UK Parliament · member 5253
Richard Baker MP
- Party
- Labour — Labour Party
- Constituency
- Glenrothes and Mid Fife
- Member for this seat since
- 4 July 2024
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Richard Baker, and how each was tied to them
Declared interests
MPs must register financial interests within 28 days. This is the register’s own text, republished verbatim from the official Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Registering an interest is a requirement met, not a finding against anyone.
Visits outside the UK
- International visit to Falkland Islands between 17 February 2025 and 21 February 2025 (registered 24 February 2026)
- International visit to Jordan between 20 July 2025 and 25 July 2025 (registered 24 February 2026)
- International visit to Ukraine between 10 September 2025 and 15 September 2025 (registered 6 October 2025)
Land and property (within or outside the UK)
- Property in Val de Louyre (registered 25 February 2026)
- Property in Aberdeen (registered 4 July 2025)
- Property in Edinburgh (registered 26 July 2024)
Source: UK Parliament Register of Members’ Financial Interests API (Open Parliament Licence). Amounts are shown only where the register itself records one as a figure; nothing is parsed out of the free text.
Voting record
In the 434 recorded divisions where Richard Baker and at least one other Labour member were recorded voting, Richard Baker voted the same way as most voting Labour members 422 times (97.2%).
This compares Richard Baker with other members of their own party who were recorded voting in the same division. It is not a measure of loyalty to a whip: Civometry holds no whipping records, so it cannot say which votes were whipped, and voting differently from party colleagues is not described here as a rebellion. Members not recorded in a division are excluded from the comparison rather than counted, because an absence from a division list is not a vote and does not mean the member was absent from the House.
Donations reported to the Electoral Commission
The register holds no donations reported against this name. Donations are matched on the regulated entity name exactly as the Electoral Commission publishes it; a member who reports under a different form of their name will not match here, and no similar name is substituted.
Source: Electoral Commission register of donations. Reporting thresholds apply, so this is not every sum given. A donation is a lawful, reported transaction; its presence here says nothing about why it was made and nothing about anything that followed it.
Staffing and business costs paid by IPSA
2025-26: £12,658 across 31 claim lines; 2024-25: £179,133 across 119 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 21 | £9,719 |
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 10 | £2,939 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 1 | £115,853 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 90 | £20,960 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 4 | £19,568 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 14 | £18,259 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 8 | £2,835 |
| 2024-25 | Dependant Travel | 2 | £1,658 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 November 2024 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment — AMAZON [***] | £100 | Paid |
| 4 March 2025 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment — AMAZON [***] [200011725-3255] | £99 | Paid |
| 31 March 2025 | MP Travel · Hotel - London | Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25 | £975 | Paid |
| 28 May 2025 | Office Costs · Translation services - other languages | FIFE COUNCIL | £98 | Paid |
| 8 October 2025 | Office Costs · Postage & couriers | WINTER AND SIMPSON | £956 | Paid |
| 31 March 2025 | Dependant Travel · Rail | Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25 | £94 | Paid |
| 12 November 2024 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories — AMZNMKTPLACE [***] | £10 | Paid |
| 21 February 2025 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Sundries — AMAZON [***] | £87 | Paid |
| 31 March 2025 | MP Travel · Rail | Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25 | £848 | Paid |
| 12 February 2026 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Office furniture — AMZNMKTPLACE [***] | £85 | Paid |
| 4 November 2024 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | AMAZON [***] | £9 | Paid |
| 2 November 2024 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | AMAZON [***] | £9 | Paid |
| 3 March 2025 | Office Costs · Mobile telephone - contract & usage | GIFFGAFF [200011725-2639] | £8 | Paid |
| 3 February 2025 | Office Costs · Mobile telephone - contract & usage | GIFFGAFF | £8 | Paid |
| 3 January 2025 | Office Costs · Mobile telephone - contract & usage | GIFFGAFF | £8 | Paid |
Source: IPSA, MP staffing and business costs (Open Government Licence v3), joined on IPSA’s Parliamentary ID, which is Parliament’s member id. These are the running costs of an MP’s office and staff, claimed within IPSA’s rules and paid by IPSA; they are not the member’s salary and not personal income. A claim is a claim, not a finding. Staffing costs are published by IPSA in aggregate categories, not per employee.
Sources on this page: UK Parliament Members API, Register of Members’ Financial Interests API and Commons Votes API (Open Parliament Licence); Electoral Commission register of donations; IPSA business costs. Each section links its own official record. This page assembles public registers and draws no conclusion from their appearing together.