| Fairfield | |
| Council: | Croydon |
| Map1: | Croydon Fairfield Ward.svg |
| Map Year: | 2018 |
| Year: | 1978 |
| Elects Howmany: | Three |
| Previous: | Central |
| Councillor1: | Ria Patel |
| Councillor2: | Chris Clark |
| Councillor3: | Esther Sutton |
| Party1: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Party3: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Region: | England |
| County: | Greater London |
| Westminster2: | Croydon North |
| Westminster1: | Croydon Central |
| Next5: | Park Hill & Whitgift |
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. 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.
| Election | Councillor | Party | Councillor | Party | Councillor | Party | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Ward created | |||||||||||
| Bob W. Coatman | Conservative | John L. Aston | Conservative | Peter R. Gilham | Conservative | |||||||
| 1982 | Michael D. Wunn | Conservative | ||||||||||
| 1994 | Richard J. Billington | Conservative | ||||||||||
| 1998 | Patricia F. L. Knight | Conservative | ||||||||||
| 2002 | Audrey-Marie N. Yates | Conservative | ||||||||||
| July 2002 | Labour | |||||||||||
| March 2003 | Conservative | |||||||||||
| 2004 | Independent | |||||||||||
| 2005 | Liberal Democrat | |||||||||||
| 2005 by-election | Vidhi Mohan | Conservative | ||||||||||
| 2006 | Susan Winborn | Conservative | David Fitze | Conservative | ||||||||
| 2014 | Helen Pollard | Conservative | ||||||||||
| 2018 | Mary Croos | Labour | Chris Clark | Labour | Niroshan Sirisena | Labour | ||||||
| 2019 by-election | Caragh Skipper | Labour | ||||||||||
| 2022 | Ria Patel | Green | Esther Sutton | Green | ||||||||
Below are the results for the candidate which received the highest share of the popular vote in the ward at each mayoral election.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Audrey-Marie M. Yates.