Steve Baker (politician)

Steve Baker
Official portrait, 2020
Minister of State in the Cabinet Office
Assumed office
7 February 2024
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byOffice established
Minister of State for Northern Ireland
Assumed office
7 September 2022
Prime MinisterLiz Truss
Rishi Sunak
Preceded byConor Burns
Deputy Chair of the COVID Recovery Group
In office
10 November 2020 – 7 September 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Liz Truss
ChairmanMark Harper
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Chair of the European Research Group
In office
3 September 2019 – 25 February 2020
DeputyMark Francois
Andrea Jenkyns
LeaderBoris Johnson
Preceded byJacob Rees-Mogg
Succeeded byMark Francois
In office
20 November 2016 – 13 June 2017
DeputySuella Braverman
Michael Tomlinson
LeaderTheresa May
Preceded byChris Heaton-Harris
Succeeded bySuella Braverman
Deputy Chair of the European Research Group
In office
9 July 2018 – 3 September 2019
Serving with Mark Francois
LeaderTheresa May
Boris Johnson
ChairmanJacob Rees-Mogg
Preceded bySuella Braverman (2017)
Succeeded byAndrea Jenkyns
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
In office
13 June 2017 – 9 July 2018
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byThe Lord Bridges of Headley
Succeeded byChris Heaton-Harris
Member of Parliament
for Wycombe
Assumed office
6 May 2010
Preceded byPaul Goodman
Majority4,214 (7.7%)
Personal details
Born
Steven John Baker

(1971-06-06) 6 June 1971 (age 52)
St Austell, Cornwall, England
Political partyConservative
Alma materUniversity of Southampton
St Cross College, Oxford
Signature
WebsiteOfficial website
Commons website
Military career
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Air Force
Years of service1989–1999
RankFlight lieutenant
Service number5206370Q

Steven John Baker (born 6 June 1971) is a British politician serving as Minister of State for Northern Ireland since 2022 and Minister of State at the Cabinet Office since 2024.[1] He is a former Royal Air Force engineer, consultant and bank worker. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wycombe in Buckinghamshire since 2010.[2][3] Baker was the chair of the European Research Group (ERG) from 2016 to 2017 and from 2019 to 2020.[4]

In June 2015 he became co-chair of Conservatives for Britain, a campaigning organisation formed of Eurosceptic MPs.[5] He co-founded The Cobden Centre and is a former member of its advisory board. He established and chairs the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on Economics, Money and Banking. He was chair of the ERG, a pro-Brexit group of Conservative MPs, from 20 November 2016 until his promotion to ministerial office at the Department for Exiting the European Union on 13 June 2017, but resigned from his office on 9 July 2018 following the resignation of David Davis over concerns with the government's strategy on Brexit.[6][7] That same day, Jacob Rees-Mogg appointed Baker as the deputy chair and de facto whip[8][9][10][11] of the ERG, alongside Mark Francois. In late 2021, Baker announced the campaign group Conservative Way Forward will be relaunched in 2022,[12] with him as its new chairman.[13]

  1. ^ "Ministerial Appointments: September 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  2. ^ "No. 59418". The London Gazette. 13 May 2010. p. 8740.
  3. ^ "Steve Baker MP". BBC News. 7 May 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
  4. ^ @SteveBakerHW (25 February 2020). "I have today resigned as Chair of the European Research Group (ERG) of Conservative MPs. The UK has now left the…" (Tweet). Retrieved 29 May 2021 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Baker, Steve (6 June 2015). "Conservatives will stand up for Britain if the EU lets us down". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  6. ^ Greenfield, Patrick; Russell, Graham (7 July 2018). "David Davis steps down as Brexit secretary in blow to PM". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 8 July 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Steve Baker on his resignation as Brexit minister". BBC News. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  8. ^ Maguire, Patrick (15 November 2018). "Why are Tory rebels pushing for a confidence vote they might not win?". New Statesman. London. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  9. ^ "MPs pass customs bill but PM suffers new resignation". Sky News. 16 July 2018. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  10. ^ Peck, Tom (20 November 2018). "Jacob Rees-Mogg's descent is complete. No longer merely the punchline but the entire joke". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022.
  11. ^ Maguire, Patrick (19 February 2019). "What exactly do Tory rebels want on the backstop?". New Statesman. London. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  12. ^ Baker, Steve (11 December 2021). "Boris Johnson's overreaction to omicron variant is squandering the goodwill and trust of voters". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  13. ^ "I will be relaunching Conservative Way Forward to redefine the territory on which the Conservative Party operates. Steve Baker MP, CWF Chairman". Twitter. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.

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