Richard Baker
MP since 4 Jul 2024
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Richard Baker is the Labour MP for Glenrothes and Mid Fife, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.
438
Votes Cast
£179,133
Expenses 2024-25
2,954
Majority
44.3%
Vote Share
Expenses (2024-25)
£179,133
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 36,139 voters
Parliamentary Activity
Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)
54
Written Questions
30
Oral Questions
81
Debates Spoken In⚑
126
Speeches⚑
438
Divisions Voted
⚑Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.
Voting Record
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438 votes — page 2 of 18
2 NOSteel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee
2 votes · 9 Jun 2026
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee
2 votes · 9 Jun 2026
3 NOSteel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee
3 votes · 8 Jun 2026
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee
3 votes · 8 Jun 2026
4 NOArmed Forces Bill Committee
4 votes · 2 Jun 2026
Armed Forces Bill Committee
4 votes · 2 Jun 2026
1 AYE3 NOKing's Speech Motion for an Address
4 votes · 20 May 2026
King's Speech Motion for an Address
4 votes · 20 May 2026
3 AYEPension Schemes Bill
3 votes · 15 Apr 2026
Pension Schemes Bill
3 votes · 15 Apr 2026
Financial Interests(6)
Visits outside the UK
the Falkland Islands
£1,572
Visits outside the UK
the Falkland Islands
- Name of donor
- Falkland Islands Government
- Address of donor
- Falkland Islands Government, Office of the Legislative Assembly, Gilbert House, Ross Road, Stanley, Falkland Islands, Stanley, FIQQ 1ZZ
- Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
- Flights (£,1572), accommodation (£636.00), UK taxis (£288.68), GI transport (£218.68) and meals and hospitality (£386.66), value £3,102.02
- Destination of visit
- Falkland Islands
- Dates of visit
- 17 February 2025 to 21 February 2025
- Purpose of visit
- Study trip; meeting with Parliamentarians from the Falkland Islands; visit Ascension Island and its facilities.
Registered 24 February 2026
Visits outside the UK
UK Friends of Ukraine
£768
Visits outside the UK
UK Friends of Ukraine
- Name of donor
- UK Friends of Ukraine
- Address of donor
- 81 High Street Cosham Portsmouth PO63BL
- Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
- YES Conference Pass, accommodation, internal travel and meals, value £768.04
- Destination of visit
- Ukraine
- Dates of visit
- 10 September 2025 to 15 September 2025
- Purpose of visit
- To promote and strengthen relations between the UK and Ukrainian Parliaments.
Registered 6 October 2025
Visits outside the UK
Coalition for Global Prosperity
£561
Visits outside the UK
Coalition for Global Prosperity
- Name of donor
- Coalition for Global Prosperity
- Address of donor
- 1 Horse Guards Avenue, London SW1A 2HU
- Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
- Flights (£561.02), accommodation (£649.90) and food and refreshments (£270.23), value £1,481.15
- Destination of visit
- Jordan
- Dates of visit
- 20 July 2025 to 25 July 2025
- Purpose of visit
- Overseas visit to Jordan to see UK Development programmes ‘in-action’ and meet with development experts and partners.
Registered 24 February 2026
Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year
Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year
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Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year
Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year
- Type of land/property
- Residential property (Flat)
- Number of properties
- 1
- Location
- Edinburgh
- Rental income
- Yes
Registered 26 July 2024; updated 4 July 2025
Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year
Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year
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Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year
Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year
- Type of land/property
- Residential property (Flat)
- Number of properties
- 1
- Location
- Aberdeen
- Ownership details
- Co-owned with a family member.
Registered 4 July 2025
Activity Pulse
Questions asked and motions sponsored by Richard in Parliament
In memory of Jack Vettriano
10 signaturesThat this House expresses its deepest condolences on the passing of Jack Vettriano OBE; recognises his remarkable journey from a self-taught artist in Levenmouth, Fife, to an internationally acclaimed painter whose prints of works, including The Singing Butler, have adorned count
4 Mar 2025
160th anniversary of SeeScape
3 signaturesThat this House recognises the remarkable achievements of Seescape, which celebrates its 160th anniversary this year; acknowledges the depth and scope of the charity’s vital role in supporting people with visual impairment across Fife, previously as Fife Society for the Blind and
24 Feb 2025
Jennie Lee
8 signaturesThat this House understands that a new play by Knights Theatre about the life of Jennie Lee will premiere at the Lochgelly Centre on 1 November 2024, with performances also on 2 November, before moving to Dunfermline’s Carnegie Hall for further performances; further understands t
4 Nov 2024
30th anniversary of Drugs, Alcohol and Psychotherapies Limited
6 signaturesThat this House congratulates Drugs, Alcohol and Psychotherapies Limited (DAPL) on its 30th anniversary; notes that having originated in Buckhaven in 1994, the charity is now a Fife-wide service; recognises that the organisation’s counselling service was recently re-accredited by
28 Oct 2024
125th anniversary of Fife College
4 signaturesThat this House recognises the 125th anniversary of Fife College, the first college to be set up in Fife following the opening of the Lauder Technical College in 1899 by local politician and businessman George Lauder with funding from his nephew, the famous industrialist, Andrew
7 Oct 2024
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