Andy Mellen

Andy Mellen

District Councillor for Bacton Ward

County Councillor for Thedwastre North

Andy Mellen - Green Party Councillor

First elected in May 2019, and then again in May 2023 as a District Councillor representing Bacton Ward.

First elected in May 2021 as a County Councillor representing Thedwastre North Division.

  • Andy was elected Leader of the Green Group of District Councillors in June 2021
  • Leader of Mid Suffolk District Council following taking majority control of the council in May 2023, and also Cabinet Member for Performance and Resilience
  • He served on Wyverstone Parish Council from 2007, including a term as Chairman.
  • His background is in agriculture, he runs a mixed farming business with several small parcels of land spread across several parishes.
  • Previous experience includes six years working in education and development in Nigeria and Malawi.
  • Andy studied at Writtle Agricultural college and later gained an MSc in Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development from Imperial College.
  • He is a promoter of grass-roots action to develop a sustainable society, pioneering Community Cafes and local food networks.
  • Andy and his wife live on their smallholding in Wyverstone.

Areas Andy represents

Mid Suffolk District Council

Bacton, Cotton, Finningham, Westhorpe, Wyverstone as your Green Party district councillor.

Suffolk County Council:

Badwell Ash, Elmswell, Finningham, Great Ashfield, Hunston, Langham, Norton, Stowlangtoft, Tostock, Westhorpe, Woolpit, Wyverstone as your Green Party county councillor.

Get in touch

Suffolk County Council

Mobile: 07955 434435

Email: andy.mellen@suffolk.gov.uk

Mid Suffolk District Council

Mobile:  07790 992619

Email:  andrew.mellen@midsuffolk.gov.uk

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Joanne standing for Green Party for Hoxne & Eye by-election

By news | 21 September 2024

Mid Suffolk Green Party are pleased to announce their candidate for the forthcoming Hoxne and Eye County Council by election. Joanne is a resident of Eye with extensive experience of working with environmental organizations locally and nationally. Joanne says :  “My involvement with the Green Party has deepened my understanding of local issues such as […]

Adrian Ramsay, MP for Waveney Valley, and Richard Winch, councillor for Walsham Le Willows.

MP Adrian Ramsay and Green councillors call for funding for bus routes in the Mid Suffolk villages of Walsham le Willows and Badwell Ash

By news | 13 August 2024

Dozens of residents in the Suffolk villages of Walsham le Willows and Badwell Ash have been left without transport to college and hospital and work after the bus company said it was axeing its daily service to Bury St Edmunds next month. Adrian Ramsay, the MP for Waveney Valley, has written to both the bus […]

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