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Richard Baker

Richard Baker

Labour MP for Glenrothes and Mid Fife

Richard Baker is the Labour MP for Glenrothes and Mid Fife, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Message

Seat status

Relatively safe

Majority size

2,954

Recent swing

+16.9% Labour

Party

Labour

Top donors:

UK Friends of Ukraine (£768)

Key Parliamentary VotesSee where your MP stands on these issues

VOTED AYE
21 Oct 2024

Employment Rights Bill

✓ Passed 386 For, 105 Against

Richard voted with the majority

VOTED NO
29 Nov 2024

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

✓ Passed 330 For, 275 Against

Richard voted against the majority

VOTED AYE
11 Dec 2024

Draft Movement of Goods (Northern Ireland to Great Britain) (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Transitory Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024

✓ Passed 375 For, 9 Against

Richard voted with the majority

Where Richard fits into things

Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer

Prime Minister

Richard Baker

Richard Baker

Member of Parliament

Glenrothes and Mid Fife

Surgeries

Monthly in-person, occasional online

Examples of successful citizen influence

  • Coordinated constituent emails leading to parliamentary questions
  • Local campaign prompting a public statement

Pressure that tends to influence

  • High volume constituent contact
  • Media attention on local issues
  • Cross-party committee pressure

Committees

  • Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee