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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

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.

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

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.

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.

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".

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, and at the 2021 census 16,522.

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.

The population of the ward at the 2021 census was 19,585.

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
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.

4th May 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liz Parsons	1,574	24.76
	Labour	Liam Robinson	1,539	24.21
	Labour	Wendy Simon	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

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

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2019: 2nd May 2019

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Walker	1,768	76.08%	5.09
	Green	Steve Faragher	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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Liverpool City Council Municipal Elections 2008: Kensington and Fairfield

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

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

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

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.

• Liverpool City Council: Ward profile