Andrew Stringer

First elected in 2003 as District Councillor representing Mendlesham Ward which originally included Cotton.  Re-elected in 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 and again in May 2023 with a majority over all other parties.

First elected as Suffolk County Councillor in 2009 representing Upper Gipping Division, re-elected in 2013, 2017 and 2021 with over 60% of the vote.

• Andrew was the first ever elected Green Party District Councillor in Suffolk
• He is Cabinet Member for Heritage, Planning and Infrastructure at Mid Suffolk District Council
• He is the Group’s representative on the Joint Local Plan working group
• Andrew was Leader of the Green, Liberal Democrat and Independent Group at County from 2017 to 2018
• He is spokesperson for Housing and Economic Development at County and is a member of the Local Government Association’s Innovation Board
• Andrew is a member of the Elmswell/Wetherden Quarry Liaison Group
• He was instrumental in setting up the John Peel Centre for Creative Arts in Stowmarket
• Andrew helped set up the community woodland known as Carter’s Meadow
• He has recently built his own environmentally sustainable home
• Andrew was born and bred in Suffolk and lives in Cotton

Areas Andrew represents

Mid Suffolk District Council

Mendlesham, Rishangles, Thorndon and Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford as your Green Party district councillor.

Suffolk County Council:

Bacton, Braiseworth, Cotton, Gipping, Haughley, Old Newton with Dagworth, Mendlesham, Mickfield, Occold, Stoke Ash, Thorndon, Thwaite, Wetherden, Wetheringsett cum Brockford, Wickham Skeith as your Green Party county councillor.