TWO of the six MPs killed while in office were murdered in Sussex.

The killing of Sir David Amess was the fifth member of the House of Commons to be killed in office in the post-war period.

The Southend West MP was fatally stabbed at a church in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, on Friday, October 15.

The 69-year-old was attacked as he held a regular meeting with constituents at Belfairs Methodist Church.

The Argus: Sir David Amess was the fifth member of the House of Commons to be killed in office in the post-war period Sir David Amess was the fifth member of the House of Commons to be killed in office in the post-war period

The murder of Sir David Amess was the first killing of an MP in office since 2016.

Jo Cox was murdered in her constituency by far-right extremist Thomas Mair on June 16, 2016.

The 41-year-old had been the Labour MP for Batley and Spen for one year when she was shot and stabbed by Mair in Birstall, in her West Yorkshire constituency.

Mair, 53, was found guilty of the murder of the mother-of-two and was sentenced to life imprisonment with a whole life order.

The Argus: Eastbourne MP Ian Gow was killed by an IRA car bomb at his home Eastbourne MP Ian Gow was killed by an IRA car bomb at his home

Ms Cox was the first MP to be murdered in office since 1990, when Eastbourne MP Ian Gow became the last in a string of MPs to die at the hands of the IRA.

A former private parliamentary secretary to Margaret Thatcher, Mr Gow was killed by an IRA car bomb at his home at the age of 53.

On July 30, 1990, a Semtex bomb was planted under his car in the driveway of his house in Hankham, near Pevensey.

The Argus: Enfield Southgate MP Sir Anthony Berry died in the Provisional IRA bombing of the Grand Hotel in Brighton Enfield Southgate MP Sir Anthony Berry died in the Provisional IRA bombing of the Grand Hotel in Brighton

The Argus: Five people connected with the Conservative Party were killed during the bombing of the Grand Hotel in BrightonFive people connected with the Conservative Party were killed during the bombing of the Grand Hotel in Brighton

Before him, Enfield Southgate MP Sir Anthony Berry died in the Provisional IRA bombing of the Grand Hotel in Brighton, where Margaret Thatcher was staying for the 1984 Conservative Party conference.

Thatcher narrowly escaped the blast on October 12, while five people connected with the Conservative Party were killed and 31 were injured.

The IRA also claimed the life of Ulster Unionist Party MP Robert Bradford, who was shot dead aged 40 while holding a constituency surgery in a Belfast community centre in 1981.

The Irish National Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the murder of former Northern Ireland secretary Airey Neave, whose car was blown up as he drove out of the parliamentary car park at Westminster in 1979.

No other sitting MPs have been murdered in the post-war period.

Labour’s former MP for Accrington Walter Scott-Elliot was killed by his butler in 1977 after leaving Parliament.

Former Conservative MP Sir Richard Sharples was assassinated by a militant group in Bermuda 1973, while serving as the island’s Governor.

The only prime minister to have been murdered in office was Spencer Perceval, who was shot dead in the lobby of the House of Commons in 1812.