Kensington and Fairfield (Liverpool ward)

Kensington & Fairfield
Kensington (1895–2003)
Kensington & Fairfield; Kensington (1895–2003)
	Kensington & Fairfield ward within Liverpool
Population	19,585 (2021 census)
Registered Electors	11,617 (2023 election)
Metropolitan borough	City of Liverpool;
Metropolitan county	Merseyside;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Liverpool Wavertree; Liverpool West Derby; Liverpool Riverside;
Councillors	Liz Parsons (Labour); Liam Robinson (Labour); Wendy Simon (Labour);
	List of places UK England Merseyside

53°24′47″N 2°58′16″W / 53.413°N 2.971°W / 53.413; -2.971

Kensington & Fairfield ward is an electoral division of Liverpool City Council in the Liverpool Wavertree, Liverpool West Derby and Liverpool Riverside Parliamentary constituencies. The ward contains the Kensington and Fairfield areas of Liverpool.

Background

The ward was established in 1895 as Kensington ward and was renamed as Kensington & Fairfield following the 2003 local government boundary review.

1953 ward boundary

The ward boundaries of Liverpool were changed in 1953.

The Kensington ward was largely unchanged from its previous iteration with only minor changes to better reflect the contemporary arrangement of the streets.

1980 ward boundary

The ward boundary was changed for the 1980 elections. A report of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England published in November 1978 set out proposals for changes to the wards of Liverpool City Council, maintaining the number of councillors at 99 representing 33 wards. Kensington & Fairfield ward was represented by three councillors.^[1]

The report describes the boundaries of Kensington ward as "Commencing at a point where West Derby Road meets Farnworth Street, thence northeastwards along said West Derby Road to Boundary Lane, thence northwestwards along said lane to the southern boundary of Breckfield Ward, thence northeastwards along said boundary to the southwestern boundary of Anfield Ward, thence southeastwards along said boundary, generally southeastwards along the southwestern boundary of Tuebrook Ward and eastwards along the southern boundary of Tuebrook Ward to the southwestern boundary of Old Swan Ward, thence southeastwards along said boundary to the Edge Hill to Huyton railway line, thence southwestwards along said railway to Wavertree Road, thence northwestwards along said road to Botanic Road, thence northwestwards along said road to Edge Lane, thence generally southwestwards along said lane to Jubilee Drive, thence northwards along said drive and Farnworth Street to the point of commencement".^[2]

2004 ward boundary

The ward boundary was changed for the 2004 elections following a 2003 boundary review which saw the ward retain most of the former Kensington ward and small parts of the former Smithdown and Tuebrook wards.

The population of the 2004 ward taken at the 2011 census was 15,377,^[3] and at the 2021 census 16,522.^[4]

2023 ward boundary

The ward boundaries were changed in 2023 following a review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England which decided that the existing 30 wards each represented by three Councillors should be replaced by 64 wards represented by 85 councillors with varying representation by one, two or three councillors per ward. The Kensington and Fairfield ward remained a three-member ward. The ward boundaries retained most of the 2004 ward, losing a portion to the new Everton East ward, and gaining parts of the former Central and Tuebrook and Stoneycroft wards.^[5]

The population of the ward at the 2021 census was 19,585.^[6]

Councillors

Election
2004	James Kendrick (LD)	Richard Marbrow (LD)	Frank Doran (LD)
2006	Louise Baldock (Lab)	Richard Marbrow (LD)	Frank Doran (LD)
2007	Louise Baldock (Lab)	Wendy Simon (Lab)	Frank Doran (LD)
2008	Louise Baldock (Lab)	Wendy Simon (Lab)	Liam Robinson (Lab)
2010	Louise Baldock (Lab)	Wendy Simon (Lab)	Liam Robinson (Lab)
2011	Louise Baldock (Lab)	Wendy Simon (Lab)	Liam Robinson (Lab)
2012	Louise Baldock (Lab)	Wendy Simon (Lab)	Liam Robinson (Lab)
2014	Sue Heron (Lab)	Wendy Simon (Lab)	Liam Robinson (Lab)
2015	Sue Heron (Lab)	Wendy Simon (Lab)	Liam Robinson (Lab)
2016	Sue Heron (Lab)	Wendy Simon (Lab)	Liam Robinson (Lab)
2018	Sue Walker (Lab)	Wendy Simon (Lab)	Liam Robinson (Lab)
2019	Sue Heron (Lab)	Wendy Simon (Lab)	Liam Robinson (Lab)
2021	Sue Heron (Lab)	Wendy Simon (Lab)	Liam Robinson (Lab)
WARD REFORMED
2023	Liz Parsons (Lab)	Wendy Simon (Lab)	Liam Robinson (Lab)

indicates seat up for re-election after boundary changes.

indicates seat up for re-election.

indicates change in affiliation.

indicates seat up for re-election after casual vacancy. ^[7]

Election results

Elections of the 2020s

4th May 2023^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Liz Parsons^{[Note 1]}	1,574	24.76
	Labour	Liam Robinson^{[Note 2]}	1,539	24.21
	Labour	Wendy Simon^{[Note 3]}	1,444	22.71
	Green	Radoslaw Maciej Chmiel	429	6.75
	Liverpool Community Independents	Stephen James Faragher	402	6.32
	Liberal Democrats	Cassandra Gabriel	294	4.62
	Liberal Democrats	James Fisher	289	4.55
	Independent	Joe Owens	221	3.48
	Conservative	Beryl Pinnington	166	2.61
Majority			1,145
Turnout
Rejected ballots			9
Registered electors			11,617
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

6th May 2021^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*Liam Robinson*	1,580	67.21	2.33
	Green	Samuel James Cassidy	263	11.19	4.68
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Clare Martin	178	7.57	0.07
	Liberal	Damien Patrick Daly	175	7.44	3.55
	Conservative	Luke Andrew Hingley-Smith	155	6.59	3.97
Majority			1,317	56.02	5.98
Turnout			2,351	25.03	1.72
Registered electors			9,392
Rejected ballots			56	2.33	1.77
Total ballots
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.51

Elections of the 2010s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2019: 2nd May 2019^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	*Wendy Simon*	1,484	69.54%	6.54
	UKIP	Thomas Paul Kangley	161	7.54%	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Moloney	160	7.50%	2.77
	Green	Rebecca Lawson	139	6.51%	1.19
	Liberal	Damien Patrick Daly	83	3.89%	0.96
	Conservative	Brian James Jones	56	2.62%	1.04
	Independent	Joe Owens	51	2.39%	2.52
Majority			1,323	62.00%	6.37
Turnout			2,146	23.31%	1.67
Registered electors			9,206
Rejected ballots			12	0.56%	0.09
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2018: 3rd May 2018 ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Walker	1,768	76.08%	5.09
	Green	Steve Faragher^{[Note 4]}	179	7.70%	1.56
	Independent	Joe Owens	114	4.91%	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Barrow	110	4.73%	0.97
	Conservative	Pauline Shuttleworth	85	3.66%	1.75
	Liberal	Damien Patrick Daly	68	2.93%	0.37
Majority			1,589	68.37%	7.96
Turnout			2,335	24.98%	3.61
Registered electors			9,347
Rejected ballots			11	0.47%
	Labour hold		Swing	1.76

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2016: 5th May 2016 ^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liam John Robinson	1,745	70.99%	+1.7%
	UKIP	Thomas Paul Kangley	260	10.58%	−0.61%
	Green	Steve Faragher	151	6.14%	−2.48%
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Barrow	140	5.70%	+1.50%
	Liberal	Michele Leigh Williams	81	3.30%	+1.81%
	Conservative	Pauline Shuttleworth	47	1.91%	5.48%
	TUSC	Priyanga Jeyanayagam	34	1.38%	−0.25%
Majority			1,485	60.41%	+2.31%
Registered electors			8,673
Turnout			2480	28.59%	−28.20%
	Labour hold		Swing	1.16%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2015: 7th May 2015 ^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wendy Simon	3,528	69.29%	1.44%
	UKIP	Thomas Paul Kangley	570	11.19%	−6.72%
	Green	Stephen Faragher	570	8.62%	+3.03%
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Barrow	214	4.20%	+0.43%
	Conservative	Holly Nicole Boyd	182	3.57%	+1.68%
	TUSC	Jimmy Tyson	83	1.63%	+0.11%
	Liberal	Shelley Williams	46	1.49%	+0.01%
Majority			2,958	58.10%
Registered electors			8,967
Turnout			5,117	56.79%	+8.16%
	Labour hold		Swing	4.08%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2014: 22nd May 2014 ^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Heron	1,834	67.85%	−10.01%
	UKIP	Michael John Lane	484	17.91%	n/a
	Independent	Stephen Faragher	151	5.59%	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Barrow	102	3.77%	−1.98%
	Conservative	Ben Hachula	51	1.89%	−0.48%
	TUSC	Dave Jones	41	1.52%	−2.52%
	Liberal	Brenda Edwards	40	1.48%	−3.34%
Majority			1,350	49.94%	−22.17%
Turnout			2,703	30.41%	−0.18%
	Labour hold		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2012: 3rd May 2012 ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liam Robinson	2,099	77.86%	+1.56%
	Liberal Democrats	Rebekah Elizabeth Lindeman	155	5.75%	−0.28%
	Green	Esther Ruth Cosslett	139	5.16%	+1.46%
	Liberal	Karen Louise Williams	130	4.82%	−0.18%
	TUSC	Neville Jones	109	4.04%	n/a
	Conservative	Lucy Jane McKinstry	64	2.37%	−0.54%
Majority			1,944	72.11%	+1.87%
Turnout			2,696	30.59%	−2.77%
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.92%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2011: 5th May 2011 ^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wendy Ann Simon	2228	76.30%	+14.25%
	UKIP	Frank Dunne	177	6.06%	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin White	176	6.03%	−22.98%
	Liberal	John James Joseph McNulty	146	5.00%	+2.75%
	Green	Esther Ruth Cosslett	108	3.70%	−0.07%
	Conservative	Andy Carpenter	85	2.91%	−0.01%
Majority			2051	70.24%	+37.21%
Turnout			2920	33.36%	−20.10%
	Labour hold		Swing	18.62%

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2010: Kensington and Fairfield ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Louise Baldock	2949	62.05%
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Joseph Doran	1379	29.01%
	Green	Michael Ryan	179	3.77%
	Conservative	Ann Nugent	139	2.92%
	Liberal	Shelley Harrison	107	2.25%
Majority			1570	33.03%
Turnout			4753	53.46%
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections of the 2000s

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2008: Kensington and Fairfield ^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Liam John Robinson	1411	47.88%
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Joseph Doran	1214	41.19
	Green	Janet Louise Bunn	144	4.89%
	Conservative	Nigel Stuart Barber	93	3.16%
	Liberal	Karen Williams	85	2.88%
Majority
Turnout			2947	31.22%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2007: Kensington and Fairfield ^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Wendy Simon	1289	45.68%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Marbrow	1237	43.83%
	BNP	Jane Greenhalgh	128	4.54%
	Green	Paula Ann Rice	106	3.76%
	Conservative	John Astley Watson	62	2.20%
Majority
Turnout			2822	30.19%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2006: Kensington and Fairfield ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Louise Baldock	1127	45.04%
	Liberal Democrats	Jimmy Kenrick	955	38.17%
	Liberal	Elizabeth Susan Pascoe	180	7.19%
	Green	Paula Ann Rice	152	6.08%
	Conservative	Francis Dunne	88	3.52%
Majority
Turnout			2502	24.16%
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

After the boundary change of 2004 the whole of Liverpool City Council faced election. Three Councillors were returned.

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2004: Kensington and Fairfield ^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Doran	1528
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Marbrow	1346
	Liberal Democrats	James Kendrick	1321
	Labour	Michael Fox	1155
	Labour	James Noakes	1082
	Labour	Francis Steer	1022
	Socialist Labour	Michael Lane	257
	Liberal	Karen Williams	217
	Liberal	Damien Daly	192
	Liberal	James Richardson	177
	Conservative	Francis Dunne	117
Majority
Turnout			3177	29.61%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	n/a

• italics - Denotes the sitting Councillor.
• bold - Denotes the winning candidate.

Notes

^ Liz Parsons was a re-standing councillor for the former Norris Green ward.
^ Liam Robinson was a re-standing councillor for the former Kensington & Fairfield ward.
^ Wendy Simon was a re-standing councillor for the former Kensington & Fairfield ward.
^ Steve Faragher was forced to resign from the Green Party on 30 April after making disablist comments on social media; however, he remained on the ballot paper as the Green Party candidate. "Candidate who resigned from Green party apologises but is still standing...for the Green party". Liverpool Echo.

External links

Liverpool City Council: Ward profile

References

^ The City of Liverpool (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979
^ "Report No.319" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission For England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2022.
^ "City of Liverpool population 2011". Retrieved 12 January 2016.
^ "Kensington & Fairfield (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
^ "New electoral arrangements for Liverpool City Council Final Recommendations" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. 1 March 2023.
^ "Ward Profiles". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Liverpool City Council elections 1998-2006". 16 May 2010. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010.
^ "Election results for Kensington and Fairfield, 4 May 2023". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Election results for Kensington and Fairfield, 6 May 2021". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2019, Kensington and Fairfield". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2018, Kensington and Fairfield". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2016, Kensington and Fairfield". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2015, Kensington and Fairfield". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2014, Kensington and Fairfield". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2012, Kensington and Fairfield". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2011, Kensington and Fairfield". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2010, Kensington and Fairfield". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2008, Kensington and Fairfield". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2007, Kensington and Fairfield". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election Results 2006, Kensington and Fairfield". Liverpool City Council.
^ "Municipal Election results 2004" (PDF). Liverpool City Council.^{[permanent dead link]}

[9] Liz Parsons was a re-standing councillor for the former Norris Green ward.

[10] Liam Robinson was a re-standing councillor for the former Kensington & Fairfield ward.

[11] Wendy Simon was a re-standing councillor for the former Kensington & Fairfield ward.

[15] Steve Faragher was forced to resign from the Green Party on 30 April after making disablist comments on social media; however, he remained on the ballot paper as the Green Party candidate. "Candidate who resigned from Green party apologises but is still standing...for the Green party". Liverpool Echo.

[1] The City of Liverpool (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979

[lgbce80-2] "Report No.319" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission For England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2022.

[3] "City of Liverpool population 2011". Retrieved 12 January 2016.

[4] "Kensington & Fairfield (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 15 July 2023.

[5] "New electoral arrangements for Liverpool City Council Final Recommendations" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. 1 March 2023.

[6] "Ward Profiles". Liverpool City Council.

[7] "Liverpool City Council elections 1998-2006". 16 May 2010. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010.

[8] "Election results for Kensington and Fairfield, 4 May 2023". Liverpool City Council.

[12] "Election results for Kensington and Fairfield, 6 May 2021". Liverpool City Council.

[13] "Municipal Election Results 2019, Kensington and Fairfield". Liverpool City Council.

[14] "Municipal Election Results 2018, Kensington and Fairfield". Liverpool City Council.

[16] "Municipal Election Results 2016, Kensington and Fairfield". Liverpool City Council.

[17] "Municipal Election Results 2015, Kensington and Fairfield". Liverpool City Council.

[18] "Municipal Election Results 2014, Kensington and Fairfield". Liverpool City Council.

[19] "Municipal Election Results 2012, Kensington and Fairfield". Liverpool City Council.

[20] "Municipal Election Results 2011, Kensington and Fairfield". Liverpool City Council.

[21] "Municipal Election Results 2010, Kensington and Fairfield". Liverpool City Council.

[22] "Municipal Election Results 2008, Kensington and Fairfield". Liverpool City Council.

[23] "Municipal Election Results 2007, Kensington and Fairfield". Liverpool City Council.

[24] "Municipal Election Results 2006, Kensington and Fairfield". Liverpool City Council.

[25] "Municipal Election results 2004" (PDF). Liverpool City Council.^{[permanent dead link]}

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v t e Districts and Wards of the City of Liverpool
Districts	Aigburth Allerton Anfield Belle Vale Broadgreen Canning Childwall Chinatown City Centre Clubmoor Croxteth Dingle Dovecot Edge Hill Everton Fairfield Fazakerley Garston Gateacre Gillmoss Grassendale Hunt's Cross Kensington Kirkdale Knotty Ash Mossley Hill Netherley Norris Green Oglet Old Swan Orrell Park Sefton Park St Michael's Hamlet Speke Stoneycroft Toxteth Tuebrook Vauxhall Walton Wavertree West Derby Woolton
Wards	Aigburth Allerton Anfield Arundel Belle Vale Broadgreen Brownlow Hill Calderstones Canning Childwall Church City Centre North City Centre South Clubmoor East Clubmoor West County Croxteth Croxteth Country Park Dingle Edge Hill Everton East Everton North Everton West Fazakerley East Fazakerley North Fazakerley West Festival Gardens Garston Gateacre Grassendale & Cressington Greenbank Park Kensington and Fairfield Kirkdale East Kirkdale West Knotty Ash & Dovecot Park Mossley Hill Much Woolton & Hunts Cross Norris Green Old Swan East Old Swan West Orrell Park Penny Lane Princes Park Sandfield Park Sefton Park Smithdown Speke Springwood St Michaels Stoneycroft Toxteth Tuebrook Breckside Park Tuebrook Larkhill Vauxhall Walton Waterfront North Waterfront South Wavertree Garden Suburb Wavertree Village West Derby Deysbrook West Derby Leyfield West Derby Muirhead Woolton Village Yew Tree
Defunct wards	Abercromby Allerton and Hunt's Cross Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton Breckfield Brunswick Castle Street Central Central, Everton, Netherfield Clubmoor Cressington Dovecot Everton Exchange Fairfield Fazakerley Gillmoss Granby Granby, Princes Park Grassendale Great George Greenbank Kensington Kirkdale Knotty Ash Lime Street Little Woolton Low Hill Low Hill, Smithdown Melrose Melrose, Westminster Much Woolton Netherfield Netherley North Scotland North Toxteth North Walton Old Swan Picton Pirrie Pitt Street Riverside Rodney Street St. Anne Street St. Domingo St. James' St. Mary's St. Paul's St. Peter's Sandhills Scotland Sefton Park East Sefton Park West South Scotland South Toxteth South Walton Speke-Garston Tuebrook Tuebrook and Stoneycroft Valley Warbreck Wavertree West Derby Westminster Woolton Woolton East Woolton West