Nigel Martin is a British

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and

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. He was a member of

Durham County Council Durham County Council is the Local government in England, local authority for the non-metropolitan county of County Durham (district), County Durham in North East England. The council is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority, bein ...

, representing

Neville's Cross Neville's Cross is a place in the civil parish of the City of Durham, in County Durham, England. It is also a ward of Durham with a population taken at the 2011 census of 9,940. It is situated on the A167 trunk road to the west of the centre o ...

from 1985 to 2017. He is a

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, and was leader of the party in the council from 1989-2013. He was also a member of Durham City Council from 1995 to 1999, and from 2007 to 2009, when the council was abolished, and has been a member of Framwellgate Moor Parish Council since 2017.

life

He has run for

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three times, in 1987 for Newcastle Central, 1992 and 1997 for City of Durham. He also stood for election to the

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in 1994 for County Durham and Blaydon. He was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at

Durham University Durham University (legally the University of Durham) is a collegiate university, collegiate public university, public research university in Durham, England, founded by an Act of Parliament (UK), Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by r ...

, having joined the university in 1976 as Resident Tutor of Collingwood College, rising to Vice Principal before moving to

Trevelyan College Trevelyan College (known colloquially as Trevs) is a Colleges of the University of Durham, college of Durham University, England. Founded in 1966, the college takes its name from social historian George Macaulay Trevelyan (pronounced "Trevillia ...

in 2000 as Principal. He retired from the university in 2008. His mathematical interest focused on graph theory and combinatorics. He attended

Clee Grammar School for Boys Matthew Humberstone Church of England School, also known as the Matthew Humberstone School, Matthew Humberstone C of E School, Matthew Humberstone Comprehensive School, MHS and Matty, was a secondary school in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshi ...

in Lincolnshire. He is an alumnus of the

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, reading for his undergraduate degree and his PhD at Christ's College. He was also a Research Fellow at

Downing College Downing College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge and currently has around 950 students. Founded in 1800, it was the only college to be added to the university between 1596 and 1869, ...

from 1971-1975.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Nigel Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Academics of Durham University Principals of Trevelyan College 20th-century British mathematicians 21st-century British mathematicians Liberal Democrats (UK) councillors Councillors in North East England Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge