Richard Baker MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Glenrothes and Mid Fife is Richard Baker (Labour).
Offices and committees
Richard Baker sits on one committee, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee | 28 October 2024 | Current |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 a5be5355c28d.
Register of interests
Entries in the register for Richard Baker, as the MP registered them: Land and property (within or outside the UK) (3), Visits outside the UK (3). Latest registration 25 February 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Property in Val de Louyre
- Location of the land or property: Val de Louyre
- A description of the property: House
- Details about the ownership arrangements: Co-owned with a family member.
- The number of properties this interest relates to: 1
- Country in which the land or property is located: France
- The type of property: Residential
International visit to Jordan between 20 July 2025 and 25 July 2025
- Purpose of the visit: Overseas visit to Jordan to see UK Development programmes ‘in-action’ and meet with development experts and partners.
- Date Member left the UK: 2025-07-20
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2025-07-25
International visit to Falkland Islands between 17 February 2025 and 21 February 2025
- Purpose of the visit: Study trip; meeting with Parliamentarians from the Falkland Islands; visit Ascension Island and its facilities.
- Date Member left the UK: 2025-02-17
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2025-02-21
International visit to Ukraine between 10 September 2025 and 15 September 2025
- Purpose of the visit: To promote and strengthen relations between the UK and Ukrainian Parliaments.
- Date Member left the UK: 2025-09-10
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2025-09-15
- Associated All Parliamentary Group (APPG), where relevant: All Party Parliamentary Group on Ukraine
Property in Aberdeen
- Location of the land or property: Aberdeen
- A description of the property: Flat
- Details about the ownership arrangements: Co-owned with a family member.
- The number of properties this interest relates to: 1
- Country in which the land or property is located: United Kingdom
- The type of property: Residential
Property in Edinburgh
- Location of the land or property: Edinburgh
- A description of the property: Flat
- The number of properties this interest relates to: 1
- Country in which the land or property is located: United Kingdom
- The type of property: Residential
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 26 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Richard Baker's office spent £115,853 on staff, from a staffing budget of £185,538, according to IPSA. IPSA lists office spending of £20,960 in the same year. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £115,853.38 |
| Office costs: spent | £20,960.28 |
| Accommodation: spent | £18,258.96 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £24,060.86 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £21,667 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Glenrothes and Mid Fife CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Chief of Staff (permanent full time), Senior Researcher (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (fixed term part time), Senior Communication Officer (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Richard Baker is recorded voting in 465 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 46 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. On 21 October 2026 Richard Baker voted No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 23 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Richard Baker has tabled 54 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Scotland Office and 3 other departments.
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.
Gambling: Licensing
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.
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, whether she has considered asking the Financial Conduct Authority to issue specific standards on payment terminal accessibility for blind and partially sighted people.
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 how payment terminals are (a) designed and (b) deployed …
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 customers, including (a) payment terminals, (b) online ba …
Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress his Department has made in implementing the Industrial Strategy.
Poverty: Glenrothes and Mid Fife
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to address the 15% of people who are dying in poverty in Mid Fife and Glenrothes every year.
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.
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.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 c4f873e679be. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Richard Baker.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Glenrothes and Mid Fife returned Richard Baker with a majority of 2,954: 15,994 votes, 44.3% of those cast, against 13,040 for John Beare. Result as published: Lab gain from SNP.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Glenrothes and Mid Fife figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.