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[[2015年イギリス総選挙]]では、引退した{{仮リンク|マイク・ウッド (政治家)|en|Mike Wood (Labour politician)|label=マイク・ウッド}}の後継として労働党から出馬する<ref>{{cite news|last1=Shaw|first1=Martin|title=Women's campaigner Jo Cox chosen as Labour candidate to fight next General Election in Batley & Spen|url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/womens-campaigner-jo-cox-chosen-7103901|accessdate=16 June 2016|work=Huddersfield Daily Examiner|date=12 May 2014}}</ref>。開票の結果、コックスは43.2%の得票を獲得して庶民院議員に当選する<ref name="BBCObituary"/><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000548 | title=Batley & Spen Parliamentary constituency | publisher=BBC News| date=8 May 2015|accessdate=8 May 2015}}</ref>。当選後の6月3日に下院で演説し、経済再生について政府の姿勢を問い質した<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2015-06-03/debates/15060324000002/DevolutionAndGrowthAcrossBritain#contribution-15060332000038|title=Devolution And Growth Across Britain|accessdate= 17 June 2016|date=3 June 2015|work=Hansard}}</ref>。
議員当選後は[[シリア騒乱内戦]]の解決のために活動した<ref name=yp-20151226/>。10月には[[保守党 (イギリス)|保守党]]議員の{{仮リンク|アンドリュー・ミッチェル|en|Andrew Mitchell}}と共に[[イギリス軍]]が[[シリア]]国内の民間人を助けるために避難所を設営することを訴え<ref name="Ethical">{{cite news | url=http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/oct/11/british-forces-ethical-solution-syria-humanitarian-crisis | title=British forces could help achieve an ethical solution in Syria | work=The Observer | date=11 October 2015 | accessdate=11 October 2015 | author1=Mitchell, Andrew |author2= Cox, Jo}}</ref>、シリア問題の解決を目指す超党派議員団の結成にも参加した<ref name=guardian-20151010>{{cite news |url=http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/oct/10/labour-mps-defy-jeremy-corbyn-on-syria |title=More than 50 Labour MPs to defy Jeremy Corbyn in vote on Syria |first1=Toby | last1= Helm| first2= Daniel |last2=Boffey |newspaper=The Guardian |date=10 October 2015 |accessdate=1 June 2016}}</ref><ref name=yp-20160212>{{cite news |url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/jo-cox-syrian-ceasefire-tipped-in-president-assad-and-russia-s-favour-1-7730680 |title=Jo Cox: Syrian ceasefire tipped in President Assad and Russia's favour |first=Kate |last=Proctor |newspaper=Yorkshire Post |date=12 February 2016 |accessdate=1 June 2016}}</ref>が、[[ISIL]]を攻撃するための軍事介入を巡る採決の際には棄権している<ref name="BBCObituary"/>。また、[[パレスチナ問題]]に関しては[[ガザ地区]]の封鎖を解除するように訴えている<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jocox.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/LFPME_Brochure_FINAL2.pdf| pages=10-12|title=Making the progressive case for peace in Palestine and Israel: Labour Party policies to support the rule of law and human rights|accessdate= 17 June 2016|date=December 2015|publisher=Labour Friends of Palestine & the Middle East}}</ref>。
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