Sarah Mansel

District Councillor for Elmswell & Woolpit Ward

First elected in May 2011 representing the Elmswell and Norton Ward. Re-elected 2015. Re-elected in May 2019 representing the new Ward of Elmswell and Woolpit. Re-elected again in May 2023, alongside Jen Overett.

Sarah sits on the Planning Committee at the council
She is the group representative on the Community Infrastructure Levy working party and the governance review panel.
Sarah has been a member of a development control committee since 2011 and was also a member of the Joint Housing Board from 2015 to 2018.
Sarah is a qualified teacher, but currently works as an assessment specialist for an exam board. This involves both the production and marking of exams.
Sarah is passionate about sustainable travel and is a keen cyclist.
She has lived in Elmswell with her family since 1996.

Areas Sarah represents

Mid Suffolk District Council

Represents Elmswell and Woolpit as your Green Party district councillor (jointly with Jen Overett).

Elmswell Parish Council:

Parish Councillor, Elmswell Parish Council

Mid Suffolk District Council Profile

Get in touch

Mid Suffolk District Council

Ashcroft House
Ashfield Road
Elmswell
Bury St Edmunds
IP30 9HJ

Mobile: 07860 829517

Email: sarah.mansel@midsuffolk.gov.uk

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News

Gardening has helped me deal with waiting for lockdown to end

By news | 15 January 2021

Green Councillor Wendy Turner, 58, from Thurston, embarked on a project to ‘rewild’ her front garden, which also became very social as it was a conversation starter with passers-by. She said: “I think it has helped as I always feel better if I’m outside, whatever the weather, and it has given me a long-term aim […]

Peel Centre Go-ahead

By news | 4 January 2021

Mid Suffolk District Council have agreed a long lease of 11 Market Place, the former Stowmarket NatWest bank, enabling the John Peel Centre for Creative Arts to expand and link to the Market Place. Green Party councillors, backers of the Centre from its inception, have welcomed the decision: Shadow Portfolio for Investment in the Green […]