Fairfield
ward for Croydon Council
Boundary of Fairfield in Croydon from 2018.
County	Greater London
Current ward
Created	1978 (1978)
Councillor	Ria Patel (Green)
Councillor	Chris Clark (Labour)
Councillor	Esther Sutton (Green)
Number of councillors	Three
Created from	Central
Contributed to new ward(s) of:	Park Hill & Whitgift
UK Parliament constituency	Croydon Central
UK Parliament constituency	Croydon North

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, except for a small area near West Croydon station which is part of the Croydon North constituency. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 16,569.^[1]

The ward returns three councillors every four years. 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.

The former Fairfield ward (red) shown within Croydon Central constituency (orange) and the London Borough of Croydon (yellow)

List of Councillors

Mayoral election results

Below are the results for the candidate which received the highest share of the popular vote in the ward at each mayoral election.

Year		Mayoral candidate	Party	Winner?
	2022	Val Shawcross	Labour	N

Ward Results

2018 to present

Croydon Council Election 2022: Fairfield (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Ria Patel	925
	Labour	Chris Clark*	923
	Green	Esther Sutton	913
	Green	Peter Underwood	890
	Labour	Jose Joseph	883
	Labour	Julie Setchfield	855
	Conservative	Danielle Denton	520
	Conservative	Matthew Dormer	486
	Conservative	Steve Jacobs	448
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Hunter	320
	Liberal Democrats	Syed Mohiuddin	212
Turnout			2,672	24.45
	Green gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

Fairfield by-election, 7 November 2019

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Caragh Skipper	849	40.8	9.7
	Conservative	Jayde Edwards	536	25.7	4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Rendle	397	19.1	10.4
	Green	Esther Sutton	237	11.4	1.1
	Women's Equality	Heather Twindle	40	1.9	N/A
	Independent	Mark Samuel	23	1.1	N/A
Majority
Turnout				22.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 2018: Fairfield (3)

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 win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

References

External links

• Council Elections 2006 results - Fairfield
• Conservative Councillors for Croydon.
• London Borough of Croydon map of wards.
• Fairfield Halls web site
• Vanguard Way

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