Taylor Martin: New bride stuns the political world by walking out just months ... trends now

A Liberal MP's new wife has walked out on him just two months after their fairytale wedding and amid a party investigation into him bombarding an ex-lover with 'ugly and undignified' text messages.

NSW Upper House MP Taylor Martin married his girlfriend Brittany in a luxurious ceremony at Sydney's Grounds of Alexandria in December in front of about 110 guests. 

But within eight weeks the relationship was over and Brittany and her three-year-old daughter had left the house they had shared with Mr Martin on the state's Central Coast.

A source close to the former couple said Brittany is now seeking counselling as the mother-of-one navigates the ugly split.

'I was shocked to hear of the breakdown of the marriage so quickly,' an insider said. 

'He was lovely to everyone prior to the wedding, he'd even been on holidays with her family.

'He looked completely in love with Brittany and so happy... it all turned nasty as soon as they were married.'

The wedding came just five months after Mr Martin publicly apologised for past conduct, when his former boss and partner, former federal MP for the Central Coast seat of Robertson Lucy Wicks, lodged a formal complaint within the NSW Liberal Party. She accused him of verbally abusing her over a five year period.

Mr Martin publicly apologised for a series of text messages - leaked to media - that he sent Ms Wicks during that period calling her a 'dumb s**t' and a 'f**king pig', and vowed to assist with any investigation into the allegations. 

He said at the time: 'I was young and inexperienced and I found myself involved in a situation that was way beyond me. There were heated words during my attempts to go separate ways that I sincerely regret.

'It was an ugly and undignified parting of ways.'

The relationship between the pair soured in 2019, when Mr Martin was 29 and Ms Wicks was 46. Mr Martin was first employed as a staffer in Ms Wicks' office when he was 24.