Andrew Reid - Wilford

I was brought up in Suffolk and have lived here permanently with my wife, Clare, and three children since 1990. After 30 years in investment banking and financial services, I became a local business owner in 2010. I was first elected as a County Councillor for the Wilford Division in 2011 and was re-elected in 2013 and 2017.

I wanted to become a County Councillor so I could make a difference to my community. A key concern for me is working to provide efficient and effective local public services, both in my Division and for the County as a whole, and particularly proper provision for the most vulnerable.

Since being elected as a County Councillor, I have served as Deputy Cabinet Member for Finance and also for Public Protection. Most recently, until 2017, I was responsible for the delivery of the Council’s Transformation Programmes. I have served on the Pension Fund Committee since 2012 and as its Chairman since 2015.

In addition to my direct Council responsibilities, I serve on the following outside bodies:

Chairman of ACCESS - a £40bn Local Government Pooled Pension Fund
Chairman of Sizewell B Dry Fuel Amenity and Accessibility Fund Panel
Member of Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB Joint Advisory Committee.

I am also Chairman of the Ipswich Recovery Hub, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation service.

I can be contacted at andrew.reid@Suffolk.gov.uk or on 07545 423799

News

Suffolk celebrates 1,000 miles of newly surfaced roads

Friday, 7 August, 2020

Suffolk Highways has completed its 1,000th resurfaced mile, following the Council’s commitment to relay new road surfaces on a quarter of Suffolk’s road network.

Suffolk creates safer spaces as communities begin to re-open during Covid-19 response

Wednesday, 27 May, 2020

To ensure appropriate safety measures can be put in place for communities across Suffolk, the county council is working closely with its local authority partners, town councils and the business community to develop guidance and advice on how social distancing measures can be maintained as shops a

Ipswich Waterfront closed to motorised traffic during the lockdown to help residents get their daily exercise at a safe distance

Wednesday, 29 April, 2020

Suffolk County Council, the county’s highways authority, is one of only a handful of councils in the country to take measures to temporarily close off a road to motorised vehicles to assist local people in taking their permitted daily exercise safely, whilst maintaining social distancing.

New street lighting proposed to reduce the County’s carbon footprint

Tuesday, 25 February, 2020

Suffolk County Council is looking to reduce its carbon footprint by investing £9.8m in street lighting, after Cabinet approved an LED street lighting replacement project.

A busy week for Suffolk Highways

Tuesday, 11 February, 2020

People often ask me why I wanted to become a councillor? And, my answer is simple.

Date agreed for plans to tackle Suffolk’s parking problems

Monday, 27 January, 2020

Councils in Suffolk are ramping up activity in order to take on responsibility for local parking management from 6 April 2020.

Russ Rainger - Aldeburgh and Leiston

I moved to Suffolk in 2007, when Denise and I made Snape our home. I retired from a 30-year career in the nuclear power industry in 2014. My interest in local issues has been fuelled by my involvement with the Parish Council and, in 2017, I stood for a County Council position.

Mark Bee - Beccles

I was born and raised in Beccles, where I attended local schools. I was a student at Westminster College, Oxford, where I gained a degree in Theology and was elected President of the Student Union. It was from this that my interest in politics was established.

Christopher Hudson - Belstead Brook

It has been a great honour to serve and represent the people of Suffolk as a County Councillor since 2012. I also served as a District Councillor from 2011-2019.

Paul West - Bixley

I am married to Katherine and have two stepchildren. Ipswich has always been our home and we run our small businesses here too. It is a great place to live as we are just an hour from London and have a vibrant waterfront area. I was elected at the County Councillor for the Bixley Division in a by-election in May 2016.

Joanna Spicer MBE DL - Blackbourn

I have been the Suffolk County Councillor for the Blackbourn Division for almost 30 years. I have worked in the public sector in Suffolk since 1972 and live in Pakenham with my husband Christopher.

Richard Smith MVO - Blything

I have been a County Councillor since 2010 and represent the Blything Division, which consists of the town of Saxmundham (where I live) and twelve villages to the north – Blythburgh, Bramfield, Darsham, Dunwich, Kelsale-cum-Carlton, Middleton, Theberton, Thorington, Walberswick, Wenhaston, Westleton and Yoxford.

Kay Oakes - Bosmere

I have lived in Needham Market since 1997. I was a Needham Market Town Councillor for fifteen years and I have served as Mayor of Needham Market and Chairman of the Town Council three times.

David Ritchie - Bungay

My wife and I live in St James South Elmham, one of the 25 rural parishes in the Bungay electoral Division. We keep a few sheep and some chickens and are doing our best to restore and improve a timber-frame Suffolk long house. Rachel is the Church Warden and we both help with village events.

Mary Evans - Clare

I come from a farming family and grew up in Suffolk. I trained as a reporter on the East Anglian Daily Times, where I met my husband. Our careers took us to Westminster where I worked as a political correspondent.

Rachel Hood - Exning and Newmarket

I am a Cambridge University educated Barrister, a qualified Californian/USA Federal Court Attorney, and a married mother of four. My husband and I run a business in Newmarket, where I am a Town Councillor and the current Mayor, having been Mayor previously in 2014-15 and 2018-19.