Falmouth's MP Sarah Newton has paid tribute to the Jo cox, a "really lovely" Yorkshire MP who was shot and stabbed to death while attending a constituency surgery yesterday (16/6).

Mrs Newton told the Packet that Mrs Cox was "a really lovely Member of Parliament, and she always worked very hard for her constituents and the causes she really believed in."

"It's devastating news for her children, her husband, and her family."

Mrs Newton also said said: "The greatest tribute I can pay to Jo today is to continue with my work, and continue my surgery."

She said she would be holding her own constituency surgery as planned tomorrow: "I think it's really important that we are available to our constituents,

"It is essential that people can come up to me in the street, or the supermarket, so I'm in touch with the."

Asked about whether she feels threatened as a female MP, Mrs Newton said "sadly, men and women MPs are often subject to some form of aggressive behaviour.. or death threats," and pointed to Labour MP Ben Bradshaw in Exeter, who received threatening phone calls yesterday.

She added that she had also suffered from aggressive behaviour from constituents, and it was "part of the role, and we take what precautions we can."

Mrs Newton said that, more than her own safety, she was concerned for that of her employees. She said: "I have got two staff in my office in Truro and they are always there.

"My chief concern is for them because people come in off the street, and they are extremely helpful and knowledgeable and friendly. My concern is always for them and their safety."

St Ives MP Derek Thomas also paid tribute to Mrs Cox on his Facebook page. He wrote: "Jo Cox was only elected to the Houses of Parliament in 2015 and was one of a large number of new MPs. Yet she stood out and made her mark in such a short time.

"She spoke from the heart and I remember the times she addressed us all because she knew what she was talking about and believed in what she was saying (which gave her an authority and presence in the chamber).

"Today is such a sad day for her family, friends and her constituents. Although party politics can give the impression that Parliament is a divided and aggressive place to work MPs from most sides of the House work well together and work together to find the best solutions to significant challenges at home and abroad.

"Jo was part of this and is and will be grieved by us all. Such a terrible loss of life."

Mrs Cox, a former charity worker and the first member of her family to graduate from university, was shot three times as she left a meeting with residents at a library in her Batley and Spen constituency.

It is reported that her attacker then stabbed her, as well as attacking another man who tried to intervene.

Her husband Brendan Cox said in a statement yesterday: "Today is the beginning of a new chapter in our lives. More difficult, more painful, less joyful, less full of love. I and Jo's friends and family are going to work every moment of our lives to love and nurture our kids and to fight against the hate that killed Jo.

"Jo believed in a better world and she fought for it every day of her life with an energy, and a zest for life that would exhaust most people.

"She would have wanted two things above all else to happen now, one that our precious children are bathed in love and two, that we all unite to fight against the hatred that killed her. Hate doesn't have a creed, race or religion, it is poisonous.

"Jo would have no regrets about her life, she lived every day of it to the full."