A DOZEN hardy cyclists have completed a gruelling 260-mile ride from West Yorkshire to Westminster in memory of MP Jo Cox.

The Jo Cox Way commemorated the life and work of the Labour MP, who died after being shot and stabbed in her constituency of Batley and Spen in June.

The team had set off from Liversedge on Wednesday and arrived in the capital four days later, yesterday.

So far, the riders have raised around £1,500 for three of Mrs Cox’s favourite good causes.

Organiser Sarfraz Mian, the chief executive of a Yorkshire-based equestrian company, was one of the 12 completing the full ride.

Dozens more joined in for part of the way, including Mrs Cox’s sister, Kim Leadbeater, who took part on day one, alongside 85-year-old Brian Robinson of Mirfield, the first Briton to finish the Tour de France, and World War Two veteran and amputee Franklin Medhurst, 96, who rode a special recumbent tricycle.

The ride took in many towns and cities along the way, with people encouraged to accompany the cyclists as they passed through.

Mr Mian said he had organised the charity ride after being inspired by Mrs Cox’s zest for life and passion for people and communities, regardless of race, creed or religion.

He said: “I didn’t know Jo, but I was struck by her principles and beliefs and the fact that communities are always stronger when working together.

“Being joined by so many other cyclists en route to Parliament is a real tribute to Jo and all the pockets of good work that go on up and down the UK, in our villages, towns and cities.”

The money raised will go to Hope Not Hate, the Royal Voluntary Service and the White Helmets - the same three causes which were chosen by Mrs Cox’s family to benefit from a fund set up in her memory.

This fund raised more than £1.5m in the weeks after her death.

People can still sponsor the cyclists by visiting crowdfunding.justgiving.com/thejocoxway.

Mrs Cox’s maiden speech in Parliament, in which she said people in her diverse constituency were “far more united and have far more in common with each other than things that divide us”, has also sparked a series of community events around the world, under the More In Common banner.