Career

He was unsuccessfully contested the 1918 and 1922 general elections in the Harborough division of Leicestershire. Baker was re-elected in 1924 and 1929, and died in office in December 1930, aged 54.

Achievements

• At the 1923 general election he stood in Bristol East, where he won the seat from the National Liberal Member of Parliament Harold Morris. The resulting by-election in January 1931 was won by the Labour candidate Stafford Cripps.

Membership

33rd United Kingdom Parliament. 34th United Kingdom Parliament. 35th United Kingdom Parliament.