Mayor
Horwich: 2001-02, 2012-13 (Labour)
Born
Bolton 10 October 1947
Died
Whelley, Wigan, Lancashire 24 August 2021
About

Born Joyce Brooks. Lived in Horwich since 1969.

Ran a clothes shop in Hindley and a farm with her husband David.

Served as Deputy Leader and Leader of Horwich Town Council and as member for Horwich North East on Bolton Council from 2011 until 2019.

Served as Deputy Mayor of Horwich 2017-18.

Vice Chair of Bolton Council’s Planning Committee.

Her great-uncle John Brooks was Mayor of Farnworth 1950-51.

Mother-of-three and grandmother of four.

Member of Horwich Rotary Club and St Elizabeth’s Church, Horwich.

Her daughter, Nichola, was Mayoress in 2001-02.

Cllr Jean Gillies was Mayoress in 2012-13.

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