Rt Hon Mr Frank Field

Rt Hon Mr Frank Field

Constituency

Birkenhead

Party

Labour

Address as

Mr Field

Contact details

Constituency

No constituency office publicised
Tel: 0800 028 0293

Parliamentary

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 5193
Fax: 020 7219 0601
fieldf@parliament.uk

Web & Social media

Biography

Electoral history

Post Date
Member for Birkenhead 1979-
Contested South Buckinghamshire General Election 1966

Parliamentary career

Post Date
Minister (Department of Social Security) (Welfare Reform) 1997-98
Shadow Spokesperson (Education) 1980-81

Select committees

Post House Date
Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee) Commons 2010-
Public Accounts Committee Commons 2002-05
Ecclesiastical Committee Commons 2002-05
Social Security (Chair) Commons 1993-97
Social Security Commons 1992-97
Social Services (Chair) Commons 1987-91
Social Services Commons 1987-91
Liaison Committee (Commons) Commons 1987-97
Social Services Commons 1979-81

Political interests

Poverty and income redistribution, church affairs

Countries of interest

Australia, Mexico, Poland, Sweden, USA

General Election 2010 General Election - Birkenhead

Name Party Votes Share Change
Field, Frank Lab 22082 62.51% -2.3%
Gilbert, Andrew Con 6687 18.93% 2.4%
Kelly, Stuart LD 6554 18.55% -0.1%
Majority 15395 43.58%
Turnout 35323 56.27%
Electorate 62773
Result Lab Hold

See Briefing Papers General Election 2010 for detailed results.