Pam Cox Explained

Pam Cox
Office:Member of Parliament
for Colchester
Predecessor:Will Quince
Party:Labour
Term Start:4 July 2024
Honorific Suffix:MP
Majority:8,250 (18.4%)
Alma Mater:University of Cambridge (BA) and (Ph.D.)
Module:
Child:yes
Thesis Title:Rescue and reform Girls, delinquency and industrial schools 1908-1933
Thesis Url:https://www.researchgate.net/publication/35476104_Rescue_and_reform_Girls_delinquency_and_industrial_schools_1908-1933
Thesis Year:1997

Pamela Margaret Cox is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Colchester since 2024.

Biography

Pamela Cox was brought up in Southend. Her mother was a midwife before becoming a nurse. Her father left school at the age of 15 and was apprenticed as a joiner before joining the church and becoming a minister. She has two sisters, both of whom became nurses in south Essex.[1]

Cox studied history at Robinson College, Cambridge,[2] and in 1997 was awarded a PhD for a thesis on the history of girls' delinquency in Britain. She is currently a professor of social history and criminology at the University of Essex, and has been a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts since 2017. She presented the BBC documentary series, and , and has contributed to historical and cultural programmes for Channel 4 and Channel 5 including Edwardian Britain in Colour.[3]

Politics

In 1994, Cox joined the Labour Party.[4] She has been a New Town and Christ Church councillor since May 2021, and on 5 November 2022 she became the Labour Party prospective parliamentary candidate in the 2024 general election for Colchester.[5] [6] [7] Upon her election to parliament, she became the first female MP to represent the constituency.[8]

Works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MY STORY. 12 March 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240326185948/https://www.pamcox.co.uk/. 26 March 2024. live.
  2. "Cambridge University Tripos examination results", The Times, 7 July 1992, p. 45.
  3. Web site: Professor Pamela Cox . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240312015407/https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/COXPA93003/Pamela-Cox . 12 March 2024 . 12 March 2024 . University of Essex.
  4. Web site: Pam Cox Visits Clacton. Martin Suker. 12 September 2023. Clacton Labour. 12 March 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240326190027/https://clactonlabour.org.uk/news/press-release/pam-cox-visits-clacton/. 26 March 2024. live.
  5. Web site: Lewis Adams . 5 November 2022 . Pam Cox is Labour's Parliamentary choice for Colchester . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240326190030/https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/23103697.pam-cox-labours-parliamentary-choice-colchester/ . 26 March 2024 . 12 March 2024 . Gazette Standard.
  6. Web site: Ben Fryer . Orla Moore . 26 September 2023 . Olympic rower James Cracknell vows to earn Colchester seat . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231001214023/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-66922694 . 1 October 2023 . 12 March 2024 . BBC News.
  7. Web site: Lewis Adams . 5 May 2023 . Colchester Labour's Pam Cox confident in Parliament bid . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240326190115/https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/23502200.colchester-labours-pam-cox-confident-parliament-bid/ . 26 March 2024 . 12 March 2024 . Gazette Standard.
  8. Web site: Adams . Lewis . Knights . Richard . 'My absolute honour being Colchester's first female MP' . BBC News . 9 July 2024 . 9 July 2024.
  9. Web site: Becoming Delinquent: British and European Youth, 1650–1950. Routledge. 12 March 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240326190122/https://www.routledge.com/Becoming-Delinquent-British-and-European-Youth-1650-1950/Cox-Shore/p/book/9781138740426. 26 March 2024. live.
  10. Web site: Gender, Justice and Welfare in Britain,1900-1950: Bad Girls in Britain, 1900-1950 (Hardback). Waterstones. 12 March 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240326190147/https://www.waterstones.com/book/gender-justice-and-welfare-in-britain-1900-1950/jo-campling/p-cox/9780333744345. 26 March 2024. live.
  11. Web site: Young Criminal Lives: Life Courses and Life Chances from 1850. 2017 . Oxford Academic. 10.1093/oso/9780198788492.001.0001 . 12 March 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240326190231/https://academic.oup.com/book/7795. 26 March 2024. live . Godfrey . Barry . Cox . Pamela . Shore . Heather . Alker . Zoe . 978-0-19-878849-2 .
  12. Web site: Shopgirls: The True Story of Life Behind the Counter review – 'rich in surprising insights'. Lucy Lethbridge. 3 August 2014. The Guardian. 12 March 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240326190239/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/03/shopgirls-true-story-behind-counter-cox-hobley-review-rich-insights. 26 March 2024. live.
  13. Web site: Criminology: A Sociological Introduction. Research Gate. 12 March 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240326190248/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348861924_Criminology_A_Sociological_Introduction. 26 March 2024. live.

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