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Former Member of the Scottish Parliament

Richard Baker

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At a glance Richard Baker was a Member of the Scottish Parliament.

Votes cast646
Attendance22%
Voted For262
Voted Against319

Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 2,903 Holyrood divisions on record; Richard Baker did not vote in 127.

Voting recordlatest 15 shown

The most recent divisions Richard Baker voted in. For, Against and Abstain are as recorded.

16 Dec 2015 Land Reform (Scotland) Bill For
15 Dec 2015 Redesigning Primary Care for Scotland's Communities For
15 Dec 2015 Redesigning Primary Care for Scotland's Communities For
15 Dec 2015 Redesigning Primary Care for Scotland's Communities For
9 Dec 2015 Health Against
9 Dec 2015 Health Against
3 Dec 2015 Sea Fisheries and End Year Negotiations Abstain
3 Dec 2015 Sea Fisheries and End Year Negotiations For
2 Dec 2015 Named Persons Abstain
2 Dec 2015 Named Persons Abstain
25 Nov 2015 Keep CalMac Public Against
25 Nov 2015 Approval of SSI For
25 Nov 2015 Keep CalMac Public Against
25 Nov 2015 Keep CalMac Public Against
18 Nov 2015 Ambitious Housebuilding Programme for Scotland For

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Questions2,136 tabled

Richard Baker has tabled 2,136 questions in the Scottish Parliament.

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the UK Government and Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire… 1 Dec 2015 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the UK Government and Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire councils regarding the proposal for an Aberdeen city region deal.

Answer · John Swinney · 9 Dec 2015

The Scottish Government has been working closely with Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire councils and the UK Government to provide support in developing city region deal proposals. Discussions are ongoing, Scottish Government and UK Government officials engage on a weekly basis to discuss issues of relevance, council officials also meet regularly with both governments to discuss progress.

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-27978 by John Swinney on 27 October 2015, in ligh… 24 Nov 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-27978 by John Swinney on 27 October 2015, in light of the unrounded figures in relation to GDP not being included in the document referred to in the answer, what steps it will take to make this information available.

Answer · John Swinney · 4 Dec 2015

As set out in the answer to S4W-27978 the unrounded figures in relation to the 2015 quarter two gross domestic product (GDP) estimates were made available to the Scottish Parliament Information Centre on publication day. These have always been made available in the quarterly national accounts which are published routinely following initial GDP estimates. Unrounded figures will be published alongside the quarterly GDP figures in the future.

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to encourage films to be made in Scotland to boost local econom… 16 Nov 2015 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to encourage films to be made in Scotland to boost local economies.

Awaiting an answer.

To ask the Scottish Government what action NHS Grampian is taking to tackle drug-related deaths in Aberdeen. 10 Nov 2015 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what action NHS Grampian is taking to tackle drug-related deaths in Aberdeen.

Answer · Maureen Watt · 18 Nov 2015

The Scottish Government has asked all Alcohol and Drug Partnerships in Scotland to make the reduction of drug deaths a continued priority in 2015-16. NHS Grampian has a drug related deaths monitoring group to investigate and learn from the circumstances of each death in order that services can continue to improve. NHS Grampian has also been engaged in wider improvement work offered by the Scottish Government, including a recent improvement event in HMP Grampian.

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support the energy industry in the north east. 3 Nov 2015 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support the energy industry in the north east.

Awaiting an answer.

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to promote cultural events in the north east. 19 Oct 2015 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to promote cultural events in the north east.

Awaiting an answer.

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason its news release on 7 October 2015, Economic Growth Continues: Scottish … 8 Oct 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason its news release on 7 October 2015, Economic Growth Continues: Scottish economy grows 1.9% in the year to Q2 2015 states, "Today’s National Statistics show that the Scottish economy has grown for twelve consecutive quarters" when the accompanying data table shows that it has grown for only 11 quarters.

Answer · John Swinney · 27 Oct 2015

The observation of 12 consecutive quarters of growth is based on unrounded data. Data in the GDP bulletin is rounded to 1 decimal place but underlying estimates are produced at a full level of precision.
Unrounded data are routinely published in the quarterly national accounts which follow the initial GDP estimates.
For the purposes of transparency unrounded figures were released to the Scottish Parliament Information Centre on the same day as publication and a summary is published at the link:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Budget/GDP/GDP.html

To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to NHS Grampian to help recruit and retain staff. 16 Sep 2015 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to NHS Grampian to help recruit and retain staff.

Awaiting an answer.

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Motions lodged125 lodged
2 Nov 2015 Oil & Gas UK Share Fair 2015 18 sig.
16 Jun 2015 Supporting Offshore Workers 44 sig.
15 May 2015 Asda Foundation Funding, Transition Extreme Outreach Programme 11 sig.
29 Jan 2015 Shell UK and Allseas Group 11 sig.
2 Dec 2014 Jeannie Felsinger 6 sig.
17 Nov 2014 Seabury Mass 15 sig.

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Seat & career3 seats held

Source: this MSP's profile on parliament.scot.

Allowances£3,930 · 2016

2016 (latest published)

Lease Obligations£3,917
Trade Waste£11
Members Mobile Phone£2

Source: Scottish Parliament (published ~1 year in arrears)

Source: this MSP's official Scottish Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.