Fairfield (Croydon ward)
Fairfield is a ward in the London Borough of Croydon, covering most of the Croydon area of London in the United Kingdom. The ward currently forms part of the Croydon Central parliamentary constituency. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 16,569.[1]
| Fairfield | |
|---|---|
| ward for Croydon Council | |
 Boundary of Fairfield in Croydon from 2002 to 2018. | |
| County | Greater London |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 1978 |
| Councillor | Mary Croos (Labour) |
| Councillor | Chris Clark (Labour) |
| Councillor | Caragh Skipper (Labour) |
| Number of councillors | Three |
| Created from | Central |
| Overlaps | |
| UK Parliament constituency | Croydon Central |
The ward returns three councillors every four years to Croydon Council. At the 2006 Croydon Council election, David Fitze, Vidhi Mohan and Sue Winborn were elected to the council. All of them stood as Conservative Party candidates. The turnout in the ward was similar to others in the area.
Fairfield contains Croydon town centre, with its retail and office core. Until 2018, it also contained Park Hill and the Whitgift Estate to the east which is mostly 20th century housing bordering Lloyd Park. These became a separate Park Hill and Whitgift ward in 2018, leading to the Fairfield ward now having a radically different character to before. Also found in the ward are Ruskin House, the headquarters of the Croydon Labour Party, and the Fairfield Halls concert hall and arts centre. The Vanguard Way passes along the Fairfield Path.
Ward Results
2018 to present
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mary Croos | 1,351 | 18.81 | ||
| Labour | Chris Clark | 1,329 | 18.50 | ||
| Labour | Niroshan Kantha Sirisena | 1,226 | 17.07 | ||
| Conservative | Ben Joce | 792 | 11.02 | ||
| Conservative | Philip Richard Smith | 753 | 10.48 | ||
| Conservative | Elizabeth Agyepong | 750 | 10.44 | ||
| Green | Takudzwa Issaac Chideme | 267 | 3.72 | ||
| Green | Alex Gwilt-Cox | 266 | 3.70 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Tomas Foster Garcia de Quiroz | 241 | 3.35 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Edward Reynolds | 209 | 2.91 | ||
| Majority | 434 | 6.04 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
2002 to 2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Vidhi Mohan | 2,070 | |||
| Conservative | Susan Winborn | 2,042 | |||
| Conservative | David Fitze | 2,010 | |||
| Labour | Peter Horah | 870 | |||
| Labour | Yvonne Gosling | 834 | |||
| Labour | Dominic O'Donnell | 807 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Jill George | 640 | |||
| Green | Julia Barnsley | 629 | |||
| UKIP | Edwin Wigley | 226 | |||
| Monster Raving Loony | John Cartwright | 200 | |||
| Turnout | 3,808 | 37.6% | |||
References
- "Croydon Ward population 2011". -Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
External links
Ward results