‘He Was Southend’: Tributes Paid to Slain British Lawmaker

(L–R): Police, Fire, and Crime Commissioner for Essex Roger Hirst, Chief Constable Ben-Julian Harrington, Speaker of the House Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Home Secretary Priti Patel, and Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the scene where Conservative MP Sir David Amess was stabbed to death near Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England, on Oct. 16, 2021. Essex Police via PA

LEIGH-ON-SEA, England—Leaders from across the political spectrum came together Saturday to pay their respects to a long-serving British lawmaker who was stabbed to death in what police say was an Islamic terrorist-related attack. His death has reopened questions about the security of lawmakers as they go about their work.

The slaying Friday of the 69-year-old Conservative member of Parliament David Amess during a regular meeting with local voters has caused shock and anxiety across Britain’s political spectrum, just five years after Labour Party lawmaker Jo Cox was murdered by a far-right extremist in her small-town constituency.