| Thedwastre North | |
|---|---|
| County Council constituency for the Suffolk County Council | |
| District | Mid Suffolk |
| Region | East of England |
| Population | 10,655 (2019) |
| Electorate | 8,497 (2021) |
| Major settlements | Elmswell, Woolpit |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1985 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Councillor | Andy Mellen (Green) |
| Local council | Mid Suffolk District Council |
| Created from | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sue Sida-Lockett | Conservative | 1985–2005 | |
| Jane Storey | Conservative | 2005–2020 | |
| Independent | 2020–2021 | ||
| Andy Mellen | Green | 2021–present | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Andy Mellen | 1,472 | 40.6 |  19.0 | |
| Conservative | Harry Richardson | 1,226 | 34.0 |  28.2 | |
| Independent | Jane Storey * | 706 | 19.6 | N/A | |
| Labour | Ursula Ajimal | 199 | 5.5 | 3.9 | |
| Majority | 246 | 6.8 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 20 | 0.5 | 0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 3,623 | 42.7 | 5.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,497 | ||||
| Green gain from Conservative | Swing | +23.6 | |||