Martyn Cox | |
Term Start: | 25 August 2021 |
Term End: | 16 May 2023 |
Predecessor: | David Greenhalgh |
Successor: | Nick Peel |
Term Start2: | August 2021 |
Term End2: | May 2023 |
Predecessor2: | David Greenhalgh |
Successor2: | Nick Peel |
Office3: | Deputy Leader of Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council |
Term Start3: | May 2019 |
Term End3: | 25 August 2021 |
Office4: | Member of Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council for Westhoughton North and Chew Moor |
Term Start4: | 6 May 2010 |
Majority4: | 445 |
Alma Mater: | University of Plymouth |
Martyn Andrew Cox is a British Conservative politician and was Leader of Bolton Council in Greater Manchester between and 2021 and 2023. As Leader he was also a member of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and was the Combined Authority's portfolio lead for culture.[1]
He was first elected as a Councillor in 2003 as a Liberal Democrat in Horwich & Blackrod Ward but stood down from this role 2007. In 2010 he returned to the Council winning his current seat in the Ward of Westhoughton North and Chew Moor. He was elected as Leader of the Council in August 2021 following the death of David Greenhalgh the previous month.[2]