Rt Hon Frank Field
Contact details
Westminster
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 5193
Fax: 020 7219 0601
fieldf@parliament.uk
Constituency
No constituency office
Tel: 0800 028 0293
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Buckinghamshire South 1966 general election. Member for Birkenhead 1979-2010, for Birkenhead (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election
Parliamentary career
Opposition Spokesperson for Education 1980-81;
Minister of State, Department of Social Security (Welfare Reform) 1997-98;
Leads Independent Review on Poverty and Life Chances 2010-
Select committees
Chair: Social Security 1990-97;
Member: Public Accounts 2002-05,
Ecclesiastical Committee
Councils, public bodies
Councillor, Hounslow Borough Council 1964-68;
DL 2011
Political interests
Poverty and income redistribution, church affairs
Countries of interest
Poland
General Election 2010 - Birkenhead
| Name |
Party |
Votes |
% |
| Field, Frank |
Lab |
22082 |
61.77% |
| Gilbert, Andrew |
Con |
6887 |
19.27% |
| Kelly, Stuart |
Lib Dem |
6554 |
18.34% |
| Result |
Lab Hold (2.88% from Lab to Con) |