Richard Baker — Hear, Hear

Voting record

3

Voted for

2

Voted against

4

Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Richard Baker’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Bill votes All votes Live bills

Whip meter Estimate 76%

How often Richard Baker voted the same way as most of the Labour party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes

Representation of the People Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted didn't vote at 3rd reading

Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted No at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

No government or shadow front-bench post on file for Richard Baker — most MPs never hold one, so this is the normal state for a backbencher, not a gap in the data.

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Richard Baker →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

4. Visits outside the UK

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)

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)

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)

6. 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)

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)

Type of land/property: Residential property (House)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Val de Louyre, France
Ownership details: Co-owned with a family member.
(Registered 25 February 2026)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Richard Baker yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Richard Baker has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£193,765.11 paid out to or for Richard Baker across 155 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Richard Baker’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category

Staffing — £115,853.38 (1 claim)

Office Costs — £32,653.39 (116 claims)

Accommodation — £21,197.48 (24 claims)

MP Travel — £19,568.17 (4 claims)

Staff Travel — £2,834.98 (8 claims)

Dependant Travel — £1,657.71 (2 claims)

Most recent claims

Advertising and contact cards — £350.00, 2026-03-25 — Advertising board for contact details for office with Glenrothes FC

Advertising and contact cards — £250.00, 2026-03-23 — Advertsiing board - Thornton Hibs

Advertising and contact cards — £840.00, 2026-03-23 — WWW.KELTYHEARTS.CO.UK [200013613-911]

Advertising and contact cards — £298.80, 2026-03-23 — WINTER AND SIMPSON [200013613-12161]

Advertising and contact cards — £600.00, 2026-03-18 — EAST FIFE FC LTD [200013613-8277]

Venue hire, meetings & surgeries — £100.00, 2026-03-11 — [200013613-3268]

Venue hire, meetings & surgeries — £134.96, 2026-03-03 — [200013613-10104]

Venue hire, meetings & surgeries — £220.00, 2026-02-26

Every claim on file for Richard Baker →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Richard Baker — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Richard Baker’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Richard Baker is a listed officer of 5 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Defibrillators — Co-Chair

Declared funding: DGA Group (£10,501-12,000).

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Azerbaijan — Officer

No declared funding on file.

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Digital Communities — Officer

Declared funding: Local Government Association (£15,001-16,500).

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Disability Employment — Chair & Registered Contact

Declared funding: Emily Marr (£22,501-24,000).

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Estonia — Vice Chair

No declared funding on file.

Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: Emily Marr — about £23,250.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group on Disability Employment).

Emily Marr — about £23,250.50, 1 group

Local Government Association — about £15,750.50, 1 group

DGA Group — about £11,250.50, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Richard Baker personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Richard Baker is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.