Frank Field, Baron Field of Birkenhead

Frank Ernest Field, Baron Field of Birkenhead  (16 July 1942 – 23 April 2024) was a British politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birkenhead from 1979 to 2019. He was a Labour MP until August 2018 and later became an Independent.

From 1997 to 1998, Field was the Minister of Welfare Reform in Tony Blair's first cabinet

Field was elected Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee in June 2015, and after the 2017 general election was re-elected.

In August 2018, Field resigned the Labour whip because of allegations of anti-semitism in the party and protesting Jeremy Corbyn's party leadership.

On 22 October 2021, Field announced that he was in hospice care for a terminal illness.

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