"I just burst into tears, it was surreal," said Stefan Simmonds reflecting on the moment he heard Jo Cox had died.
Mr Simmonds owns several West Yorkshire business centres, including one in which the MP ran her constituency office in the town of Cleckheaton following her election last year.
"I saw her every couple of weeks. She was very talkative, very approachable and extremely impressive as a politician. Jo was incredibly popular in the town," he said.
Mr Simmonds and Mrs Cox had discussed Labour's antisemitism crisis in the past few months and the businessman said he had sent her JC articles about party members who had been suspended.
