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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4 AYEPension Schemes Bill
4 votes · 15 Apr 2026
Pension Schemes Bill
4 votes · 15 Apr 2026
4 AYEChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill
4 votes · 15 Apr 2026
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill
4 votes · 15 Apr 2026
10 AYECrime and Policing Bill
10 votes · 14 Apr 2026
Crime and Policing Bill
10 votes · 14 Apr 2026
2 NOOpposition day motion
2 votes · 18 Mar 2026
Opposition day motion
2 votes · 18 Mar 2026
2 NOFinance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage
2 votes · 11 Mar 2026
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage
2 votes · 11 Mar 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
Artificial Intelligence
?To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to help ensure that the UK has sovereign AI capacity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance will be issued to local licensing authorities on the application of gambling impact assessments across the United Kingdom.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to develop and implement service accessibility standards to ensure that transport services, associated technologies and infrastruct
Defence: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the Defence Growth Deal on Scotland.
Financial Services: Visual Impairment
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of accessibility across all aspects of banking and financial services for blind and partially sighted cu
Financial Services: Visual Impairment
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) guidance on the treatment of vulnerable customers leads to changes in
Financial Services: Visual Impairment
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has considered asking the Financial Conduct Authority to issue specific standards on payment terminal accessibility for blind and partially sighted
Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress his Department has made in implementing the Industrial Strategy.
Terminal Illnesses: Low Incomes
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of financial insecurity of people at the end of life.
Poverty: Fife
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to address the 25.9% of working age people who are dying in poverty in Fife every year.
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