Steve Baker (politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Steve Baker (politician)

British politician

Date of Birth: 06-Jun-1971

Place of Birth: St Austell, England, United Kingdom

Profession: politician, economist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

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About Steve Baker (politician)

  • Steven John Baker (born 6 June 1971) is a British politician, former Royal Air Force engineer, consultant and bank worker serving as Chairman of the European Research Group (ERG) since 2019, and previously from 2016 to 2017.
  • A member of the Conservative Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wycombe since 2010.In June 2015 he became co-chairman of Conservatives for Britain, a campaigning organisation formed of Eurosceptic MPs.
  • He co-founded The Cobden Centre and sits on its advisory board.
  • He established and chairs the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on Economics, Money and Banking.
  • He most notably served as Chairman 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.
  • The same day, Chairman Jacob Rees-Mogg appointed Baker as the Deputy Chairman and de facto whip of the ERG, alongside Mark Francois.
  • In September 2019 Baker was again elected as the group's chairman, taking over from Jacob Rees-Mogg.

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