Steven Baker’s voting in Parliament

Steven Baker is a Conservative MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Conservative MPs.

However, Steven Baker sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Steven Baker almost always voted against new high speed rail infrastructure, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes
• Steven Baker voted against investigations into the Iraq war, while most Conservative MPs generally voted for. Show votes

We have lots more plain English analysis of Steven Baker’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Steven Baker’s full vote analysis page for more.

Steven Baker has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 12 Sep 2018

Recent appearances

• Upcoming Business – Commons: Westminster Hall 20 Nov 2018

  Effect of the 2019 loan charge – Steven Baker. Westminster Hall debate; 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

• EU Exit Negotiations 15 Nov 2018

  This backstop is completely intolerable, and I feel confident that even in the unlikely event that legislation for it reaches the House, it will be ferociously opposed. Will my right hon. Friend therefore accept that this deal could well be a choice by the Government to have no deal imposed on them at the last minute, and will she therefore trigger all the implementation of no-deal...

• Written Answers — Department for International Development: Syria: Humanitarian Aid 1 Nov 2018

  To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Rukban Camp in the Tanf zone of Syria; and if she will make a statement.

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Profile

Conservative MP for Wycombe

Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @stevebakerhw
• https://facebook.com/SteveBakerWycombe

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Steven Baker campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

• Transport
• Treasury
• Health
• Home Department
• Work and Pensions
• Departmental Pensions
• Charities
• High Speed 2 Railway Line
• Motorcycles
• Monetary Policy

Other offices held in the past

• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (13 Jun 2017 to 8 Jul 2018)
• Member, Treasury Committee (8 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Treasury Committee (12 May 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Transport Committee (2 Nov 2010 to 10 Jun 2013)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Paul Goodman
• Ray Whitney
• John Hall
• William Waldorf Astor
• John Haire
• Alfred Knox
• Vera Terrington
• William Du Pre
• Charles Cripps
• Thomas Herbert
• William Grenfell
• Curzon
• Gerard Smith
• William Carington
• Charles Carington
• John Mills
• Martin Smith
• George Dashwood
• Martin Smith
• George Dashwood
• Martin Smith
• George Dashwood
• Ralph Bernal
• George Dashwood
• George Smith
• Robert Smith
• George Dashwood
• Robert Smith
• Charles Grey
• Robert Smith
• Charles Grey
• John Dashwood-King
• Thomas Baring
• John Dashwood-King
• Thomas Baring
• John Dashwood-King
• Thomas Baring
• John Dashwood-King
• Thomas Baring
• John Dashwood-King
• Thomas Baring
• John Dashwood-King
• Francis Baring
• John Dashwood-King

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Vehicle Technology and Aviation Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Mutuals' Deferred Shares Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• FINANCE BILL Committee (13 out of 16)
• Consumer Rights Bill Committee (13 out of 15)
• FINANCE (NO. 2) BILL Committee (4 out of 4)
• Protection of Freedoms Bill Committee (19 out of 20)
• Public Services (Social Enterprise and Social Value) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 32 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs. See all Steven Baker’s speeches
• Has received answers to 13 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 94.94% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 6 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 121 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Steven Baker’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 299 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)