great joy.
Cox, 45, said he “never thought” he would find love again, but said: “I’m so glad I did.”
It is believed that he only recently told his friends that he was going to be a father again.
Mr Cox’s good friend is Jess Phillips, MP for Birmingham Yardley, and Ms Ryder works in her constituency office.
Four years ago he was introduced to his new wife, director of the Killed Women’s Network, which works for survivors of women and girls.
Labour MP Jo Cox was shot and stabbed by far-right Thomas Mair as she attended her surgery in her Batley and Spen constituency in Birstall, West Yorkshire, during the EU membership referendum in June 2016.
That year, Mair, a white supremacist, was sentenced to life in prison for her murder.
The Jo Cox Foundation was established by Mr Cox in memory of his wife after her murder
Mr Cox’s good friend is Jess Phillips, MP for Birmingham Yardley, and Ms Ryder works in her constituency office
Labour MP Jo Cox was shot and stabbed by far-right Thomas Mair (pictured) as she attended her surgery in her Batley and Spen constituency
After her death, Mr. Cox founded the Together Coalition and has been working for survivors of terrorist attacks.
The Jo Cox Foundation, set up in her memory, works to spread the MP’s message of unity in her maiden speech to parliament, in which she said: ‘We have more in common than that which divides us’.
Mr Cox said he and Jo had talked about what they would do if one of them ever died, and claimed she had ‘always wanted’ him to remarry if she died.
He said of Lorraine: ‘I always knew that’s what she would want. But I never thought it would happen because when you lose someone like Jo, you never think you’re going to find someone with the energy and the love and the enthusiasm and the excitement that Jo had. I’m incredibly lucky to have that.’
When he told his children he was going to propose to Mrs. Ryder, they said, “You’ll never do better than Anna.”
Mr and Mrs Cox married in 2009 and their children were only five and three years old when she passed away.
Last night, Mr Cox declined to comment.