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Elected:

09 May 2023

First Elected

02 May 2019

Party

Labour

Ward:

Harbour and Normanston

Address

c/o Riverside
4 Canning Road
Lowestoft
Suffolk
NR33 0EQ

Email:

tess.gandy@eastsuffolk.gov.uk

Telephone No:

01502 800484

Mobile Telephone No:

07786 981655

Parishes:

Lowestoft (Harbour & Normanston)

Job Title:

Department:

Election History

Elected	Retired	Reason
Thu 2 May 2019	Mon 8 May 2023	End of term - re-elected
Tue 9 May 2023

Party Representation History

Party	Representation From	Representation To
Labour	Thu 2 May 2019

Ward Representation History

Ward	Representation From	Representation To
Harbour and Normanston	Thu 2 May 2019

Current Committee Memberships

Committee - Date Joined	Role
Audit and Governance Committee - 24 May 2023	Member
Full Council - 02 May 2019	Member
Lowestoft and northern parishes Community Partnership - 01 November 2019	Member
Overview and Scrutiny Committee - 16 December 2022	Substitute

Past Committee Memberships

Past Committee	Past Role	Past Leaving Date
1 2 Page 1 of 2, items 1 to 5 of 6.
Audit and Governance Committee - 16 December 2022	Member	08 May 2023
Overview and Scrutiny Committee - 25 May 2022	Member	15 December 2022
Audit and Governance Committee - 25 May 2022	Substitute	15 December 2022
Audit and Governance Committee - 22 May 2019	Member	24 May 2022
Overview and Scrutiny Committee - 22 May 2019	Substitute	24 May 2022

Current Outside Body Appointments

Outside Body	Joining Date
There are no current outside bodies for this member.

Past Past Outside Body Appointments

Past Outside Body	Past Joining Date	Past Leaving Date
There are no past outside bodies for this member.

Personal Register of Interests

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There are no register of interest records for this member.

Meeting Declarations

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Date	Title	Notes
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Councillor Gandy's Register of Interests (opens in new window)

2025/26

Date	Amount	Group/Organisation	Project
30th April 2025	£643	FLF - Games Convention	Funding towards games convention project.
17th April 2025	£708	Disability Advice North East Suffolk	Funding for new defibrillator battery and pad replacements.
16th May 2025	£2,000	Lowestoft Shopmobility	Decorating costs

2024/25

Date	Amount	Group/Organisation	Project
26th September 2024	£750	Lowestoft North Cliff Community Garden	Funding to purchase land.
24th October 2024	£500	Team Waveney Swimming Club Ltd	Funding to Upgrade and add essential swimming gala equipment to be able to run licensed swimming galas
12th November 2024	£4,500	Lowestoft North Cliff Community Garden	Funding towards Lowestoft North Cliff Community Garden project.
22nd January 2025	£250	North Lowestoft Men's Shed	Beach hut transportation and re-roof an onside eco-loos feasibility.

2023/24

Date	Amount	Group/Organisation	Project
23rd August 2023	£1,500	Disability Advice North East Suffolk	Funding to refurbish additional office space.
1st October 2023	£444.99	North Lowestoft Men's Shed	Funding towards Solar power for the shed.
2nd February 2024	£2,000	Suffolk Mind	Funding towards Suffolk Work Well project.
2nd February 2024	£1,555.01	LNPCP Lowestoft Food Project	Lowestoft Food Network is a partnership of all those Charities in Lowestoft that are involved with helping to feed people in need
4th March 2024	£2,000	Homestart	Mums in Mind
18th September 2024	£1,500	Britten as a boy statue	Funding to purchase the statue.

2022/23

Date	Amount	Group/Organisation	Project
15th May 2022	£500	Lowestoft Armed Forces	Funding towards an event on 20th June.
21st June 2022	£213.50	Waveney Domestic Violence and Abuse Forum	Funding to purchase books.
15th July 2022	£250	Lowestoft Shopmobility	Publicising Lowestoft Shopmobility and Security of Scooters
-	£2,536.50	Cost of Living	Cost of Living contribution.
13th January 2023	£1,000	The Yard Project	Funding to purchase more efficient kiln.

2021/22

Date	Amount	Group/Organisation	Project
12th March 2021	£614	North Lowestoft Men's Shed	Funding towards the set up costs for this new group.
1st November 2021	£500	Access Community Trust	Thin Ice is a winter community response campaign and essential hot meal and drink service delivered by Access Community Trust, through its social enterprise and community café (Sams) in the centre of Lowestoft.
23rd February 2022	£500	Trinity Methodist Church Lowestoft	Funding for a defibrillator for the community centre.

2020/21

Date	Amount	Group/Organisation	Project
11th January 2021	£500	Lowestoft Players	Funding towards a new heating system and insulation.
18th January 2021	£2,000	Allsorts	Funding to purchase small animals and equipment for the sensory room.
26th January 2021	£2,000	BACT	Funding to enable the group to give lonely and isolated people in the Lowestoft area confidence to go out and meet people and kick start their lives again e.g. joining new and local groups or simply doing their shopping again.
25th February 2021	£120	Dip Farm	Funding for the group to develop their website.
26th February 2021	£880	Kirkley & Pakefield FC	Funding towards the purchase of a new tractor/ trailer grass cutting machinery

2019/20

Date	Amount	Group/Organisation	Project
22nd July 2019	£1,000	14th Lowestoft Scout Group	Funding towards roof repairs at the scout hut.
5th February 2020	£1,000	Normanston Allotments	Refurbishment of the allotments.
9th February 2020	£1,500	Trinity Methodist Church, Lowestoft	To help funding towards toilet refurbishment.
12th March 2020	£500	Sentinel Leisure	Funding towards Active Mums group.
12th March 2020	£1,000	Allsorts Support Service	Funding to purchase sensory equipment.

Member Attendance

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July 2025
week	M	T	W	T	F	S	S
27	30	1	2	3	4	5	6
28	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
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30	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
31	28	29	30	31	1	2	3
32	4	5	6	7	8	9	10

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July 2025
week	M	T	W	T	F	S	S
27	30	1	2	3	4	5	6
28	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
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30	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
31	28	29	30	31	1	2	3
32	4	5	6	7	8	9	10

Attendance Summary

Summary	Count	Percentage
Expected attendances	12
Present as expected	6	50%
Absent	6	50%
Apologies received	6	100% of absences
In attendance (as a visitor)	1
Substitute	1

Attendance Details

Meeting Date	Committee	Attendance
8 Jul 2024 18:30	Audit and Governance Committee	Attended
24 Jul 2024 18:30	Full Council	Apologies received
25 Sep 2024 18:30	Full Council	Attended
30 Sep 2024 18:30	Audit and Governance Committee	Apologies received
27 Nov 2024 18:30	Full Council	Attended
9 Dec 2024 18:30	Audit and Governance Committee	Attended
22 Jan 2025 18:30	Full Council	Attended
17 Feb 2025 18:30	Audit and Governance Committee	Apologies received
19 Feb 2025 18:30	Full Council	Apologies received
19 Mar 2025 18:30	Full Council	Apologies received
24 Mar 2025 18:30	Audit and Governance Committee	Attended
24 Apr 2025 18:30	Overview and Scrutiny Committee	In attendance (as a visitor)
24 Apr 2025 00:00	Overview and Scrutiny Committee	Substitute
19 May 2025 18:30	Full Council	Apologies received

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Councillor Tess Gandy