Steve Baker (politician)
Steven John Baker (born 6 June 1971) is a British Conservative Party politician and former Royal Air Force engineer, consultant and bank worker.[1] He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wycombe, being in the 2010 general election.
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In June 2015 he became co-chairman of Conservatives for Britain.[2]
He co-founded The Cobden Centre. He was Chair of the European Research Group (ERG), a pro-Brexit group of Conservative MPs, 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 strategy on Brexit.[3][4]
In September 2022, Baker was picked as Minister of State for Northern Ireland by Prime Minister Liz Truss.
References
- ↑ "Steve Baker MP". BBC News. 7 May 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/83404.stm.
- ↑ "Conservatives will stand up for Britain if the EU lets us down". The Daily Telegraph. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/eureferendum/11657169/Conservatives-will-stand-up-for-Britain-if-the-EU-lets-us-down.html.
- ↑ Greenfield, Patrick; Russell, Graham (7 July 2018). David Davis steps down as Brexit secretary in blow to PM. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2018/jul/09/david-davis-resigns-as-brexit-secretary-live-updates. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
- ↑ Steve Baker on his resignation as Brexit minister. BBC News. 9 July 2018. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-44766822/steve-baker-on-his-resignation-as-brexit-minister. Retrieved 31 August 2018.