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Steve Baker (politician)
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Steven John Baker (born 6 June 1971) is a British former politician who served as Minister of State for Northern Ireland between 2022 and 2024.[1]
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Minister of State in the Cabinet Office | |
In office 7 February 2024 – 5 July 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Vacant |
Minister of State for Northern Ireland | |
In office 7 September 2022 – 5 July 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Liz Truss Rishi Sunak |
Preceded by | Conor Burns |
Succeeded by | TBD |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union | |
In office 13 June 2017 – 9 July 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Theresa May |
Preceded by | The Lord Bridges of Headley |
Succeeded by | Chris Heaton-Harris |
Member of Parliament for Wycombe | |
In office 6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024 | |
Preceded by | Paul Goodman |
Succeeded by | Emma Reynolds |
Personal details | |
Born | Steven John Baker (1971-06-06) 6 June 1971 (age 53) St Austell, Cornwall, England |
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater | University of Southampton St Cross College, Oxford |
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Website | Official website Commons website |
Military career | |
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Years of service | 1989–1999 |
Rank | Flight lieutenant |
Service number | 5206370Q |
He served as the member of the Conservative Party, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wycombe in Buckinghamshire from 2010 to 2024.[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 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]