Andrew Stringer
County Councillor for Upper Gipping Division
District Councillor for Mendlesham Ward
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.
Get in touch
Suffolk County Council
Phone: 01449 780339
Mobile: 07545 423842
Email: andrew.stringer@suffolk.gov.uk
Mid Suffolk District Council
Phone: 01449 780339
Mobile: 07774 199061
Email: Andrew.Stringer@midsuffolk.gov.uk
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