Fairfield (Croydon ward)

Fairfield
Fairfield
ward; for Croydon Council
	Boundary of Fairfield in Croydon from 2018.
County	Greater London
Current ward
Created	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 West

Last updated January 16, 2026

Fairfield is a ward in the London Borough of Croydon in London, in the United Kingdom. Since the 2024 general election the ward has formed part of the Croydon West parliamentary constituency.^[1] The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 16,569.^[2]

The ward returns three councillors every four years. 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 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.

List of Councillors

Election	Councillor		Party		Party		Party
1978	Ward created
1978		Bob W. Coatman	Conservative	John L. Aston	Conservative	Peter R. Gilham	Conservative
1982				John L. Aston	Conservative	Michael D. Wunn	Conservative
1994				Richard J. Billington	Conservative
1998				Patricia F. L. Knight	Conservative
2002					Conservative	Audrey-Marie N. Yates	Conservative
July 2002					Labour
March 2003					Conservative
2004					Independent
2005					Liberal Democrat
2005 by-election					Liberal Democrat	Vidhi Mohan	Conservative
2006		Susan Winborn	Conservative	David Fitze	Conservative
2014		Susan Winborn	Conservative	Helen Pollard	Conservative
2018		Mary Croos	Labour	Chris Clark	Labour	Niroshan Sirisena	Labour
2019 by-election		Mary Croos	Labour			Caragh Skipper	Labour
2022		Ria Patel	Green			Esther Sutton	Green

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)

2002 to 2018

Croydon Council Election 2014: Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Vidhi Mohan	2,109
	Conservative	Sue Winborn	2,016
	Conservative	Helen Pollard	1,997
	Labour	Patricia Cummings	1,471
	Labour	Clive Fraser	1,408
	Labour	David Wood	1,363
	UKIP	Daniel Heaton	535
	Green	Timothy Eveleigh	504
	Green	Saima Raza	461
	Green	Jonathan Wharton	397
	Liberal Democrats	Stephanie Offer	282
	Liberal Democrats	Sasha Konechni	273
	Liberal Democrats	Ejnar Sorensen	197
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 2006: Fairfield
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%
Registered electors			10,127
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fairfield by-election, 15 December 2005^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vidhhyacharan R. Mohan	1,459	54.0	+7.8
	Labour	Peter N. Horah	871	32.3	−3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Michael T. A. Bishopp	223	8.3	−4.1
	Green	Bernice C. Golberg	82	3.0	+3.0
	The People’s Choice	Holly M. Edmonds	34	1.3	+1.3
	Monster Raving Loony	John S. Cartwright	31	1.1	−4.2
Majority			588	21.7
Turnout			2,700	28.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Audrey-Marie M. Yates.

Croydon Council Election 2002: Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert W. Coatman	1,816
	Conservative	Patricia F. L. Knight	1,752
	Conservative	Audrey-Marie N. Yates	1,636
	Labour	Simon A. Hall	1,417
	Labour	Dominic G. O’Donnell	1,381
	Labour	Paul R. M. Dickinson	1,316
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Beadle	486
	Liberal Democrats	Joanna A. Whitehouse	473
	Monster Raving Loony	John S. Cartwright	209
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1978 to 2002

Croydon Council Election 1998: Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert W. Coatman	2,189
	Conservative	Patricia F.L. Knight	2,120
	Conservative	Michael D. Wunn	2,034
	Labour	Dominic G. O’Donnell	1,390
	Labour	Neil McN. Jackson	1,335
	Labour	Paul W. Scott	1,260
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony J. Moss	556
	Liberal Democrats	Mahetabel Hay-Davies	487
	Liberal Democrats	Carl P. Muller	439
	Monster Raving Loony	John S. Cartwright	114
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1994: Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Richard J. Billington	2,505
	Conservative	Robert W. Coatman	2,465
	Conservative	Michael D. Wunn	2,359
	Labour	Alexander J. M. Burridge	1,517
	Labour	Robert J. Newman	1,479
	Labour	Richard B. Young	1,434
	Liberal Democrats	Philip H. Barron	809
	Liberal Democrats	Michael G. Gill	757
	Liberal Democrats	Christine T. Hardisty	739
	Chocolate Fudge Cake Party	John S. Cartwright	175
	The People's Choice	Deborah L. Edmonds	108
Majority			842
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1990: Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John L. Aston	2,943
	Conservative	Robert W. Coatman	2,848
	Conservative	Michael D. Wunn	2,677
	Labour	Maria T. Dennis	1,365
	Labour	Joanna M. Moriarty	1,328
	Labour	John P. Golden	1,292
	Green	William T. Matthews	514
	Liberal Democrats	Philip H. Barron	481
	Liberal Democrats	John M. Jefkins	361
	Liberal Democrats	Roger W. Stephens	351
	SDP	Norman Harris	257
	SDP	Ian Dixie	244
Majority			1,312
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1986: Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John L. Aston	2,521
	Conservative	Robert W. Coatman	2,483
	Conservative	Michael D. Wunn	2,324
	SDP	Tyrrell Burgess	1,004
	Labour	Stanley L. Eaton	967
	Alliance	Philip H. Barron	952
	Labour	Richard A. Frost	933
	Labour	Vanessa C. Fry	932
	Alliance	Norman Harris	930
Majority			1,320
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1982: Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John L. Aston	3,195
	Conservative	Robert W. Coatman	3,170
	Conservative	Michael D. Wunn	3,031
	Alliance	Vincent C. Green	1,027
	Alliance	Niccola Swan	984
	Liberal	Desmond J. Stockley	913
	Labour	Frank D.J. Bailey	638
	Labour	Ian E. Chandler	591
	Labour	Edward L. Hall	588
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croydon Council Election 1978: Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert W. Coatman, J.P.	3,445
	Conservative	John L. Aston, J.P.	3,436
	Conservative	Peter R. Gilham	3,320
	Labour	Mary E. Curson	925
	Labour	Iain K. Forbes	864
	Labour	Steven Worley	831
	Liberal	John F. Chandler	334
	Liberal	Margaret Slade	322
	Liberal	Kathleen J. Walker	288
Majority			2,395
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

↑ "Croydon parliamentary constituencies". croydon.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 8 July 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
↑ "Croydon Ward population 2011". -Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
↑ "Election of a Councillor for Fairfield Ward - 15 December 2005". Croydon Council. Retrieved 31 August 2009.^{[ dead link ]}

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[1] "Croydon parliamentary constituencies". croydon.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 8 July 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2026.

[2] "Croydon Ward population 2011". -Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.

[fairfield-3] "Election of a Councillor for Fairfield Ward - 15 December 2005". Croydon Council. Retrieved 31 August 2009.^{[ dead link ]}

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v t e Electoral wards in the London Borough of Croydon
1965	Addiscombe Bensham Manor Broad Green Central Coulsdon East East New Addington Norbury Purley Sanderstead and Selsdon Sanderstead North Shirley South Norwood Thornton Heath Upper Norwood Waddon West Thornton Whitehorse Manor Woodcote and Coulsdon West Woodside
1978	Addiscombe Ashburton Bensham Manor Beulah Broad Green Coulsdon East Croham Fairfield Fieldway Heathfield Kenley Monks Orchard New Addington Norbury Purley Rylands Sanderstead Selsdon South Norwood Spring Park Thornton Heath Upper Norwood Waddon West Thornton Whitehorse Manor Woodcote and Coulsdon West Woodside
2002	Addiscombe Ashburton Bensham Manor Broad Green Coulsdon East Coulsdon West Croham Fairfield Fieldway Heathfield Kenley New Addington Norbury Purley Sanderstead Selhurst Selsdon and Ballards Shirley South Norwood Thornton Heath Upper Norwood Waddon West Thornton Woodside
2018	Addiscombe East Addiscombe West Bensham Manor Broad Green Coulsdon Town Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood Fairfield Kenley New Addington North New Addington South Norbury and Pollards Hill Norbury Park Old Coulsdon Park Hill and Whitgift Purley and Woodcote Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown Sanderstead Selhurst Selsdon and Addington Village Selsdon Vale and Forestdale Shirley North Shirley South South Croydon South Norwood Thornton Heath Waddon West Thornton Woodside
List of electoral wards in Greater London

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 West