A charity single in memory of murdered MP Jo Cox could be number one at Christmas.

Music stars including Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson, David Gray, KT Tunstall and Cockney Rebel's Steve Harley have united with politicians for a cover of the Rolling Stones hit You Can't Always Get What You Want.

Described as a "protest" single honouring the legacy and work of the Batley and Spen MP, it will be released a week before the official Christmas number one is announced.

Proceeds will go towards the launch of a foundation established in Mrs Cox's name following her death.

Image: KT Tunstall has described the MP as 'an incredibly bright light'

Producer Robin Millar said organisers wanted to create something to show that Mrs Cox's "hugely selfless and energetic campaigning must live on through greater unity".


The track, to be released through Chrysalis Records on 16 December, features a group of 16 MPs, including members of parliamentary rock group MP4, and the Royal Opera House Thurrock Community Chorus.

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Project organiser Kevin Brennan, MP4 member and Labour MP for Cardiff West, said: "The fact that so many people have given up their time for this project to support the causes she cared about shows that she leaves us all a legacy of hope for a better world."

Paying tribute, David Gray said Mrs Cox was "someone you could believe in" during an "era of public disenchantment that has seen politics discredited by corruption scandals and characterised by political campaigns driven by hateful and divisive language".

Image: Ricky Wilson of the Kaiser Chiefs also sings on the track, along with Steve Harley and David Gray

KT Tunstall said she was "obviously an incredibly bright light", while Steve Harley described her as "a cut above" whose "legacy should be celebrated".

Other singles in with a chance of being crowned Christmas number one include One Day I'll Fly Away, by Vaults, which features on this year's John Lewis advert, and It's Better To Dream, the new track by Cliff Richard.

True Colors, taken from the Trolls soundtrack and sung by Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake, is also a contender, along with Inspiral Carpets track Saturn 5, in honour of the band's late drummer Craig Gill.

Mrs Cox, a mother-of-two, was attacked by white supremacist Thomas Mair just days before the EU referendum, after campaigning for the UK to remain.

Mair has been told he will serve the whole of his life in jail for her murder.