Thedwastre North | |
Type: | County Council |
Parl Name: | Suffolk County Council |
District: | Mid Suffolk |
Region: | East of England |
Population: | 10,655 (2019) |
Electorate: | 8,497 (2021) |
Towns: | Elmswell, Woolpit |
Year: | 1985 |
Member: | Andy Mellen (Green) |
Members Label: | Councillor |
Seats: | 1 |
Elects Howmany: | 1 |
Local Council: | Mid Suffolk District Council |
Previous: | Thedwastre No. 1, Thedwastre No. 2 |
Thedwastre North Division is an electoral division in Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk which returns a single County Councillor to Suffolk County Council.
Thedwastre North is a largely rural division covering the North and West of the former Thedwastre Hundred area of Mid Suffolk. It has a higher-than-average proportion of people over the age of 45.[1]
Having been held by the Conservatives for most of its existence (including by group leader Sue Sida-Lockett), it was won by the Greens in 2021 after the sitting member Jane Storey, who was deselected by the party in October 2020, ran as a Independent.[2]
Member | Party | Term | ||
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Sue Sida-Lockett | Conservative | 1985–2005 | ||
Jane Storey | Conservative | 2005–2020 | ||
Independent | 2020–2021 | |||
Andy Mellen | Green | 2021–present |